Wind in her hair, Grace DelVecchio was there.
Since 12-year-old Grace opened a Christmas present containing Eras Tour concert tickets, not only has the die-hard “Swiftie” been looking forward to seeing the pop superstar perform live — she’s had her fingers crossed that she gets the chance to satisfy her idol in person.
“I’m going to yell and scream and jump up and down. I’m so excited to see her!” the elated tween, who has Down Syndrome, told The Post in anticipation of attending Swift’s concert events on Friday and Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
On the DelVecchio home in Westchester, T-Swizzle’s tunes are blasted from the minute Grace wakes up until bedtime, said her mom, Theresa DelVecchio.
On Saturdays, the family has a practice of serving up “folklore pancakes” – that are just regular pancakes, but cooked while Swift’s “Folklore” album plays within the background, Theresa said.
“[Grace] plays the Taylor Swift playlist on Alexa 24/7 — her older brother is like, ‘Enough already!’” Theresa said with amusing.
Grace’s teachers will even draw upon the teenager’s love for the pop superstar in her lessons at college.
“We’ll discuss Taylor Swift, we’ll summarize Taylor Swift, we’ll say who she is, why she’s necessary,” said Jenn Sparano, who works closely with Grace as a speech-language pathologist at Mildred E. Strang Middle School.
After Grace’s obsession with Swift began in late 2019, with the discharge of the Grammy-nominated album “Lover,” securing tickets for his or her daughter to see the icon in concert became a mission for Grace’s dad, Michael DelVecchio.
“It was like, each time Taylor Swift goes on tour next, we’ve got to be there regardless of what,” Michael said. “I needed to make it a priority to do it for [Grace], considering every thing that she’s undergone.”
The daddy of two felt like “the worst dad ever” when he wasn’t in a position to accomplish his mission through the Eras Tour concert ticket presale on Nov. 15 — which broke Ticketmaster after the positioning experienced a “historically unprecedented demand.”
Swifties reportedly saw tickets going for as much as $22,000 on StubHub, a ticket reseller site, within the wake of the chaos.
“I used to be devastated,” Michael recalled, chocking back tears.
Just in time for Christmas, he was finally in a position to purchase the golden tickets for $240 to $418 each.
On Friday, Theresa and Grace attended the show together with Grace’s 12- and 14-year-old cousins and two aunts.
Michael, Sparano, and one other of Grace’s speech teachers will accompany her to the concert on Sunday.
“I’ll cry rather a lot [at the concert],” Michael said with amusing.
He showed The Post a beaded bracelet Grace made for him, which says “Swiftie Dad,” that he happily sports.
In Michael’s eyes, there’s no higher role model for her daughter than T-Swizzle.
“I believe [Grace] does such an awesome job promoting herself, advocating for herself … And, in fact, I believe she gets a few of that from watching what Taylor does on a day by day basis,” he said.
Even in the event that they don’t get to satisfy their idol, the concert events will mark “among the finest moments of our lives,” Theresa said.
