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The Minnesota State Fair Grandstand opened the season with a sold out Old Dominion show and wrapped up on Monday with Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n
Well, not the actual Taylor Swift, but her music did ring through the stands during late morning and mid-afternoon sets from Bri and the Anti-heroes. The band of six friends came together in the spring of 2023 to pay tribute to Taylor Swift. Led by vocalist and North Dakota native Brianna Helbling, the group says they have sold out every show they\u2019ve played, including First Avenue.<\/p>\n
Alas, the Anti-heroes\u2019 streak is now broken, as the crowds for the two shows numbered in the hundreds, not thousands. But it was still a blast to hear songs like \u201c\u201dWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Together\u201d and \u201c\u2026 Ready for It?\u201d performed beneath sunny skies and some of the most gorgeous weather of this year\u2019s Great Minnesota Get-Together.<\/p>\n
The New York-based Rock and Roll Playhouse presented the shows. The company promises families \u201can opportunity to rock out in an effort to educate children and encourage them to explore their creativity\u201d and that they aim to fill \u201cthe void for shared musical experiences between parents and children.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, well, that\u2019s exactly what happened during the afternoon show on Monday. Bri and the Anti-heroes took the stage promptly at 3 p.m. with \u201cCruel Summer,\u201d the 2019 song that became a hit four years later thanks to its placement in Swift\u2019s wildly successful Eras Tour.<\/p>\n
In a nod to that two-year outing, the Anti-heroes performed the 75-minute show in mini blocks devoted to specific Swift albums, from 2008\u2019s \u201cFearless\u201d to last year\u2019s \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department.\u201d Helbling, who sparkled with her strong voice and cheery disposition, even (quickly) changed outfits for each record represented, with help from her mother, who was stationed backstage.<\/p>\n
Families started to trickle into the open space in front of the stage, with more filling in with each song. Early on, the band urged everyone to move closer to the stage and they did. By the time the Anti-heroes moved into the \u201c1989\u201d era, the floor was hopping, with the kids \u2014 almost entirely ages 10 and under \u2014 singing and dancing with the sort of pure, utterly carefree glee rarely found outside the pre-pubescent set.<\/p>\n
The Anti-heroes added rapped verses to \u201cBad Blood,\u201d a saxophone to \u201cShake it Off\u201d and led several games with the crowd, including a lively limbo contest. And, again, the kids loved it. So did a lot of the dads. It was a terrific way to bid farewell to the State Fair and Grandstand for the year.<\/p>\n
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