My name is Raymond Smothers. I live in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and have all my life. I became interested in automobiles since i was little. I was always interested in seeing how things really work, I use to take things apart to see how they work and put them back together again. When I got old enough, I started working on my grandparents farm and I learned how all the equipment worked there as well as maintaining it. That's were i also learned how to drive. With help from my father, I learned how to break down a vehicle and put it back together. When it came time to choosing pathways for high school, I chose Automotive Technology. Which meant, I would attend EC3 (Early College and Career Center) Automotive Technology as well as attend high school and meet my requirements for graduating both programs. I learned automotive repair, maintenance and light repair of Engines, Brake Systems, Electrical/Electronic Systems, Suspension, and Steering Systems, Automatic and Manual Transmission/Transaxles, and Engine Performance Systems. We are learned proper care of the customers vehicles. I also learned certain tools and measuring tools to use to complete different assignments. When I completed EC3 Automotive Technology Program, I completed two certifications as well. I also graduated from Central Hardin High School May,2024. In June, 2024, I move into my dorm at WyoTech in Wyoming to continue my education in Automotive Technology with a specialty in Performance and Powertrain. My first class started July 1,2024. Since I have started I have completed six certification, I have perfect attendance and I am hold 91% average. I will Garduate May, 3025 unless I add additional classes. I truly am interested in learning how automobiles work and how they can be made better made for the future. I want to be able to build a car from the bottom up and it be the best car it can be. If I don't find a job before I graduate here in Wyoming, I look forward to returning to Elizabethtown, Kentucky an being the best automotive technician and continuing my education in pursuit of becoming a master technician. I want to provide the best customer service possible to the community in Elizabethtown, Kentucky until I can open a business of my own day. Until then, I will save my money for my business, my home, my 401k and pay life insurance because you never know what life has in store for you.

Friend's and family come together to enjoy and celebrate the season. A nice crisp fall day. Full of snacks, carmel apples, cider and a warm pumpkin latte with a great group of friends. Meeting for a game night to share a good time and good memories. This is something that we have done as a family for as long as I can remember. With the winter coming on with colder weather we gather together at Starbucks to try all the new and old favorite fall flavors that they have to offer. It always seems that the fall flavors are best shared with friends and family. They remind me of the vibrant fall colors of changing leaves and fond memories of past family gatherings. The pumpkin latte signals the official start of the shopping season. People will be rushing around trying to get as much as they can get done before the fall and winter holidays. So everything is set in motion and everything will look and feel just right. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas along with a small school break are just around the corner whether you have children or your still a child at heart yourself. The best part is when close friends and family will gather. Sharing pumpkin patties around a warm fire and making new memories. The pumpkin latte makes you feel warm and relaxed. Capturing all that is right with the season. We have all carefully chosen our favorite flavors, salted carmel mocha and pumpkin latties. My sister and I order these drinks on our "sister's days out". When we are our out together having fun and running our errands. It seems what these drinks have most in common is that they are best shared with good company and loved ones. We look forward to them each year just as we look forward to Christmas. Each new Starbucks Coffee flavor that is introduced just feeds our craving to take a trip and to try it. To see if it meets the same great standards of the season. We always look forward to including the newest flavors and swag in our family gatherings as well as gifts during the holiday season. We look forward on what the future has in store for Starbucks and our family are going to share together. Whether a New or Old Starbucks custumer your sure to always meet your cravings for delicious drinks, sandwiches and deserts.

I am applying for this scholarship to assist me in paying off my outstanding financial obligations while I am attending WyoTech. I graduated in June and started classes on July 1, 2024. I decided to immediately start my continuing education after graduation from High School. I had discussed and planned this with my parents all along. I am currently training to be an Automotive Technician with a Specialty in High Performance Power Trains. I am currently carrying a 91% average and already have completed four (4) certifications. I am saving money now for my student loans and my goal is to save four hundred dollars every month while I am in school. I will use this to pay down my debt so that I will owe less when once I graduate WyoTech. I want to be an auto mechanic because I enjoy the challenge of fixing automobiles and I like helping people in my community around me. My mother and father have always encouraged me to do work that I enjoy doing. So for me it's a win win. I'm really good with my hands and I often see the finished product before I ever finish. Plus, I feel confidant thinking outside of the box when I find difficulties to get a task completed. I work well with others and enjoy sharing my knowledge of auto mechanics. I like to help others learn their craft as well. I am a good leader and like to keep things organized. I am comfortable in delegating tasks if need be. I plan to become a Master Mechanic and gain as much education as I can in order to assist me to become the best I can be in my chosen profession. In the future, I would like to work for a reputable company and help create a vehicle that is both economical and ecologically friendly to our environment. I would also like to be able to built a vehicle from the ground up that meets these specifications as well as have the best performance and and powertrain. I will endeavor to continue to helping other mechanics and the community with their automotive needs. I will strive to continue to educate myself in the many areas of automotive repair as this is a constantly challenging and evolving field. I will also continue to help the community as much as I can as I feel it it important to be active.

