For a review, I really don't know what to say that hasn't been said already. So I'm just going to attempt to write about my first CW concert experienced.
My grandma came along with me because she really likes CW and CT's music. She always asked me to play "You Raise Me Up" every time she visits; that's her favorite. And I never get to do anything with her where it's just us.
We drove from St. Joseph, Missouri to Lawrence, Kansas. We left at 4:30 PM and the concert started at 7:30. The drive there was horrible. We almost hit a car 5 times. The ride would of only been an hour and 18 minutes if we hadn't of missed our exit. We didn't know where we were going, so we stopped at a nearby McDonald's and asked for directions. We didn't think we were going to make it, but we ended up getting there in time with time to spare.
I got our tickets late because I didn't know Lawrence was so close to Missouri until I was watching "Emerald" on my local PBS station and they were talking about it. When I went to purchase the tickets there were no floor seats left, so we had to get 2nd balcony seats. I was worried that we weren't going to be able to see, but when we got to our seats I was shocked. We could see the whole stage and everything clearly. They were better than I expected. Note: the stage looked better in real life than in the photo... stupid phone.
When the concert started, I was shaking with excitement. Off and on through the concert I felt like bursting into tears (even in songs that weren't sad or slow like "Dúlamán") because I was overwhelmed by hearing them sing and seeing them on stage in person. Before I knew it, act 1 was over. It went by so fast.
My favorite song was "The Call". It was originally my favorite CW song anyway, but the new version could have of possibly topped it; which I never thought I'd ever say. Words cannot describe. I love how they changed the background music and made it into a solo instead of a group number. My grandma's favorite, of course, was "You Raise Me Up". But she really liked "The Call" too. I managed to record the full audio from "The Call" (
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0KunGPyy6uw). You can hear my grandma say, "Wow." at the end. Lol
Some of my grandmas comments that I remembered were:
Dúlamán - "What song is this?"
Newgrange - "She has a beautiful voice."
Amazing Grace - "That gave me chills."
Mo Ghile Mear - "I can't pronounce that."
The Call - "Wow."
About Máiréad N - "Is she barefoot?" and "She can play that really good. I'm surprised her little arms don't get tired!"
I think it's safe to say that CW has gained a new CWazy fan. She really enjoyed herself.
After the concert, we were starved, so we stopped at a McDonald's in Lawrence. We were discussing who had the best voice. I couldn't decide because they all have beautiful and incomparable voices. I asked my grandma what she thought and first she said Lynn, then she said she was leaning towards "the blonde", then she said she couldn't decide. The drive back was better than the drive there. We got home at 12:00 AM and I was exhausted, but still too excited about the concert to go to sleep.
Overall, I had a good time, the girls were great and I'm really glad I got to see them live after 2 1/2 years of waiting.
Thanks for reading and I really hope I didn't put you to sleep!
