Country Music Fan Flies From the UK Hoping to Meet Whitney Duncan During CMA Fest

The first song of Whitney Duncan’s I ever heard was her cover of ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ from Nashville Star, and I’ve been a fan ever since. Living in the UK, I could only get her first album, ‘Whitney Duncan’ on UK iTunes and had to wait a while until I could get ‘Right Road Now’. I fell in love with both albums and hoped one day that I would get to meet her and tell her how much I loved them. Being from the UK, though, I didn’t think there was any chance of that. Even when I had decided to go to Nashville for CMA Music Fest I didn’t think I’d get to meet her because I had no idea she would be signing anywhere… little did I know I would actually meet her 3 times while I was there

The first time I met Whitney was at the City of Hope softball game. I told everyone to let me know when she was heading our way so I could say hi to her, and when she did head our way my friend and I got her attention, and I told her I’d come from the UK to see her. Then I made my way down to the front and took my picture with her and she signed my program I was ecstatic for the rest of the evening because I couldn’t believe I met her. Then when I got back to the hotel, I tweeted her and thanked her for taking a picture with me at the game, and she tweeted back saying: ‘I freaking love your accent’. I just about died. lol.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better than that… I meet her for the second time My friend and I were just walking around the convention center, when she pulled me into this line and shouted ‘look, Brit, it’s Whitney Duncan!’ I couldn’t believe I was gonna meet her again… but properly this time. I was so nervous while I was in line, I was even shaking a little. When I went up to meet her she gave me a big hug (which made my whole trip, I think). When she went to sign a picture for me she asked what my name was and I said ‘Amber’ (in my British accent), she paused for a moment and said ‘how do you spell that?’ Luckily I had a bracelet with my name on it, so I showed her and she said ‘Oh, AMBER! Sorry, it’s because of your accent. Haha!’ The whole thing was a little embarrassing because I was SO star struck. I’ve met famous people before and I’ve never acted like that, but I was so excited to meet her because I love her so much

The third time I met her was a few hours later at the fan party. I didn’t realise she was doing a meet & greet after the set, which, by the way, was AMAZING! This was the first time I’ve heard her sing live, and she was incredible! After seeing that, I personally think she should do an acoustic album lol. I was even happier because she sang ‘Burn It Down’, which is my favourite song of hers Anyway, after the performance, I got in line again so I could redeem myself for being such a goof earlier at the convention center, and also get the picture signed that I bought just in case I met her while I was in Nashville. I went up to her and she gave me another hug, and she remembered me from earlier I apologised for how I acted during the meet & greet at the convention center, and she was so sweet about it and told me not to apologise. She signed my picture, and before she could ask for my name, I just showed her my bracelet. lol. Cutest thing ever when she said my name in a British accent! Haha!

I’ve tweeted her a few times, and she’s called me her ‘fave Brit’ a couple of times, which I love! Haha! I take pride in my new title lol.

I met a lot of artists while in Nashville, but I can honestly say that meeting Whitney was the highlight (or were the highlights – lol) of my trip, and she is the sweetest, most sincere celebrity I have ever met. Can’t wait to go to CMA Fest 2011 and hopefully see her again… but this time at the LP Field

x Amber x

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