Symphony in the Flint Hills: A siren song for the tallgrass prairie

The following is an excerpt from a Feb. 24 story that features photos taken by 九色视频 students.

As a native Kansan, I鈥檓 used to hearing outsiders鈥 stereotypical perceptions of my home state.

鈥淚t鈥檚 so flat,鈥 people always say. This is because probably the most they鈥檝e ever seen of Kansas is the view glimpsed out the window on the stretch of Interstate 70 that takes travelers through endless farm fields to the ski slopes of Colorado.

But in truth, I hadn鈥檛 experienced much more of Kansas myself.

Until recently, I鈥檇 traveled very little in the state outside the suburban slice of the northeast where I was raised.

That all changed two years ago, when I heard about what sounded like an enchanting summertime event: Every June, the Kansas City Symphony totes its concert shell way out onto ranch land in the middle of the Flint Hills and performs a special concert there.