I am applying for this scholarship because I am in need of additional funds to help pay for my college education. I have applied for The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) but the amount of money that I received will not pay for all of my education. Any additional funds will allow me to secure my housing, food, books, personal items, and transportation. I plan on using my FAFSA toward college expenses. I will be receiving some funds from VA Chaper 35 because my father is a Permanent and Total disabled Marine Corps Veteran. It is my intent to use this stipend to help pay for expenses as well. Any money that is left over, I plan on paying towards any student loan debut that I have so that I am not buried in debt when I finish college. My passion is Automotive Technology with Specialties in High-Performance Powertrains. I have been an A/B Honor Roll Student all four years of high school. I came to this decision after attending a STEM course my junior year at Eastern Kentucky University. While I have done well in high school, I suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Dyslexia. After careful consideration and discussion with my Guildance Counselor and my parents I decided on my career path. I took an interest in both automotive and engineering but couldn't decide on which one I liked best so I took a little bit of both. though the Early Education Program or EC3 Program, I took dual credit classes during my junior and senior years. Then when it came to deciding colleges, I checked out several Automotive Schools herein Kentucky and Tennessee. I was particularly impressed when WyoTech came to EC3 to recruit students and did a presentation on their course of studies and requirements for attending their school. After much consideration and planning, my parents and I went to Wyoming during fall break to visit WyoTech. I went to make sure it was the right fit for me before applying. Once I applied, WyoTech explained to us what the requirements for attending were and what my obligations and responsibilities would be. If I am fortunate enough to attend this school I attend to continue my education until I am a Master Machanic and have the skills necessary to work on any type of equipment. It is my intent to be a credit to my field of study and a benefit to my fellow man.

When I started high school, I had chosen then pathway as a mechical engineer. I started taking classes at EC3 at the community college to receive dual credits in those areas. I also was taking my required classes at the high school. When it came to my junior year, I had to make a decision when applying for colleges and scholarships if this was really what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I realized that I am not your typical college student. I realize that strengths are in math and science. I have ADHD, I have a learning disability and I am dyslexic. If it a subject that I am really interested in, it will grab my attention and I can memorize and recall the information at will if not, I get bored with it. So I chose to take Automotive Technology specializing in High-Performance and Powertrain at WyoTech. I see myself graduating May 2024 and leaving Elizabethtown in late June 2024 for Wyoming to start at WyoTech. I will be there and hopefully coming home for Christmas of 2025 then return after that break to graduate March 2025 with Automotive Technology with Specialties in High-Performance and Powertrain including all ASC certifications that were offered along the way. As well as interviewing while I was there for a job, with nothing to hold me back to see where I will go. Praying to have a job when I graduate March 2025. On May 19, 2025 I plan to ask my girlfriend to marry me. Then from there hopefully we are close enough to friends and family that we purchase a house somewhere in the middle of both for a little support. Then work alot and saving money for the unexpected. In 2028 get marry, after purchasing the house. Then in 2030-3031, hopefully we have kids and I have to saved enough to purchase my Ford Super Sport 4x4 doing what I love and what I went to school for.

