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Taylor Swift Current? 91ƵSaskatch91Ƶ pleads with pop star to come for a visit

Prairie province lobbying hard for Swift to come and see them for first time since 2009
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Z99 Radio Host Greg 91ƵWheels91Ƶ Moore sits for a photograph with a friendship bracelet in Regina on Friday, July 19, 2024. The friendship bracelet is being created in an attempt to be the largest in the world in a bid to bring Taylor Swift back to the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

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 91Ƶ an homage to the mega-pop star91Ƶs 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.

Weiland91Ƶs bracelets, and hundreds more, have been strung together around a spool, reaching 100 metres in length 91Ƶ or about the size of a football field.

It91Ƶs like a long love letter: Please, Taylor, you belong with us.

91ƵI think if we collectively as a province wave our Taylor flag, something might happen,91Ƶ Weiland said in an interview.

91ƵYou never know, right? Travis didn91Ƶt think he91Ƶd land the most popular woman on Earth, but he did.91Ƶ

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.

She91Ƶs not coming to Saskatchewan but there91Ƶs a wellspring of never-say-die Swifites promoting events and ideas to find ways to lure the star 91ƵBack to Saskatch.91Ƶ

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.

91ƵI like to shorten Saskatchewan. Like 91ƵI got this lamp in Saskatch,91Ƶ 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.

91ƵThe world needs more of that, and to spread this kind of joy is a win-win,91Ƶ Moore said.

91ƵIt91Ƶs palpable and you see it everywhere.91Ƶ

For instance, hundreds recently gathered 91Ƶ about a fortnight ago 91Ƶ at Regina91Ƶs downtown mall to make the bracelets, which are commonly exchanged at Swift concerts.

They also held a massive dance party at this year91Ƶs Country Thunder.

There91Ƶs 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 91ƵBack to Saskatch91Ƶ eye-blacks for a game.

91ƵIt91Ƶs been surreal to watch it grow, week after week,91Ƶ Moore said.

Even those who don91Ƶt 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 didn91Ƶt even know who Swift was.

91ƵI had to go online to see a picture of her. I didn91Ƶt know what she looked like. She91Ƶs 34 and I heard she has a boyfriend in the NFL,91Ƶ Bridal said.

Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.

91ƵBut I just went with it and said, 91ƵGo ahead.91Ƶ It91Ƶs a fun thing and hopefully gets to Taylor Swift91Ƶs (public relations) people.91Ƶ

City councillor Ryan Switzer, who convinced Bridal to agree to change Swift Current91Ƶs name, said the economic spinoffs would be huge.

Switzer said he91Ƶs also a fan.

91ƵShe has a lovely voice and there are few songs of hers that I turn up when they come on the radio,91Ƶ 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 91Ƶ Saskatchewan91Ƶs colours 91Ƶ for one of her shows. At a separate show, on the same day the Roughriders were playing, she wore pink and green.

91ƵDoes she see us? Suddenly is she working on something?91Ƶ Moore said.

91ƵWe don91Ƶt know at this point, but knowing Taylor Swift and her ability to have fun with fans, I wouldn91Ƶt put it past her to close this loop on the story and say, 91ƵYou know what, I91Ƶm going to come back at some capacity because I love you, too.91Ƶ91Ƶ

Weiland, who scored concert tickets to see Swift in Toronto later this year, said she hopes for good karma.

91ƵIt91Ƶs a lot of work being a Swiftie. You got to stay on top of it,91Ƶ she said.

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