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Taylor Swift sends cash to Boston deaf school but decides not to play there

Swift and contest sponsors remove Horace Mann school from a contest to have the singer perform at any institution in the USAn irony-laden internet campaign to get Taylor Swift to perform at a school for the deaf has failed – but the institution will still be awarded a substantial sum of cash. Users of 4Chan and Reddit gamed an online contest to send Swift to perform at whichever school in the US earned the most votes by encouraging people to vote for the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Har...

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15:43 on October 2 2012

Taylor Swift sends cash to Boston deaf school but decides not to play there

Guardian Music — Swift and contest sponsors remove Horace Mann school from a contest to have the singer perform at any institution in the USAn irony-laden internet campaign to get Taylor ... more info

18:09 on October 2 2012

Taylor Swift Removes Deaf School From Competition (But Sends Cash!)

ContactMusic — Taylor Swift will not play live at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, despite the institution racking up a serious amount of... more info

Taylor Swift Deaf School

16:25 on October 2 2012

Taylor Swift Donates $10,000 To School For The Deaf

Starpulse — Singer Taylor Swift has made a $10,000 donation to a Massachusetts school for deaf children after it was targeted in an internet prank. Swift launched a Facebook.com co... more info

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