Megan Weiland has made a friendship bracelet for every Taylor Swift album.
The Regina woman has also crafted one in Saskatchewan Roughriders green and white sa国际传媒 an homage to the mega-pop starsa国际传媒檚 football-playing boyfriend Travis Kelce. There is also one in pink and green to give the effect of watermelon, something Rider fans are known to wear on their heads at games.
Weilandsa国际传媒檚 bracelets, and hundreds more, have been strung together around a spool, reaching 100 metres in length sa国际传媒 or about the size of a football field.
Itsa国际传媒檚 like a long love letter: Please, Taylor, you belong with us.
sa国际传媒淚 think if we collectively as a province wave our Taylor flag, something might happen,sa国际传媒 Weiland said in an interview.
sa国际传媒淵ou never know, right? Travis didnsa国际传媒檛 think hesa国际传媒檇 land the most popular woman on Earth, but he did.sa国际传媒
Since June, Saskatchewan Swifties have been wooing the star to once again make a stop in the province.
Swift has been on her Eras world tour, drawing hundreds of thousands of fans from London to Tokyo. She is coming to Canada later this year, to perform in Toronto and Vancouver.
Shesa国际传媒檚 not coming to Saskatchewan but theresa国际传媒檚 a wellspring of never-say-die Swifites promoting events and ideas to find ways to lure the star sa国际传媒淏ack to Saskatch.sa国际传媒
Swift referred to the province as Saskatch when she was last here in 2009 for the Craven Country Jamboree, now known as Country Thunder.
She had also said that year she liked antique shopping in Saskatoon.
sa国际传媒淚 like to shorten Saskatchewan. Like sa国际传媒淚 got this lamp in Saskatch,sa国际传媒 she wrote on social media.
Z99 morning show host Greg Moore, known as Wheels, said when he heard she loves Saskatchewan, the idea came to try to bring her back.
Swifties also bring good energy, he said.
sa国际传媒淭he world needs more of that, and to spread this kind of joy is a win-win,sa国际传媒 Moore said.
sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 palpable and you see it everywhere.sa国际传媒
For instance, hundreds recently gathered sa国际传媒 about a fortnight ago sa国际传媒 at Reginasa国际传媒檚 downtown mall to make the bracelets, which are commonly exchanged at Swift concerts.
They also held a massive dance party at this yearsa国际传媒檚 Country Thunder.
Theresa国际传媒檚 been a corn maze mowed south of Regina with the words Corn Era Tour carved into the landscape in hopes Swift sees it from her private plane.
A minor league baseball team recently wore sa国际传媒淏ack to Saskatchsa国际传媒 eye-blacks for a game.
sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 been surreal to watch it grow, week after week,sa国际传媒 Moore said.
Even those who donsa国际传媒檛 care for the singer-songwriter are willing to shake it off.
The City of Swift Current has promised to temporarily change its name, possibly to Taylor Swift Current or Swiftie Current, should she make an appearance.
Mayor Al Bridal said he didnsa国际传媒檛 even know who Swift was.
sa国际传媒淚 had to go online to see a picture of her. I didnsa国际传媒檛 know what she looked like. Shesa国际传媒檚 34 and I heard she has a boyfriend in the NFL,sa国际传媒 Bridal said.
Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.
sa国际传媒淏ut I just went with it and said, sa国际传媒楪o ahead.sa国际传媒 Itsa国际传媒檚 a fun thing and hopefully gets to Taylor Swiftsa国际传媒檚 (public relations) people.sa国际传媒
City councillor Ryan Switzer, who convinced Bridal to agree to change Swift Currentsa国际传媒檚 name, said the economic spinoffs would be huge.
Switzer said hesa国际传媒檚 also a fan.
sa国际传媒淪he has a lovely voice and there are few songs of hers that I turn up when they come on the radio,sa国际传媒 he said.
While Swifties wait to see whether their work has paid off, some think she might have already noticed.
Swift recently wore a green and yellow outfit sa国际传媒 Saskatchewansa国际传媒檚 colours sa国际传媒 for one of her shows. At a separate show, on the same day the Roughriders were playing, she wore pink and green.
sa国际传媒淒oes she see us? Suddenly is she working on something?sa国际传媒 Moore said.
sa国际传媒淲e donsa国际传媒檛 know at this point, but knowing Taylor Swift and her ability to have fun with fans, I wouldnsa国际传媒檛 put it past her to close this loop on the story and say, sa国际传媒榊ou know what, Isa国际传媒檓 going to come back at some capacity because I love you, too.sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒
Weiland, who scored concert tickets to see Swift in Toronto later this year, said she hopes for good karma.
sa国际传媒淚tsa国际传媒檚 a lot of work being a Swiftie. You got to stay on top of it,sa国际传媒 she said.
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