{Chicago Symphony and LOTR}

First off - we are not dead. We've just been busy traveling back to Provo, unpacking and re-settling into our apartment, having family in town, starting school, and a lot more :)

Let's take a look at our last weekend in Chicago. Friday night we had an amazing time listening to the Chicago Symphony. They played in an outdoor park called Ravinia.  There were a crazy large amount of people there. There were the regular seats and then lawn seats that you could purchase. There were millions of people. Some people brought their own little tables with fancy table clothes, wine classes, and candles for the evening. It was kinda fun. We purchased real seats for the concert, and I'm glad we did.

The Chicago symphony wasn't playing regular classical music, but played the Lord of the Rings soundtrack while the movie was playing. It was wonderful! Such a cool experience!! The music was amazing and loud. There was even a full choir including a small children's choir and wonderful soloists. The soundtrack of LOTR is very exciting and it was thrilling to be able to watch the orchestra, hear it live, feel it all around you, and watch the movie. It was such a great experience - it was a fun way to experience the genius music and wonderful movie that it fit with.

This was our view from our seats - it was great! I'm glad we splurged on real seats so that we could WATCH the orchestra and no just hear them. I believe that watching a musical performer is as telling as listening to a performer. That was awesome.

this is seriously one of the coolest things that we did in Chicago - top of the list for sure :)