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Besides the fact that Taylor Swift is an awesome performer and artist and clearly deserves her very own thread on the OT board here at the Express, another reason I started this thread is because I got to meet her the other day here in Wisconsin and I wanted to share my experiences with everyone.

I've had the privilege to meet KC and she is by far one of the most down to earth, most genuine people ever...Taylor Swift is that person as well.

My friend and I (Shelly) were listening to the local country station FM 106 and we heard Taylor doing a in-studio interview and that she would be hanging out for a while helping with their fundraiser to stop child abuse. I live very close to the radio station so we thought we would head over there and check it out, see if we could meet her. After some waiting in the parking lot while brainstorming out how to not be seem sooo creepy Taylor walked out of the studios with her mom and some other people. Since we didn't really come up with anything good to say to get her attention that wasn't creepy during our brainstorming session... "Hey Taylor, could we talk to you for a second?" just came out of my mouth...could've been much better...sure could've been worse though too. She was like "sure" and came right over talk with us. Taylor was so genuine and polite and very appreciative of us being fans of her music and everything. She doesn't at all seem affected by her growing fame, and I hope she never is. Taylor signed our cds booklets, and was even gracious enough to sign a cd for our friend (Jenkinsfanatic) who was in Arizona and loves Taylor too. While we were chatting Taylor's Mom came over and introduced herself to us. She was so great too, also very appreciative of everything and excited that we were going to the show that night. She also called us "resourceful" because we knew where the station was and that they were there...resourceful works for me WAY better than stalkers... When we asked Taylor if we could take a picture with her, her mom volunteered to be the photographer, and when we were just gonna do a group picture as too not take up too much of their time, her mom was like "oh let's do individuals and a group shot, let's do both." They were gracious with their time and for sure made both of our days. For the rest of the day and all through the concert we would say "remember when we met Taylor Swift" to anyone that would remotely care.

Overall, I would say our TS adventure was a huge success. Now a days when so many young talents are falling flat on their faces, it was great to meet/see a young star who knows where she comes from and be an example for younger children too. I hope others share their stories of meeting her or have the chance to. In the beginning I was a fan of Taylor Swift because of her music, and now I'm an even bigger fan because of what kind of person she is.

TS has also done great covers of Umbrella and Irreplaceable...