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"alone, i hold my breath a little bit longer..."

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When Taylor Swift went to a Kansas City Chiefs game, she didn't expect for a local high school's marching band to be there to perform during halftime. She didn't expect for one of the band members to come up to her during the game, and she definitely didn't expect for the teenager to stick in her mind, up until a time that could make or break a life.

When Vallie Raine Copeland became drum major of the Redland High School's marching band, she didn't expect that it would lead to her meeting Taylor Swift. She didn't expect that Taylor would actually want to talk to her, and she didn't expect for their paths to cross more than just that one fateful Sunday afternoon.