While I do like to play basketball, I didn't want to play it for my school and play with all the that pressure. I just wanted to learn and have fun. I learned that our church, Valley Church Baptist had a Basketball League and were doing sign ups. My father knew the gentleman running it and was asked to help him. So when it came time for games to start, on a couple of my off nights from playing, I signed up to work the concession sand to help serve food and open and close once games were over. I also would collect all trash from the gym and take it out for the church. I would clean out from under the blechers and sweep the floor. On my off nights, I also learned how to work the score clock and offered to help when they needed someone to help in that area. During the summertime, Valley Creek Baptist Church has a Softball League out at Gates Field and I was Equipment Manger arriving early and putting out all the equipment on each field for everyone to use before each game. Then I would pickup all the equipment after the games and put it away in the building in a timely manner. I also would help with the concession stand with their supplies and stocking keeping track of what they need to pick up in between games so they wouldn't run out. Once I aged out of playing in the games, I still kept the score clock from time to time for them and I help my father out in the evenings with the gym. Cleaning, sweeping and taking out the trash from the gym. If he wants me to show up early to get things setup before the basketball games, I would do that as well. I love helping out. I also have helped out when they received their new jerseys in for the year and we had to pass them out to all the teams as well as the coaches. We had to sort all of the jerseys then take each team separately in the to make sure the jerseys fit. In the summer, I learned how to do the score sheets for the softball games to help out when they didn't have enough people to do it. One year, we all as group went to Help Hand and help put together boxes for the kids at school how didn't have food for the weekend. We all enjoyed helping. All for the love of the game.

My father has taught me so many things throughout my life, I'm not sure where to start. But I think, I should thank him for encouraging and explaining along the way why we were doing, what we were doing, then showing how to do it. Let me explain. My father showed me how to work on my grandparents farm, doing maintenance on all the equipment and showing how to use all the equipment. Also, he showed me how to do the maintenance on our lawn equipment and how to use then. From there when he purchased my truck, we worked together on it as I learned to take care if it. I really am greatful for my father and the relationship we have, that we can share these things with each other. We can talk about these things and we understand each other which I find helpful when we are searching for parts to order on the internet. I know he has taught me other things along the way and we have many talks about many so things. I am how I am today because of him. We have family meetings to discuss decisions so we are all on the same page with what is all going on. He allows me to make decisions but makes me explain why I have decided what i have, so he can understands where I'm coming from. He also has taught me that all I have to do is ask and he is there to help. My father was a Marine so sometimes he can be very strict and he want things done a certain way. That come from being a Marine. But sometimes he can ease up and be fun at times. He has PTSD so you have to watch for triggers. So the time we share working on my car or out in nature we have fun. We both like helping in the community and work a Velley Creek Baptist Church at the basketball league. We show up early to clean the gym, take out the trash, and sweep the floor. On game nights my father will keep track of the fouls and time outs during the game and I will work the score clock for them. We also help the concession stand clean up at the end of the night. He really understands why I really like to work on and have a well maintained vehicle. I want to help others have the same. That's why I want to go to college to learn more about maintaining and having car perform better so I can return and get a job and share that with the community.

My grandfather on my mother's side has cardic disease. It has effected us all at one point or another during the years. He has to carry a little bottle of nitroglycerin pills with him at all times. I remember when I was going to East Hardin Middle School, he had traveled to Lexington to go to University of Kentucky to take some material to the law school about his business. While he was leaving he had a stroke and lucky he was was found be a professor leaving the school, he was by his car on the ground. You can image once we received a call from the hospital, everyone was upset. My grandmother rushed to Lexington to be with him. My mother went the next day. My grandfather had to have surgery to have several stents put in and he was in the hospital for awhile. Once home he had to take it easy, no driving, no work and no carrying anything for awhile. You have to understand my grandfather worked as a attorney but he also lived on a farm so he also worked hard after he returned home from the office. Telling him he couldn't do certain things was hard for him not to do because there was always something he could get into. Once he was released from the doctor he took it slow going back to work, one or two days a week before increasing it. Then our family always made sure someone was with incase something happened so we could call for for assistance. He can be very stubborn when it comes to this. Because when he going to do something he just going to do it with or without you. We all love our grandparents and you can't smoothed them you just sometimes just have to let them do things for themselves at a distance. My grandfather lives in Louisville, KY and I go and visit him quite often. He gets a kick out of how much I have grown. I realize he still has to be careful but he has shown me how to do alot of things around farm. I enjoy spending time with him and learning how to operate the equipment, trim the vines, and work on the mowers. The cardic disease that he has his doctor has given additional medication to keep his blood then as will as the nitroglycerid pills that he has to carry with him at all time. I don't know about all the medication but just these few. Looking back it would have been nice if in your annal visit there was a test that could check for this or if you were heading into this disease.

