Help me make one of my (silly) dreams come true!

UPDATE: I got the tickets!
I had to borrow money from my parents, so I still need to reach my goal in order to pay them back.

Thanks to everyone who shared and helped me out! <3 You guys are the best.

OK OK OK OK I USUALLY DON'T LIKE TELLING SOB STORIES BUT LESGO I REALLY WANT THIS

When I was 5 years old, my grandmother put me in violin classes. I didn't want them at first, because it ate a lot of my freetime and it constantly made me whine about how much my fingers hurt. But, with time, I found it to be one of my favorite things. Honestly, I loved it with all of my heart. 

After 5-6 years I was playing in concerts, weddings, gettting PAID for doing what I loved, even if it was just for a couple of minutes. I don't mean to brag, but I was pretty good for a 11-year-old kid. My teacher said he wanted me to apply for the national orchestra, but I wasn't old enough. I said I would wait. Until 6th grade arrived.

The music teacher at my school learned that I played the violin, so she'd had me play in all of the school presentations, with or without the choir. That gave me a lot of exposure....unfortunatelly for the bad. 

I started getting beat up, called names, humiliated by other classmates and other kids for the simple fact that....I played the violin. I'd be constantly told it was a girl's instrument, that ''only fags'' played it and that I should feel ashamed of doing so.

For almost 2 years I tried to shake it off, ignore. But eventually it was too much and I caved in. I dropped the violin for good. I cancelled my classes, gave mine away and made sure to block everything I knew. My family was sad and shocked for a few months, and they are still yet to know the reason I dropped it, because I simply told them that I didn't love it anymore. I never told this story to anyone except a few of my friends. But eh, this counts as group therapy right? -ming

Skip to 2011. I was spending my day off on youtube, watching covers from very talented musicians. I loved finding new artists, independent of their instrument. 

Then I stumbled upon Lindsey Stirling. And the rest is history,

I absolutely fell in love with everything about her. Her passion, her energy and the fact that she was just herself doing what she loved despite the fact being told so that what she did was weird and not good enough. Multiple times. She managed to spread her music world wide, touring since 2012 all over the globe and I waited until the day she'd notice this shitty country that I live in. And she finally did. Lindsey Stirling is coming to Brazil April 11th, and I'm making my goal to make sure she knows the impact she has on my life. 
That's where I need your help.

As of today, Jan 29th, the tickets went on sale. To get good seats + get to meet her, I have to magically come up with 375USD for tickets + plane tickets + hotel by late next week so I won't lose the fan-exclusive pre-sales. After that the tickets will go on sale for the general public and pretty much with it goes my chance of meeting her or even seeing her live. 

I really, really hate sob stories like this, but this means a lot to me and I will do whatever I can to achieve this goal.

If you want to help, you can check my commission prices here. If you can't commission me, spreading the word would mean THE WORLD to me. Seriously.

Since September 2014, I picked up the violin again. I don't even know how to read sheet music anymore or how to even properly hold the bow, but I'm determined to get back up and do what I love, even if it's just as a hobby now.

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