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Written by Erin Frustaci
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
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WHATEVER STARS WANT, THIS GREELEY WOMAN GETS
 A heap of stage crew passes and autographed photos of Lonestar and Styx are sprawled on the table in front of Cassie Lapcewich. But she isn’t some crazed groupie. She’s worked hard for them.
Lapcewich spends two weeks out of the year running errands for stars.
“Not everyone can say I took Phil Vassar to the gym or Joe Diffie golfing,” Lapcewich said.
The 25-year-old from Greeley has worked as a runner for the Wrangler Organization, the Greeley Stampede’s volunteer group, for five years now. She shares the job with one other person, often working from 8 a.m. to midnight with just a few breaks in between.
 “In the morning I meet with a road manager or crew manager and am at their disposal for the day,” Lapcewich said. “If the artist wants to go work out, if somebody wants to go play golf, needs to do errands, whatever they need to do while they are here, they come to me.”
Though some celebrities are a little more demanding than others, Lapcewich wouldn’t comment on any over-the-top requests.
“We try to promote the positive aspects,” she said. “We try to let them keep to themselves and try not to bug them. We don’t get involved with them too much. We are there to do a job and they are there to do a job.”
 Lapcewich has quite the memory bank of stories of the rich and famous, but has become immune to star-struck symptoms.
“We don’t ever go ask for autographs. That’s not what we’re there for. If somebody happens to offer one, then great. You deserve it and earned it, but we are there to take care of them, not hound them,” she said.
The biggest thing is food requests.
“A lot of them just want pizza to go,” she said.
 Def Leppard had a craving for Japanese food a few years ago, which was a first.
“Just about anything they have asked for food-wise, we’ve been able to get,” Lapcewich said.
Among her personal favorite stars have been Gary Allan and Phil Vassar because of their music. One of the perks of the job is getting to see all of the concerts for free.
This year, Lapcewich is excited to see and work with Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich.
“I listen to a huge variety of music, but I do like my country,” she said.
By Erin Frustaci
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