A SWIFT breez Down Under!

TAYLOR SWIFT SWEEPS THE NATION WITH SOLD OUT TOURS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

THE HYPE

Swift fans all around the country lined up to see Country's most adored singer who only in a matter days prior to her Sold Out tours won The Grammy's most prestigious award: The Album of The Year.

Wowing both her competitors and herself. With a total of Four Grammys all up. But the hype of her tour down under swept the entire nation, and your truly was part of the hype. From the moment I was preparing for the concert I was blasting tunes of, "You Belong With Me," "Love Story" and several other songs on her "FEARLESS" album.

The parking at Acer Arena was packed with cars with Teens, tweens and parents all joining in on the anxious atmosphere that the Taylor Swift concert held. Being the second night for the Arena, they were prepared to take on the the challenges of screaming fans, hustling tickets and noisy car horns.

Merchandise

The Swifty merchandise ranged from: glow sticks, t-shirts, posters, pictures, programs, and AUTOGRAPHED CD's of her Special Edition of "FEARLESS". As lines grew from the moment the doors opened, eager fans lined up to cash-in on the memories that would take them through the night and the following weeks after miss Swift graced their minds.


THE SHOW BEGINS

Gloriana

Opening Act, "Gloriana" added to the hype that was already strong from the moment fans took their seats and prepared themselves for a great night. Performing songs from their newly released album here and Oz, Gloriana brought the house down with their own sweep of country voices. A great blend of Acoustic guitars, electric guitars and a whole-lot-a Southern bells singing to the hearts of those in their seats.

MISS SWIFT HERSELF

The concert began with a video stating the reason Taylor was down here. Flocks of stars including: Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Lucas Till, Tim McGraw and the bell herself, defining the word, "FEARLESS".

Opening with every single girls anthem of, "YOU BELONG WITH ME" brought the anxious hype to a energy of voices joining Swift in song. Her back-up dancers and her band also brought great energy to the stage that added pleasure to those watching the concert begin.

I don't recall all the song she sang in order but to be sure Taylor Swift won my vote for the way she constructed her Song List for the night. Backing her songs with the true stories behind them, Taylor did not leave out the details on certain song which meant the world to her.

Along with her confessions, her costumes blew my mind! As an aspiring stage director, I loved every single one of her outfit changes. From her Band-geek get up in "You Belong With Me" to her various sparkly dress throughout, "Forever and Always" and "Tell Me Why". But the one costume change would have to be for "Love Story" and for those of you who know me, I absolutely hate this song. But when I saw her bring her audiences back 200 years ago the song blew my mind. From her red 18th century dress to a modern day white dress I was stunned! It was such a beautiful transition.

HIGHLIGHTS

Taylor Swift is an absolutely brilliant performer. She entertained her fans from the main stage, to a constructed back stage and never for got to address those on the sides. She also literally came into the crowds and hugged those she could and was genuinely excited to meet with her fans even for a brief moment.

From beginning to end Taylor brought the arena to a great atmosphere leaving every single one of her fans satisfied that their $100 - $200 tickets were well spent.


LOW-LIGHTS

This is both a compliment and criticism towards the security in Acer Arena. I will commend them on their attempts of video evidence of the night, but it made me rather angry and confused at the fact that I wasted my battery to only have a security ask me to delete what would have been a great memory of the brilliant time I had that night.

Being one of eight people using camera phones and digital cameras in my section I was astonish to find that out of the eight two of us were told to stop and delete what we had captured. Although I was not pleased with the demand, I did as i was told and sat in my seat attempting to forget and continue my enjoyment.

Another bummer was the fact that I was told to sit down by another member of my section. Please! We're at a concert! It's not my fault it's a Sunday night and you're tired and you have work tomorrow. All I wanted was to have a good time and stand, dance and sing-along with one of my favourite singers! But because I'm not that mean, and i did want to enjoy the night, I obeyed my fellow audience member and sat my bottom down in the seat and sang my heart out.

There you go.

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