“Let’s Sing Taylor” brought “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” to Shippensburg on Friday night, performing a 90-minute show of Swift’s biggest hits.

“Let’s Sing Taylor: A Live Band Experience” is the “ultimate tribute to the music of Taylor Swift.” The stage consisted of a band and backup vocals, two backup dancers and Emily Victoria as the lead singer, all of them paying tribute to Swift and her record-breaking Eras Tour. 

Upon entering the Luhrs center, it felt like I was transported back to the Eras Tour, as the crowd donned sequins, “We Are Never Getting Back Together” shirts and, of course, friendship bracelets. Although the room was only about halfway full, I could feel the collective energy of the Swifties. 

In typical Eras Tour fashion, “Let’s Sing Taylor” opened with “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” of the “Lover” era. Young fans gathered to the front of the stage in excitement and reached out their hands for Swift, or Victoria, to touch them. Victoria followed Swift’s mannerisms to a T, and even said some famous Eras Tour phrases, such as “Let me see your hands!” during her performance of “You Need to Calm Down.” 

During the “Fearless” section of the show, “Let’s Sing Taylor” performed the title track, in which Victoria did Swift’s famous “Fearless” spins and hand heart. The crowd responded to this by holding hand hearts up, and this particularly reminded me of Swift’s concerts. The band also performed the hits “You Belong with Me” and “Love Story.”

Victoria made her first costume change of the night during the “Reputation” part of the set, wearing a sequined black hood similar to the one Swift wore on her Reputation Tour. The dancers performed the “Reputation” set with disco balls on their heads, which caught me off guard since mirror balls typically allude to the “Folklore” era.

During the “Tortured Poets” part of the show, Victoria and her dancers reenacted the scene before “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” in which Swift is too tired to continue the show but her dancers prep her to keep going. During another costume change, the guitarist and backup vocalist entertained the audience with an unexpected cover of Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar.”

Victoria, like Swift, wore a “We Are Never Getting Back Together” shirt during the “Red” era and gave her hat out to an enthusiastic fan. During the “Midnights” section, Victoria sang the iconic changed line, “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me,” in the song “Karma.” I thought that was the final song of the night, as it is during the Eras Tour, but Let’s Sing Taylor continued with Swift’s hits from her album “1989.” 

“Let’s Sing Taylor” ended the night with “Style,” “Blank Space” and encouraged the audience members to get on their feet and “Shake It Off.” Victoria continued to collect bracelets from audience members as she exited the stage. 

I was disappointed in the lack of “Speak Now,” “Folklore” and “Evermore” songs, but if the show is only 90 minutes, I guess it makes sense to only play Swift’s top hits. Despite this, “Let’s Sing Taylor” still captures the essence of the Eras Tour, with Swifties dressing up to sing the songs they know and love. 

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