"All About Taylor Swift"

#6 "Early Life"

Taylor Swift was born in December 13,1989,in reading pennslyvania.She was named after singer James Taylor.Her father,Scott Kingsley Swift,is a Merill Lynch financial advisor.He was raised in Pennsylvania,and is the descendant of three generations of bank presidents.Her mother,Andrea Gardner (Finlay) Swift,is a homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.Swift's mother,though American,Spent the first 10 years of her life in Singapore,before returning to the U.S. and setting in texas,Her own father was an engineer who worked throughout southeast asia.Swift has a younger brother named Austin.

Swift spent the early years of her life on a christmas tree farm in Cumru,Township,Pennsylvania.She attented preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School,run by Franciscan nuns,before moving to the Wyndcroft School.The family then moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing,Pennsylvania,where she attented Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School,Swift summered at her parents' oceanfront vacation home in Stone Harbor,New Jersey,and described it as the place "where most of my childhood memories were formed"

At the age of nine,Swift became interested in musical theatre and performed in four Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions.She also traveled regularly to broadway for vocal and acting lessons.Swift later turned her attention to country music-Shania Twain's songs made her " want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything".She spent her weekends performing at local festivals,coffeehouses,fairs,karaoke,contests,garden clubs,Boy Scout meetings and sporting events.At the age of eleven,after many failed attempts.Swift won a local talent competition and and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater.

After watching a documentary about Fath Hill,Swift felt that she needed to go to Nashville,Tennessee,to pursue a music career.At the age of eleven,She traveled with her mother to Nashville to submit a demo,of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers,with record labels along Music Row.She received label rejections and realized that "everyone in that town wanted to do what i wanted to do.So,I kept thinking to myself ,I need to figure out a way to be different.

When Swift was about 12 years old,a computer repairman taught swift how to play three chords on a guitar,inspiring her to write her first song,"Lucky You".She had previously won a national poetry contest with a poem titled "Monster in my closet" but now began to focus on songwriting.In 2003,Swift and her parents started working with New York-based music manger Dan Dymtrow.with Dymtrow's help,Swift modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch as part of their "Rising Stars"campaign,had an original song included on a Maybeline compilation CD,and attented meetings with major record labels.After performing original songs at an RCA Records showcase,Swift was given an artist development deal and began making frequent trips to Nashville with her mother.To help swift break into country music,her father transffered to Nashville office of Merill Lynch when she was 14,and the family  relocated to a lakefront house in Hendersonville,Tennessee.

"My parents took all the pressure,off by saying,"We're just moving because we love the area,so don't worry" They knew nothing about the industry and had no involvement in enterntainment,But I was so obsessed with it and so they did their research and read up,about it to help me in every way they could.They're amazing people"
                                          -taylor swift

In Tennessee, Swift attended Hendersonville High School for her freshman and sophomore years. Later, to accommodate her touring schedule, Swift transferred to the Aaron Academy, a private Christian school that offered homeschooling services. She maintained a 4.0 grade average, having completed her final two years of course work in twelve months.

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