My father inspired me to pursue a career in the automotive industry. From the time I was about 10 years old, I knew I wanted to be an automobile mechanic, this is what I wanted to do. I want to be an auto mechanic because I love working on automobiles and figuring out what's goes wrong with them and fixing it. I use to work on my grandparents farm and I tried to learn everything that I could about working on all the equipment on the farm. I also helped my father do maintenance and repair jobs all the time. I felt this would help me be a more well rounded mechanic person overall. I also like taking an automobile apart and making it better than it was to start with, adding this and that never hurts a little. I also want to learn how I can make automobiles better for the future and for the community around me. When I was in middle school I learned that I had a learning disability. I also have ADHD and I am dyslexic. I had a special teacher work with me everyday. Not only am I grateful for that but I learned that my strengths are un math and science as well as the more senses you involve the better. I have great hand, eye coordination and I love working with my hands. Once I started high school, I started taking dual credit classes at the community college at EC3 in Engineering and Mechanics, I love it. I took Engineering because I wanted to learn how to build a car from the ground up. To be able to know the total ins and outs of a car, in order to make it better for the future. I have the ability to design the on CAD program and I bring my computer home with me all the time. I sit and play with the program to see what all I can do with it. You can make some extraordinary things with the CAD program. I also take my standard core classes at the high school that is required to graduate. When I graduate this year, I plan to go to WyoTech College. I plan to take Automotive Technology with Specialties in Powertrain and Performance. The Powertrain and Performance knowledge will help me to get the best efficiency possible out of a vehicle that I can. Once I graduate from WyoTech College, I hope to obtain a job in the community helping better automobiles for the future and community around me.

I am applying for this scholarship because I want to be an auto mechanic. I want to be an auto mechanic because I love working on automobiles and figuring out what's goes wrong with them and fixing it. From the time I was about 10 years old, I knew this is what I wanted to do. I use to work on my grandparents farm and I tried to learn everything that I could about working on all the equipment on the farm. I helped my father do maintenance and repair jobs all the time. Then I moved on to helping my father with his vehicles. My father taught me a lot about maintaining your vehicle, checking your fluids, air pressure, how to purchase the correct tires. Once I started high school, I started taking dual credit classes at the community college at EC3 in Engineering and Mechanics, I love it. I took Engineering because I wanted to learn how to build a car from the ground up. To be able to know the total ins and outs of a car, in order to make it better for the future. I also take my standard core classes at the high school that is required to graduate. When I graduate this year, I plan to go to WyoTech College. I plan to take Automotive Technology with Specialties in Powertrain and Performance. Once I graduate from WyoTech College, I hope to obtain a job in the community helping better automobiles for the community.

Music has affected my life a great deal during my high school years. Music starts off my day and it puts me to sleep at night. It can also be used to calm me down or be used at many of the parties that I will attend though out my high school years. I can listen to music while I am taking tests to help me concentrate as well as to help me relax and reduce anxiety during testing. I listen to music while I am in study hall or changing classes to relax and zone out for a few minutes. Depending on what music, I am listening to during the day it would help my mood. This helps out during high school when I'm am sad, happy, anxious, angry, and nervous. I also listen to alot of music when I am with my friends. We listen to a wide variety of music, sharing music playlist with each other. I feel this is just another extension of ourselves. We teach each other dances, we goof off together to music, we laugh to music with our friends. We just enjoy each other's company including music. I feel that music seems to helps me to concentrate as well as focus better when studying. I also am learning how to play the trumpet which I enjoy very much. I have memorized a few songs but I need to work on my steady breathing and note length when playing. I learned that music had taught me I can memorize most things when put to music. This helps me with taking tests during high school, playing my trumpet music, to concentration and focus. I also use music to remember events during high school. For example when you go to the football game and I remember what that band played when we beat our rivals the other night. I also remember the first song I danced to with my girlfriend these are things you don't forget. I feel that music affects our lives in one way or the other happy or sad. It can help us alot with our mood, concentration, focusing, memory, recall, physical, emotional, and social goals. As much as it touches each and everyone of us on a daily basis we need to use it to our advantages. Music is all around us every where we go, we need to either choose to ignore it or listen and enjoy.

