Biography and Itinerary

Name: Emily Chiew and Lara Connolly

Class: 7CAR
Teacher: Ms Leigh Gregerson
Due Date: 7/11/2014
Date Submitted: 7/11/2014

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Contents
Biography of Taylor Swift............................................................................................................... 4
Itinerary ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Reference List ................................................................................................................................ 11

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Biography of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter multi-Grammy award winner. In 2010, at the age
of 20, she was the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in
Reading Pennsylvania, to Andrea (Finlay), a one-time
marketing executive, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a financial
adviser. She has English, German, Irish, Scottish, and 1/16th
Italian ancestry.
Taylor Swift was named after
James Taylor, a famous
singer-song writer. Her
mother believed that having
a gender neutral would help
her forge a business career.
James Taylor: Singer-song writer.
Taylor Swift, age 7, at Pottstown,
James Taylor: Photo Gallery, 2014, IMDB,
Pennsylvania's Wyndcroft School.
viewed November 3 2014,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852510/m
ediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm

Having her mother put her in saddle at only 9 months old,

Taylors first ever hobby was horse riding. Later she would
perform and compete in horse shows. At the age of nine
Taylor switched her attention to music theatre and
performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of
Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music.

Young Taylor with her horse.

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Taylor regularly travelled to Broadway, New

York, for acting and vocal lessons. However,
after auditioning in New York for a few years
and getting nothing, she got interested in
country music.

Taylor Swift, at left, 11 in 2001, in a rehearsal for a

Berks Youth Theatre Academy production. At right,
from bottom, are Lashette Showers, Bianca Black
and Emilee Haverkamp.

Taylor started her career as a singer

at the age of fourteen, having
secured an artist development deal
with RCA Records. When she was
fifteen she left RCA Records and
resolved to wait until she was 18 to
make her first album. During the long
wait Taylor decided to record covers
of various other artists.
Her plan for waiting until she was 18
got pushed away, and she went
ahead with her career, determined
that she was ready to pursue her
dreams. At an industry showcase at
Nashville's The Bluebird Caf in 2005,
Swift caught the attention of Scott
Borchetta, a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his
own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor became one of
the new labels first signings.

The Bluebird Caf, Nashville

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Taylor Swifts first album, Taylor Swift, was released on October 2006, and received many
positive reviews from various music critics. Taylors second album, Fearless, was released in
2009 and became the top selling album of that year. Her third album, Speak Now, was released
in October 2010, all songs written by Taylor herself. Finally, on October 22nd 2012, Taylors
fourth album, Red, came out. Recently, Taylors album 1989 has come out, released on the 27th
of October 2014, under Big Machine Records, LLC.

Taylor Swifts first album, Taylor Swift. Includes singles

Picture to Burn (February 3 2006), Teardrops on My
Guitar (February 19 2006), Shouldve said No (May 18
2006), Tim McGraw (June 19 2006), Our Song
(September 9 2006) and more.

Taylor Swifts second album, Fearless. Includes

singles Love Story (September 12 2008), White
Horse (December 7 2008), Fearless (January 3
2009), You Belong With Me (April 18 2009),
Fifteen (August 30 2009) and more.

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Taylor Swifts third album, Speak Now. Includes

singles Mean (march 7 2010), The Story of Us (April
19 2010), Sparks Fly (July 18), Mine (August 4 2010),
Ours (November 8), Back To December (November 15
2010) and more.

Taylor Swifts fourth album, Red. Includes singles

22 (march 12 2012), Red (June 24 2010),
Everything Has Changed (July 16 2012), We Are
Never Ever Getting back Together (August 13
2012), Begin Again (October 1 2012), The last
Time (November 4 2012), I Knew You Were
trouble (November 27 2012) and more.

Taylor Swifts fifth and most recent album, 1989.

Includes singles Shake It Off (August 18 2014), Blank
Space (November 10 2014) and more.

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Itinerary
Day

Early
morning
(3:009:00)am

Late
Morning
(9:0012:00)am

Day 1

Arrive in
Brisbane at
6:45
Get picked
up by blue
Limonene

Day 2

Midday
(12:001:00) pm

Afternoon
(1:005:00)pm

Evening
(5:007:00)pm

Night (7:003:00)am/pm

Check in at Relax and Meet and

Emporium have lunch greet at
Hotel
at the
south
hotel
bank

Relax and
possibly
have a
snack at
hotel bar

Have dinner
and go to
hotel by
10:00.

