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Here's my review. OMG it was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, I better start at the beginning. (This might get long.) . . . . . My dad picked me up from school at three, and the traffic was good so we were in Orlando by 5:15. We pulled into my cousin's driveway, and I rang the bell. "AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!" I heard from inside. (I cracked up.) After a few minutes of chit-chat (during which Allie and I practically exploded), we left. Between us, we had 2 green glowsticks, a sign with red lights around the edges, and 2 other strings of the red lights to wrap around ourselves. We got to the arena, but they weren't letting people in yet, so we went to the box office and asked about upgrading to floor seats. They said there were no floor seats left. We had nothing to do, so we went to the radio station truck to see what was up. Maybe a last-minute ticket giveaway or something . . . But LOL turns out we didn't need that, as you'll see. The guy at the radio station was like, "Hey, want the scoop? There's a millionaire walking around and he's giving out money to people with tattoos [of the radio station logo]!" We were like, yeah right, but we got the tattoos anyway. Then we walked around the other side of the arena and found a bunch of buses. I had heard that Shania's bus was decorated in purple, but I couldn't see the sides because there were fences around them meaning we shouldn't go in. So we just speculated. Then, around six-thirty, they started letting people in. There was still hardly anyone outside, just a handful of people. This was when the news lady showed up with a camera, wanting someone to sing MIFLAW to be on the news. Allie and I were running up but another woman got there first. The news lady said we could wait and sing too, but we were at the front of the line to get in by then and decided to pass. (I wish we hadn't!) We went in and got hot dogs (which I was too excited to eat even a whole one of) and then found our seats. As soon as we went into the arena I started screaming because I had looked at the map so many times that I knew immediately where our section was, and it was SO much closer than I had thought! I live in Jacksonville and was expecting something like Alltel Stadium, which is HUGE. But the Orena (Orlando Arena) was small because it was used for ice skating and basketball, so we had AWESOME seats. There really wasn't a bad seat in the house. I was expecting something like twenty or thirty seats across each section, but there were only sixteen! We were practically on the aisle! We got to our seats, finished our food, and then tried to put our lights on. The space in each row is really small, so it was really funny to see us trying to put these on. But we finally did it! Then we put the battery packs in our pockets and waited. We were sitting in section 112, the thirteenth row, seats 12-14. Shane Minor came on at 7:30. I personally didn't much like his show. Neither did anyone else; he didn't get much applause. But we tried to be polite. To be honest, we were all SO keyed up about Shania that we couldn't pay attention. But we (Allie and I) were psyched because there were so few lights. All we saw were a couple glowing necklaces in the ENTIRE ARENA. But we were saving our lights for Shania. Shane finished at 8. (When he finished, I tried to go to the bathroom. One look at the line convinced me I should hold it!) The lights dimmed again at 8:30 and we all started screaming. A few more lights and lightsabers came out, but we were the only ones on our entire side of the arena with any sort of light! Though it was dark, we could see her when she ran out on stage, and we all SCREAMED. Then the lights went on and, wearing the leopard outfit, she launched into "Honey, I'm Home". I was absolutely awestruck. I couldn't believe that this wasn't a stadium tape, this wasn't a mass-produced video--this was SHANIA, in the flesh, right in front of us! Allie and I were up dancing with our lights . . . until the woman behind me asked (rather rudely) if we could sit down because she couldn't see. But guess what--the two aisle seats next to us (15 and 16) STAYED EMPTY! So Allie and I jumped over my dad (amid his complaints) and took those seats. I had the aisle so I was up dancing and singing into my glowstick like a microphone. Those people behind us then could see fine because I was actually standing almost completely in the aisle. We yelled every lyric along with her and were having a blast. Then I heard the music start that always plays when she is carried around the arena. I saw her in the silver outfit and practically flew down the