Success is having a dream and seeking out ways to accomplish your dream to become what you really want to do in life. From the time I was about 10 years old, I knew I wanted to be an automobile mechanic. I wanted to be an auto mechanic because I love working on automobiles and figuring out what's goes wrong with them and fixing it. I also like taking an automobile and making it better than it was to start with, adding this and that never hurts a little. I also want to learn how I can make automobiles better for the future and for the community around me. I use to work on my grandparents farm and I tried to learn everything that I could about working on all the equipment on the farm. I thought this would help me be a successful automobile mechanic. I helped my father do maintenance and repair jobs all the time. I felt that more I could learn and work on different models would better my abilities for being a successful in the future for doing jobs for am employer. Then I moved on to my 1994 Ford Ranger and helping my father with his vehicles. My father taught me a lot about maintaining your vehicle, checking your fluids, air pressure, how to purchase the correct tires for my truck and so on. He also taught me that if you take care of your vehicle, it will take care of you when you need it too. Once I started high school, I started looking for what career paths they offered that I could take that would help me achieve my goal of automobile mechanic. I started taking dual credit classes at the community college at EC3 in Engineering and Mechanics, I love it. I took Engineering because I wanted to learn how to build a car from the ground up. To be able to know the total ins and outs of a car, in order to make it better for the future. I have the ability to design the on CAD program and I bring my computer home with me all the time. I sit and play with the program to see what all I can do with it. You can make some extraordinary things with the CAD program. I also take my standard core classes at the high school that is required to graduate. This opportunity will help me achieve attending WyoTech College. I have enough funds to pay for my housing but I need assistance with my tuition as well as other expenses. My parents are both disabled and are helping me as much as they can. I feel that I am more of a leader than a follower when it comes to something that I am really interested in. I have been working towards this goal for a long time and I look forward to see what the future holds. I am dyslexic, have ADHD, have an learning disability, and have an IEP for school but this does not hold me back from performing in the classroom or when I am at the mechanics bay. This opportunity will not only help me achieve my goal but will be a great relief if given to me then I will be able to really concentrate more on successfully completing my classes at WyoTech College then worrying about paying tuition. I am I plan to take Automotive Technology with Specialties in Powertrain and Performance. The Powertrain and Performance knowledge will help me to get the best efficiency possible out of a vehicle that I can. Once I graduate from WyoTech College, I hope to obtain a job in the community helping better automobiles for the future and community around me.

From the time I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to be an automobile mechanic and went off searching for ways I could learn everything about it. I used to work on my grandparents farm and tried learning everything that I could about working on all the equipment on the farm. I helped my father do maintenance and repair jobs all the time. Then I moved on to my 1994 Ford Ranger and helping my father with his vehicles. My father taught me a lot about maintaining your vehicle, checking your fluids, air pressure, how to purchase the currect tires for my truck and so on. He also taught me that if you take care of your vehicle, it will take care of you, when you need it too. Once I started high school, I started taking dual credit classes at the community college at EC3 in Engineering and Mechanics, I love it. I took Engineering because I wanted to learn how to build a car from the ground up. To be able to know the total ins and outs of a car, in order to make it better for the future. I have the ability to design on the CAD program and I bring my computer home with me all the time. I sit and play with the program to see what all I can do with it. You can make some extraordinary things with the CAD program. I also take my standard core classes at the high school that is required to graduate. When I graduate this year, I plan to go to WyoTech College. I plan to use this scholarship so that I may attend this college. This college will help me reach my goal of being an automobile mechanic. Both of these combined, WyoTech College a d your scholarship will help me reach my goal. My plan is to take Automotive Technology with Specialties in Powertrain and Performance along with taking all of my ASE Certifications along the way. The Powertrain and Performance knowledge will help me to get the best efficiency possible out of a vehicle that I can. I feel this is where our vehicles lack today among other things. Once I graduate from WyoTech College, my goal is to obtain a good job in the community helping better automobiles for the future and community around me. I love in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and the BlueOvel Battery Park is under construction now. Ford Motor Company is moving their plant there from Westport Road in Louisville, Kentucky. My goals are getting closer to home.