Wake up
round about
6:00
because of
jet-lag

Have
breakfast
around
9:00

Climb Mt.
Coot-tha
(12:005:00)

Climb Mt.
Coot-tha
(12:005:00)

Relax and
enjoy view

Have dinner
at summit
restaurant

Day 3

Wake up

Have
breakfast
and go for
a swim in
hotel pool

Get a full
makeover
for
concert
(12:005:00 for
makeover)

Drive to
concert

Concert
warmup
5:00-6:00
concert
starts at
7:00

Concert ends
at 9:00, after
party from
10:00-11:00

Day 4

Wake up at
7:00

Have
breakfast,
say
goodbye
to fans at
south
bank

Have last
lunch in
Brisbane
at Bella
Tiarnie

Pack and
get ready
to leave.

Get on
plane at
airport

Arrive in
Sydney at
9:00pm check
in at Radisson
blu hotel go
straight to
sleep

Day 5

Wake up
and have an
early
breakfast

Meet and
greet on
Sydney
harbor
bridge

Climb the
Sydney
harbor
bridge

Have a
late lunch
and do
some
SHOPPING

Return to
hotel and
get ready
for dinner

Have dinner
and have an
early night

Day 6

Wake up
and have an
early

Pack a bag day at

and get
Taronga
ready for a zoo

day at
Taronga
zoo

Concert
warmup
5:00-6:00

Concert ends
at 9:00, after
party from
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breakfast

Day 7

Sleep in

Day 8

Sleep In

Day 9

day at
Taronga
zoo
Say
goodbye
at the
Sydney
harbor
bridge

concert
starts at
7:00
Get on
plane at
airport
(have
dinner on
plane)

10:00-11:00

Have last
lunch

Pack and
get ready
to leave.

Arrive in
Melbourne at
9:00pm check
in at go
straight to
sleep

Wake up
and have
breakfast
in hotel

SHOPPING

Meet and
greet at
royal
botanic
gardens

MORE
SHOPPING

Have a buffet
dinner

Wake up
early

Go see
eureka
tower

SHOPPING

Get a full
makeover
for
concert
(12:005:00 for
makeover

Concert
warmup
5:00-6:00
concert
starts at
7:00

Concert ends
at 9:00, after
party from
10:00-11:00

Day 10

Sleep in

Have a
buffet
breakfast

Album
Signing

SHOPPING

Day 11

Wake up
early have
breakfast

Say
goodbye
at the
royal
botanic
gardens

Have last
lunch

Pack and
get ready
to leave.

Get on
plane at
airport
(have
dinner on
plane)

Arrive in
Adelaide at
9:00pm check
in at go
straight to
sleep

Day 12

Sleep in

Have a
buffet
breakfast

Album
Signing

Meet and
greet at
Adelaide
zoo

Have a
swim in
the hotel
pool

Have dinner
and early
night.

Day 13

Sleep in

Have a
buffet
breakfast

Have
Lunch

Get a full
makeover
for
concert
(12:005:00 for

Concert
warmup
5:00-6:00
concert
starts at
7:00

Concert ends
at 9:00, after
party from
10:00-11:00

Go to the
Crown Casino
(gambling)

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Day 14

Wake up
early have
breakfast

Say
goodbye
at the
Adelaide
zoo

Have last
lunch

makeover
Pack and
get ready
to leave.

Get on
plane at
airport
(have
dinner on
plane)

Leave for Los

Angles,
goodbye
Taylor Swift

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Reference List
Taylor Swift, 2014, IMDB, viewed November 1 2014,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/
Taylor Swift: Awards, 2014, IMDB,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/awards
Taylor Swift: Biography, 2014, Bio, viewed November 1 2014,
http://www.biography.com/people/taylor-swift-369608
Taylor Swift (album), 2004, Wikipedia, viewed November 5 2014,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift_(album)
Bluebird Caf, 2014, The Nashville food project, viewed November 5 2014,
http://www.thenashvillefoodproject.org/newsite/?attachment_id=1328
Taylor Swift: Photo Gallery, 2014, IMDB, viewed November 3 2014,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2357847/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm
James Taylor: Photo Gallery, 2014, IMDB, viewed November 3 2014,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852510/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm
Speak Now (album), 2014, Wikipedia, viewed November 5 2014,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)
Red (album), 2014, Wikipedia, viewed November 5 2014,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_Now
1989 (album), 2014, Wikipedia, viewed November 5 2014,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_(Taylor_Swift_album)

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