![]() Tim Moore of Newport News stood at a muscular 6 feet 2 inches tall. The band began banging out the up-tempo beat of Swift’s “Ready for It?” and the dance floor became a forest of white leather boots. “The Swiftie community is a safe place where you always know you’ll have friends,” she said. Jenkins had been making friendship bracelets all week to give them out to strangers at the show. Swifties neeeeeed the iconic friendship bracelets, which have small charms and colorful lettered beads spelling out Swift songs, album titles or lyrics. The skin of her wrists was barely visible underneath a near sleeve of dozens of friendship bracelets - a key ingredient in Swiftie culture. Out in the crowd and trying not to bump into any fellow Swifties, Emma Jenkins maneuvered her way through, veering past clusters of girls dancing. Maddi rolled her eyes, this time arching her brows higher.Īfter “Lover” ended, Chandler disappeared behind a large umbrella on the stage and emerged wearing a black hood for Swift’s song of heartbreak “Midnight Rain.” “But if I saw her, in real life, I’d just, die. “The difference between a Swiftie and a die-hard Swiftie is a Swiftie might go to a Taylor Swift concert and be like really, really excited,” Abbi said. “Sheee’s a Swiftie.”Ībbi nodded, then suddenly stopped and tilted her head in contemplation. “A fan knows some songs but are not completely obsessed,” she said, turning to look at her sister. Maddi, wearing a pink cowboy hat, said she’s only a fan. Then he started to sway to the ballad, too, before giving up and putting his hands in his pockets.įifteen feet from the oscillating crowd, stepsisters Abbi Adams, 13, and Maddi Linn, 11, sat on a metal table. The little boy looked puzzled, brow furrowed. He stood in his camo shorts, looking lost, not knowing what to do as Chandler sang “There’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear” and the older girls slowly rocked from foot to foot, their shoulders swaying. A little boy - wearing pink cat ears on top of his backward-facing ball cap - ran after them and then stopped. A clique of teenaged girls in nearly matching frilly blue dresses, much like one Swift wore during her Midnights tour, sprinted for the front row. The “cute, pink, sexy” tight dress that stopped above the knees of their friend Rebecca Danchise was, Epps explained, all about Swift’s album “Lover.”Ībout an hour into the show, the lights dimmed and the first strains of the “Lover” title track began to play. Swets’ purple dress was from Swift’s “Speak Now” album, while Epps’ “dark and stormy” sleek green dress was for Swift’s “Midnights” album. Jen Swets and Courtney Epps stood in a circle of women watching their daughters dance. Swifties create their looks from the different “eras” of Swift’s career, typically corresponding to album releases. Headbands flickered like Christmas lights, red to blue to green, atop girls staring up at her. Thin bracelets glowed with multi-colored lights. She looked out at pink light bulbs adorning purple cowboy hats. “You guys look so good out there tonight!” she said, “and all this sparkling stuff!” ![]() Midnight Rain played “Getaway Car” and “Picture to Burn” and then, as the two women sang along, “Anti-Hero”:Ībout 20 minutes into the show, Chandler stopped singing and lunged with one leg forward, arms thrown skyward, in a perfectly dramatic Warrior I yoga pose to keep the crowd’s attention. “I’d say we’re like Dungeons and Dragons dudes, except we’re for Taylor Swift,” Singer said. Singer managed to see Swift in Philadelphia earlier this year, and wished Moser could have been there, because, while the Philly show wasn’t the best night of her life, it was “definitely Top 10.” “We weren’t as lucky as you,” Moser said. “Now that is true Taylor Swift fandom,” Singer said. ![]() ![]() “I mean we tried Dublin, Madrid, London, Lisbon and Amsterdam,” Moser said, looking at her friend, 38-year-old Rosalyn Singer of Virginia Beach. They got on the waitlist but there was still a small problem: 77,000 people were ahead of them. She then teamed with a friend to preregister for a pre-sale on European concerts. The morning they became available, she hit the refresh button on her computer’s keyboard time and again without even making a waitlist for a U.S. Melissa Moser, 40, of Norfolk, who swayed to the band’s rendition of “State of Grace,” was one of those Swifties who tried to get a ticket to the tour to no avail. She followed Swift’s career and found that taking on her persona for performances came naturally. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close MenuĪ longtime Swiftie herself, the Norfolk musician remembers singing along in her car when the pop star’s 2007 country song “Our Song” reached No. ![]()
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