stairs. I was at an advantage because I knew what was going to happen. As a result I was one of the first people down there. They were all clustered at the bottom of the steps, so I jumped a row of chairs and got sandwiched right in the front, between two tall people. I started jumping up and down with my hand in the air, trying to make her see me. She met my eyes, smiled, and then swept her hand right across mine! I yelled with delight and started screeching, "I got it, I got it, she touched me!" But before I turned to go back I saw this openmouthed smile on her face, still looking right at me. I don't know how to describe it, but it totally said "Wow! I made someone that happy with a high-five?!" I was SO pumped.They seemed to be carrying her faster than usual, and so she was back to the stage pretty quickly. She sang some more songs, and brought up a little five-year-old who was dressed head to toe in a "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" outfit. It was SO adorable. But she didn't sing, just got a picture. I don't remember the order of the songs except that she opened with HIH, then WBHYBBU. After that it all gets fuzzy. Allie and I were standing up the whole time, singing every lyric (except she didn't know the songs on the WIM CD; she isn't as obsessed as me and only has COO). I used my glowstick as a mike for the whole show. We had red lights and green sticks, which are Shania's favorite colors as well as Christmas colors. I was waving it in the air to the rhythm of the song sometimes, too. My section was pretty lame besides us; they hardly stood up, except for a few rows in the front and back. So we really stood out. I knew people were watching me and I was loving it. One guy came up and said, "You should go up there with that [sign]! Don't wait, go now!" But I knew the guards wouldn't let me, so I stayed where I was, singing, dancing, and having the time of my life. When she came to our side of the stage. I waved to her. She saw me, smiled, and waved back. Then the whole section waved. But I was like "HA, see, I'm not totally crazy! She just acknowledged me!" And the show went on. But then it happened. About two-thirds of the way through the show, she strolled out onto the T and looked around, and said, "You know, I'd really like to meet someone else in the audience." Before most of the audience had a chance to process what that meant, I stepped into the middle of the aisle, held up my sign, rimmed with red lights, and my glowstick, held them over my head so she could see me wrapped in my lights, and screamed as loudly as I could. She looked around, then turned toward my side. That's when I knew. I was screaming so loudly I couldn't hear what she was saying until she pointed at me and said, "Up there, in the red!" The guy who had told me to go up with my sign yelled, "You got it! You got it! Go, go!" I squealed, dropped everything but my glowstick, and practically fell on my face trying to get down the stairs in the dark. Allie ran after me. The guards let us go. (However, my dad, a little slow on the uptake, had to argue his way through so he could get to us and take pictures. LOL) I slapped my online friend Eric's hand as I went by. He yelled, "You go, Jess!" All I could do was scream. Then, just before we reached the stage, she said, "But first, I'm gonna 'Rock This Country!'" We were like, OK. But by then we were at the stage. The guy who told me to go was up there yelling, "I'm her dad!" I was like, What?!?!?!?! But the guards made him leave. We saw her do all of "Rock This Country!" from the very front. And I mean the VERY front. This was when I remembered that I didn't have my letter, beanie baby, or sign. I had dropped them all, I was so happy. But I was afraid that if I went back up, the guards wouldn't let me back down. Plus there was NO WAY I was moving now! RTC seemed to be over in seconds. We climbed onto a chair in the front row and got onto the stage. She came over and said "Cool!" looking at our lights. (I, however, didn't realize my lights had slipped and were quite neatly outlining my chest. OMG!) She said, "I thought this was cool, and thought we could get a picture together!" I said "Yeah!" I turned the WRONG way (duuuh) and she laughed and said, "Face that way." Allison Cornell took the picture and Shania signed it. I looked her in the eye and smiled and said "Thank you!" She said "You're welcome!" Then we had to go. She seemed pretty rushed, just like when they carried her around the floor. I didn't get a chance to tell her my name, or really talk, or anything. Oh well. Next time. Eric was waving at me and yelling from his seat. I waved my glowstick at him. I got back up to my seat and EVERYONE jumped