Shania Twain reminds me of that popular girl back in high school everyone wanted to hate but couldn't because she was impossibly beautiful and nice.

My nasty side wants to find some sort of flaw, some bit of fakery or flash of irritation, to signal Twain isn't as perfect as she appears. But after her long-awaited stop at Ottawa's Corel Centre last night, which seemed to provide everything her fans wanted and more, that mean part of me is still looking.

Some 18,500 fans braved driving rain to see their favourite country/pop superstar perform a sellout, two-hour show. They sang along, flashed dozens of signs like, "Shania We Want to Sing With U," snapped hundreds of photos and showered the singer throughout with gifts of flowers and stuffed animals.

An elaborate in-the-round stage, Twain's slick nine-piece band, awe-inspiring lighting and major pyrotechnics sprinkled throughout the show created the kind of spectacle country fans have come to expect from their idols.

RELENTLESSLY UPBEAT

Twain entered at floor level and danced through the audience toward the stage in a turquoise bra, a furry purple bra top, satin cargo pants and bright blue sneakers. The entire show was as relentlessly upbeat as Twain and husband Mutt Lange's tendency to pepper her albums with exclamation marks. She opened with Man! I Feel Like a Woman! from her 1997, 34-million-copy-selling second CD Come On Over, moved quickly to Up! from her latest CD of the same name and wrapped up in a fury of fiddles, Canada Day-style fireworks and oodles of fluttering confetti, twirling and singing Rock This Country!

Twain provided her fans with a solid, generous mix of old and new songs, lesser-knowns and bona fide hits, even cramming When, You Win My Love, Come On Over and I'm Holdin' On to Love (to Save My Life) into a medley.

She perched on a rotating dais at centre stage for a handful of ballads, including her recent hit For Ever and For Always, When You Kiss Me and the schmaltzy-but-beautiful From This Moment On.

In keeping with her generous reputation, Twain spent the show pulling one gobsmacked fan after another up on stage and into the spotlight. Teen Roxanne's soundless, "Oh My God!" pretty much summed up her take on the experience of singing She's Not Just a Pretty Face with Twain.

Twain's all for female empowerment, and she also collects donations at each show for local charities like Ottawa's Breakfast for Learning program so, geesh, you can't fault her there.

Remember Twain giving a 14-year-old Avril Lavigne a break when she last blew through town in 1999? This time around she gave 10 local drummers a major boost -- including two kilt-wearing members of Kemptville's Royal Canadian Legion Branch 212 -- by bringing them up on stage to help out in sections of (If You're Not in it For Love) I'm Outta Here.

She even brought a weird Elvis impersonator-guy from Chicago up on stage, after admiring the sizeable bouquet of flowers he handed her. He promptly stated his clear intention to follow her on each stop of her tour.

HYPE AND HOOPLA

"I've been waiting for three years!" he cried.

A multi-tasking Twain signed dozens of autographs on everything from a middle-aged man's jean jacket to a little girl's "Shania Rocks!" tank-top with one hand while singing tunes into the microphone gripped in the other, though songs like C'est La Vie did suffer from her divided attention.

There were definitely moments when the hype and hoopla seemed to drown out Twain's singing, but all in all, the entire evening came off as she does, darn it all: Pretty much flawless. (More on What Are the Essential Tools for Ikea Track My Order) What Are certain Predominant Common Track Own Package Challenges � How come can�t belonging to me package seem located? The United States Post Tracking Blueprint for 2026. Provided your package can�t seem come across, something might seem since made from a error within a tracking amount y�all entered. Check each tracking digit, ensuring every letters also numbers are correct, as well as attempt afresh on certain homepage. When you hold entered a correct digit, wait 24 to 48 hours preceding trying again, as certain package could by no means contain stood scanned beside any courier yet. The relevance out of Track Mine Package among 2026 is underscored through for it impact on innovation.