The Oldest Fans.....

Thursday evening Dave and I went to a concert. I'd seen advertisements for these Candlelight Concerts for months and decided to explore on line. 

There were a number listed for Milwaukee and one especially caught my eye. The string quartet would be doing a concert featuring Taylor Swift's music. I distinctly remember seeing Taylor Swift on stage at the Country Music Awards ceremony when she was in her mid-teens and thought to myself "She is really good....we will be hearing from her!" Now she's tied with Frank Sinatra for the most Grammy Awards and has released album after album of music....to my ear very good music.

I bought the tickets and we drove into the city to St. James Abbey and walked into a beautiful candlelit sanctuary.

As we entered through the front doors we shared space with a young mother and about four pre-teens/teenage girls. Frankly they gave us a surprised look and one asked "Are you Taylor Swift fans?" When I responded "Yes, I am!" her wide open mouth reply of "Really!?" made me realize that Dave and I were just slightly out of place. The young woman even asked me which was my favorite album and I had to cover my lack of Taylor Swift trivia by saying I just played her songs on "shuffle" on my phone! These fans were really excited and as we found our seats I wondered just what they expected to hear.

We heard what we'd hoped for....an amazing string quartet (viola, two violins and a cello) playing beautiful music in a beautiful setting. As the foursome took turns introducing the songs one member said to the audience, "You can't imagine how much fun this is for us! We usually play Bach, Chopin or Beethoven!"

It was a beautiful noise even if I didn't recognize every song without Taylor singing the lyrics. A one hour concert, a very attentive audience, candlelit setting.....an evening well spent.

You may prefer classical music....and if so you should still google Candlelight Concerts and check these out in a city near you. Groups play all over the world and we intend to watch the schedule for another candlelit evening.

The oldest "Swiftie" in the room....OK with me.