on me wanting to see the picture. Even that rude lazy who told me to sit down! She was doing GBTC, which is one of my favorites, but I didn't get to see much of it. We were on our feet the ENTIRE rest of the time. My sign had died (the battery compartment has broken when I dropped it, so even if I had gotten to come back up and get it it wouldn't have done any good) so I just sang the lyrics and did the pelvic thrust on YWML and everything. We got another wave before it ended. During (IYNIIFL)IOH! I went back down and begged the guard to let me go to the stage and give her my letter. Nope. (DARN!) But it was still an awesome show. Afterward, I talked to Eric for a few minutes and then we bought some stuff. I got a poster, a shirt, and a keychain. Allie and I were celebrities on our way out to the car. I still had my lights on, so EVERYONE stopped me and asked to see the pic. They all asked if we were going to rip in in half and share it. LOL. (We went to K-Mart and made Allie some copies on Kodak paper the next morning. I got to keep the original because we bought the tickets and invited Allie.) Well, that's about it. I will remember this for the rest of my life! ShaniaTwainFan1@aol.com
Country's pop queen sings for the crowd Parry Gettelman Sentinel Popular Music Critic Published in The Orlando Sentinel on Dec 4, 1999. If you ever want to be the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year, this year's title holder, Shania Twain, can give you a good idea what the job requires: multi-tasking and good interpersonal skills.At the Orlando Arena on Friday night, the Canadian-born performer touched countless hands and signed scads of autographs while she sang, and she also kept an eye out for any audience members who had made a special effort to show their affection. She greeted one man who had painted her portrait and engaged him in a brief conversation.She invited to the stage a 5-year-old dressed up in an outfit just like the one she wears in a video, and she summoned one of her band members to take a Polaroid of her with the small fan. She signed the photo and presented it and did the same later for a pair of fans draped in red Christmas lights. While she couldn't greet everyone in the full house personally, even in the course of a show that lasted well past the standard 90 minutes, Twain did venture through the aisles atop a litter carried by members of her crew. She waved energetically as fans stood to get a better glimpse of her ensemble: silver hot pants, a sports bra-like top and go-go boots. Twain is famous for her sexy outfits, but while she hewed to her usual Cosmo Girl style, she mercifully kept clothing changes to a minimum. She first emerged in a high-necked jumpsuit in a trendy animal print, sporting a high, waist-length ponytail that bobbed perkily with every aerobics-like dance move. It was a full half-hour before she modeled the silver outfit, and she didn't change again until the encore, when she showed more of that famous midriff in sleek black-and-green velour leggings and top. With a rare democratic impulse, Twain had her band members all change into outfits that matched hers. The show wasn't vastly different from Twain's Orlando Arena appearance last year. After all, she's still touring behind the same album: 1997's Come On Over, which has reached the 10 million mark in sales. The big finale is still "If You're Not In It For the Love (I'm Outta Here)" accompanied by fireworks and confetti. The hit-laden setlist also included "Any Man of Mine," "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)," "When," "That Don't Impress Me Much" and the song that expresses her aesthetic philosophy, "Rock This Country." For all her country-music radio success, most of Twain's music sounds more like a bouncy distaff version of the bubblegum metal purveyed by Def Leppard, the former proteges of her husband, co-writer and producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Twain's sound even incorporates those big, fat, pristine layers of backing vocals popular in '80s rock. Twain doesn't take backing vocalists on the road with her. Could band members with headsets really reproduce those vocals live while busy playing their instruments? Well, somehow, they managed. And the choir of nine Lake Brantley High School students who sang into two microphones on "God Bless the Child" -- no, no, no, not the Billie Holiday song -- miraculously sounded like a whole choral convention. Technology is a wonderful thing. However, Twain's pleasant but unspectacular voice sounded best on a quieter, acoustic-tinged version of "You're Still the One." Posted Dec 4 1999 12:42AM Thanks Chris!
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