I am applying for this scholarship because I want to be an auto mechanic. I want to be an auto mechanic because I love working on automobiles and figuring out what's goes wrong with them and fixing it. I also like taking an automobile and making it better than it was to start with, adding this and that never hurts a little. I also want to learn how I can make automobiles better for the future and for the community around me. From the time I was about 10 years old, I knew this is what I wanted to do. I use to work on my grandparents farm and I tried to learn everything that I could about working on all the equipment on the farm. I helped my father do maintenance and repair jobs all the time. Then I moved on to my 1994 Ford Ranger and helping my father with his vehicles. My father taught me a lot about maintaining your vehicle, checking your fluids, air pressure, how to purchase the currect tires for my truck and so on. He also taught me that if you take care of your vehicle, it will take care of you when you need it too. Once I started high school, I started taking dual credit classes at the community college at EC3 in Engineering and Mechanics, I love it. I took Engineering because I wanted to learn how to build a car from the ground up. To be able to know the total ins and outs of a car, in order to make it better for the future. I have the ability to design the on CAD program and I bring my computer home with me all the time. I sit and play with the program to see what all I can do with it. You can make some extraordinary things with the CAD program. I also take my standard core classes at the high school that is required to graduate. When I graduate this year, I plan to go to WyoTech College. I plan to take Automotive Technology with Specialties in Powertrain and Performance. The Powertrain and Performance knowledge will help me to get the best efficiency possible out of a vehicle that I can. Once I graduate from WyoTech College, I hope to obtain a job in the community helping better automobiles for the future and community around me.

My financial background changed in 2014 when my parents were in 2 car accidents within two months apart from the other. Making my mother disabled and my father unable to work full time. This scholarship would lead me to achieving my future of attending WyoTech and completing a nine month program with an associate degree in Powertrain and Proforamce as well as a Pro Certification in Mechanics. This deam will have a positive effect on society because it will allow me to help others with their automobiles and the problems that they might come across. I hope to obtain a job that will allows me to help others in the community around me with their automobiles. The safety of others in important as well in this job and keeping others safe with their automobiles on the road is important for I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt. Knowing that I did a good job and kept everyone safe on the road makes me feel good. Automobiles are big part of our community and I have always wanted to work on them, know how they work and know how to fix the problems that can occur with them. I have worked on my family's farm doing maintenance on the equipment there as well as learning how to operate all of the equipment. Then I learned how to do simple oil changes to lawn mowers before I moved to the vehicles we owed. Then as problems arose my dad and I trouble shotted it then fixed it. I knew that I have always wanted to work on automobiles since I was 10years old. Now that I am in high school, I have been taking Mechanics and Engineering as dual credentials at EC3 at the Community College in my Junior and Senior years while I complete my high school classes. When I graduate I will have a Certification of Engineering and Certification of Mechanics as well as my high school diploma. With the help of this scholarship I could make my dream of going to WyoTech and furthering my education a reality so I could get a good job in the community to others where I live and share what I have learned and help them with their automobiles. As well as share with others in my field what I have learned so we may learn from each other and gain different techniques on doing different jobs that will better completing the jobs we do on a daily basis.

Before the Eras Tour I would of only thought of one place to purchase tickets, that would have been Ticketmaster. Unfortunately, everytime that you wanted to go to any event you would have to go through Ticketmaster to purchase the tickets. I have learned since the Eras Tour, there are a lot of other places to purchase tickets from more easily and without any hold times. For example, a group of us wanted to go see The Black Stone Cherries. I looked them up and found that I could download the app Bandstands. I was able to purchase tickets to their event as well as save the tickets in their app. The Bandstands app also lets you like the bands you want to follow and will alert you when something new is posted. If you are looking to purchase tickets for a larger venue such as the Eras Tour you would be better off using StubHub or TicketsNow instead of Ticketmaster these sites have a large selection of tickets all over the world and they offer great customers service. They are also user friendly and offer a variety of ticket options, including hard to find tickets and last minute tickets. I'm sure one of these could of done a better job then Ticketmaster, it may be time to give some other company a try. I think we all learned our lesson with Ticketmaster with keeping people on hold and customers not being able to get through even to purchase tickets at all for the Eras Tour. People were crying and very upset about the whole thing. I think the public doesn't trust Ticketmaster like it did after what happened nor should it. Ticketmaster shouldn't have agreed to something it could've accommodated. Ticketmaster never had such a spotlight on it as it did when it falled to do what Ms. Swift expected per their understanding. I have always tried to make sure I have a backup plan in case things fall through. But in this case, I'm not sure what a back up plan would be unless you have an agreement with an additional company to pick up where the other company falls short. I enjoy my music. Music has gotten me through a lot, mentally, emotionally and too relax. My parents have given me my wide arrange of love from 80's on. I have a mix of all chandra's and I have even learn to play the trumpet myself.