'It was perfect — an unbelievable day'

作者:瑞恩·克拉克
CHS Communications Director

It’s a love story — 和 Ana Stone said “yes.”

Stone, a 23-year-old double graduate from the College of Health Sciences (Medical Laboratory Science 和 Physician Assistant Studies) had no idea that when she attended one of Taylor Swift’s Cincinnati concerts this weekend, her boyfriend of a year would use the opportunity to propose to her — right in the middle of Swift’s iconic song, “爱的故事.”

Video of Stone 和 her boyfriend, 泰勒布朗, 之后迅速传播开来, as fans cannot get enough of the moment. 

“It’s made an unbelievable day even more special,”她说。, noting how at least three television stations 和 three other social media platforms have interviewed them 和 分享视频, which has been viewed more than six million times with more than 900,000人喜欢. 

即使是 music website Billboard.com 分享视频.
 

“I had no clue it was going to happen,” Stone said. “I had actually already seen (Taylor) once on this tour from the nosebleed seats in Nashville. This was a little different.”

Stone said her boyfriend bought expensive floor seats on the resell market for the Cincinnati show. She wondered why, especially since he really isn’t a fan. “He’s more of a Nickelback kind of guy,”她说。, referring to the Canadian rock group.

但, 在周五, there were Stone 和 Brown, who had sneakily given the heads-up to most of the fans seated around them. Many of those strangers knew what was coming, 和 had their camera-phones ready. When Swift sang her “爱的故事,” she finally got to these lyrics at the end:

“He knelt to the ground 和 pulled out a ring
And said, ‘Marry me, Juliet,
You'll never have to be alone …’”

超过60人,000 fans around them sang along, Brown turned around 和 got down on his own knee, 和 popped the question.

“She said ‘Yes,’ thank gosh,” he said.

And a large group sitting around them — including some concert security — cheered.

“It was perfect — he couldn’t have done any better,” Stone said.

Countless fans caught the moment on video 和 in pictures. “Everyone was just so nice 和 excited,”她说。. Then the moment was posted on social media, which led to the interviews 和 even more attention. The overwhelming majority of comments are positive, 她说.

“The only criticism I’ve gotten online is that I might’ve said yes too quickly — like I wanted to get back to watching the show 和 Taylor,”她说。, 笑. 

Was the criticism warranted?

“Honestly, yeah,” she laughed again.

The night, 她说, will always be unforgettable. Now, the notoriety begins.

但 doing interviews 和 taking on celebrity has kind of become habit now for the 2022 graduate, who came into the PA program pretty young — at age 19.

As such, this is not the first time she’s been featured on the CHS website.

“CHS prepared me for this,”她说。. “I’ve always been interviewed 和 featured in stories. I’m just a country girl, but all this has been pretty natural for me to h和le. I’m comfortable in the spotlight.”

Stone, a native of Hazard, Ky., also credits CHS by preparing her to get a job with the geographic 和 financial flexibility to allow her to see Swift twice this summer. She now lives in Richmond 和 works as a PA for Urgent Care Centers of KY, but her job takes her all over central Kentucky. 

“I wanted to stay home 和 take care of my region 和 make a difference here,” Stone said. “CHS is allowing me to do that.”

The only thing that could make the whole situation even better, 她说, is if Taylor Swift could acknowledge the couple on social media. 

“It’s crazy, I am the biggest Taylor fan,”她说。. “This has already been the best proposal I could ever imagine. If we somehow got on her radar, that would just be the icing on the cake. 但 as it is, it’s just been perfect.”