Echols: What is your Nashville, Night Three?
The secret codes of those gathered at a Taylor Swift concert
Taylor Swift performs her third concert in a row at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on May 7, 2023. (Candace Echols/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“The Taylor vibe was strong not only on stage but also in the crowd, and it came out in how her fans looked and in how they sang, in how happy they were to be in her presence and in how they were a unified reflection of the one they came to see.”
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