NATCHEZ — Meeting Taylor Swift is arguably one of the most exciting things that could happen to a teenage girl these days, and Morgan Lancaster lived just that dream.

Lancaster said it all started Christmas morning when she opened up a big box containing two tickets to Swift’s concert in Baton Rouge.

Lancaster considers herself a dedicated “Swiftie” and looked forward to the concert for months.

“I think she looked at (the tickets) once a week,” said Morgan’s mom Wendy Lancaster. “The morning of the concert she could do nothing but get in the car.”

Morgan said on the way to Tiger Stadium — and to her first concert of any kind — she and her mother, who went to the concert with her, listened to Swift’s “1989” album four times.

Before the concert started, Morgan waited in line for an hour to buy a souvenir T-shirt, but said it was worth the wait.

The mother-daughter duo hit a snag on the way to their seats. Morgan brought a homemade, lighted sign that resembled Swift’s latest album, but was told because it would get in the way of other concert attendees, they couldn’t bring it in.

After some begging, however, they got to their seats with the sign. Wendy said at least 30 people asked to take a picture with it, and it played a part in helping Morgan’s dreams come true.

Morgan said halfway through concert, she got tapped on the shoulder.

“During one of (Swift’s) songs I screamed, ‘I love you Taylor,’ and then (Swift’s) mom touched my shoulder and asked, ‘Do you love Taylor?” and I started to cry,” Morgan said. “She said, ‘Have you ever met her?’ and I laughed and told her only in my dreams. I bawled when she asked if I wanted to meet her.”

Morgan said she was given a Loft ’89 wristband and directions to the band’s after-concert hangout.

Wendy said she was excited for her daughter to have the experience of meeting someone she admired.

“She cried like a baby,” Wendy said. “I hugged her neck and patted her because I could not believe she did. I just kept hugging her and telling her congratulations.”

Loft ’89 is a meet and greet for 35 fans after each concert. Concert attendees are chosen at random from the audience of, in Morgan’s case, more than 50,000.

Morgan said Loft ’89 had cookies, pizza and sodas for the group to enjoy while they waited for Taylor Swift.

Wendy said Swift was a great conversationalist and was able to talk to everyone in the room.

Morgan pointed out that one conversation centered on kitchen supplies, because Swift loves to bake.

Morgan was nervous about what to say when it was her turn to meet the pop star, but Swift steered the conversation to the temporary tattoos Morgan was wearing.

“I had on these Flash tattoos, stars by my eyes, and one on my wrist, and she said, ‘Oh my God, I love your little star tattoos,’” Morgan said. “Then she told me she wanted some so bad and said, ‘Well, if you ever see me wearing them, it’s because of you.’”

Morgan’s only regret is not asking when the next secret session will be. Swift performs secret performances for her biggest fans a few months before she releases a new album.

“She only picks the major Swifties,” Morgan said. “They like, obsess over her, but I’m not there yet.”

Pictures were taken, hugs were given and compliments were paid throughout the meet and greet.

However, even dreams sometimes come at a price.

Morgan, a Delta Charter School cheerleader, missed a spring football game to attend the concert, and her coach told her she might get a demerit.

“Hey, give me all the demerits, it’s OK,” Morgan said.