Out West and Back Again: Lindsey Stirling!!

Yesterday, my good friend Matt and I got to play hooky from schoolwork for a few hours to go down to Denver for a Lindsey Stirling concert! This was just what I needed to help cure my post-spring break depression (not!), but it was such a good time. Now for those of you who have never heard of Ms. Stirling, that is totally understandable, seeing as she is still on her rise to fame (she only started doing ticketed shows less than a year ago!), but you need to go check her out RIGHT NOW! Not only does she have a full-length CD full of her own original music, she also does covers of literally anything, and collaborates with other musicians of any genre! And I have never seen such a diverse crowd of concert-goers. Old, young, the stereotype asian that records the whole thing on his phone, the potheads that smoke the entire concert, hipsters, professionals, couples, groups of girlfriends... She is so contagiously energized and talented and just a thrill to be in the room with and I think everyone there had an amazing time :)

Opening Act
(Yes, that is a trumpet. Another couple of extremely talented musicians!)

From her visual effects to her costuming, this girl has it all. Not only is she an amazing violist, she is also a totally awesome dancer! Matt and I were convinced that she was formally trained in violin and dance, but we looked it up later and found out that she learned to dance from watching YouTube! Talk about a go-getter!