Well, I am very crazy.... I just wrote a letter to the program director to the country station in Kansas City.... and who knows.....

Hello, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rachel Counts. I am 23 years old, and from Ohio. I have been a fan of Garth Brooks since I was 7 or 8 years old. I was born with severe hearing loss, and when I was 16 years old, I received a cochlear implant to allow me to gain back my hearing that I had lost. Being hearing impaired, as a little girl, I was not into music at all, until my dad tapped me on the shoulder and told me to listen to this song that came on the radio and that it was a great song by an artist. The song was “Two of the Kind, Working on a Full House”, by Garth. After that, I would only listen to him, because he was only the artist I could understand. I remember when I was little, I would always play his music on repeat, everywhere I went in the car with my parents, I would have them put in his CD, if they wouldn't, I threw a fit over it. Now, I am in college, I attend the Ohio State University, majoring in art and technology. When I heard about Garth's concerts in Kansas City, I was feeling upset because I never had a chance to see him in concert, until one day my friend surprised me by a phone call saying she got tickets to see Garth. I was happy for her, she deserved it, and she told me I was the first person she thought of to ask if I wanted to come down to Missouri to see Garth. So, with that being said, I am in college, I am going to skip a day of three classes just to see Garth. I felt this was my once in a lifetime opportunity and I could not miss it. It has been my lifetime dream to see Garth in concert and it is finally coming true, and I am unbelievably excited. It's also been a dream of mine to tell him my story about my implants and how he, personally, brought music to my ears, and thank him for introducing the wonderful world of music to me. Without his music I wouldn't have probably gave music a chance. And I want him to know how much that means to me and thank him.

Thanks for reading, but if you can help fulfill my dream, it would be such an amazing experience, and one I will NEVER forget.

Sincerely,
Rachel Counts