You're never too old to "Shake It Off" at a Taylor Swift concert.
Well, that's what eight golden gals living in the same retirement community in The Villages, Florida, are doing. They're headed to Warsaw, Poland, to see Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.
Barbara O'Hare, Donna Brownell, Vicki Dinou, Elaine Helstrom, Margaret Barton, Lisa Kaplan, Lyn MacGuire, and Dorice Kreinbring – between the age of 64 to 75 – planned their trip of a lifetime at their weekly "Martini Monday" night in their singles community.
Barton, 75, talked to her gal pals about how much she loved seeing Swift last June with her daughter and granddaughter in Detroit, Michigan.
"The enormity of it just blew me away. Everybody's dressed…everybody's so nice, everybody's changing bracelets," Barton said. "It just moved me so much how much that woman can create for the whole world."
Barton wanted her friends to experience the concert as well and told them she was going to look for the best ticket prices anywhere in the world.
"We thought it was the martinis talking," Dinou said. "But sure enough, 30 minutes later, she called me and said, 'I found the tickets, they're fabulous seats, and we're going to Warsaw, Poland.'"
The group is set to fly across the pond to Poland on July 29 to attend the concert on August 1. They will stay in Poland until August 7 to do other fun stuff like sightseeing, vodka tastings, and cooking classes.
Barton is treating her friends to the entire trip – flights, concert tickets, hotels, and more.
"I cried. I just couldn't believe it," Helstrom said. "It's overwhelming that someone can be so generous from the bottom of her heart…It's most unselfish act of kindness and generosity that I've ever had."
The trip was booked in February, and "Martini Mondays" have now been replaced by "Taylor Tuesdays." The group even made shirts with their faces printed inside the Eras Tour logo that they would wear to the concert and on the plane. They'll also be sporting friendship bracelets and pink water bottles that say "Swiftie" on them to the show. To top is off, Barton said they even got the group a professional songbook to study Swift's songs.
The group says their favorite Swift songs include: "Anti-Hero," "Karma," "Shake It Off," and, of course, "The Man."
"I think it's going to be very inspiring," Barton said. "I'm very excited to share this with everybody. I think it means more to me than it does to them."
The group is very excited to experience the Eras Tour concert together and even though they've traveled together before – they feel this experience will be a special new one.
"We were all very close friends to start out with and this has brought us even closer like a sisterhood," MacGuire said.
"This is the Eras Tour…we're in our golden era," Helstrom said.
Source: GMA