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Shania's the one
Don't even think about sitting through one of Shania Twain's concerts.
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�The Canadian-born country-music superstar, who strutted around the Molson Amphitheatre stage last night like she owned the place, seems to think of her performances as an aerobics class of sorts.
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�"Well Toronto, I can tell that you really came here for an energetic night. The only problem is that you're still on your butts," teased the black leather-clad Twain after her third song of the evening.
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�"We don't get past this song unless everybody's on their feet."
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�With that, the sold-out crowd of 16,000 promptly stood up for Who's Bed Have Your Boots Been Under, even if they didn't exactly rock out as Twain and her lively nine-piece band might have liked.
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�FIRST SHOW
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�Considering this was the first Toronto show of Twain's first-ever world tour -- there's a second sold-out show at the Amphitheatre again tonight -- you'd think the crowd might have been a little more pumped.
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�As it was, Twain was pumped enough for everyone.
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�Since launching her much-anticipated tour on May 29 in Sudbury, she seems to have acquired a confidence on stage that wasn't as pronounced two months ago.
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�It probably helps that she's had some time now to polish up virtually the same 22-song set list and the same gimmicks, including giving away four tickets in the front row to people sitting in the back and singing with a local choir (the Cardinal Carter Academy Singers) during God Bless The Child.
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�GIRLS JUMP ON STAGE
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�One bit that did go over well with the crowd -- and seemed spontaneous enough -- was when two teenage girls wearing Twain T-shirts suddenly jumped up on stage to join her in singing When, from her latest album, Come On Over.
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�The two girls were so into it that Twain even handed over her microphone and allowed them to finish off the song, bringing the audience to its feet.
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�"We love you so much," screamed one of Twain's teenage admirers afterward, prompting an onstage group hug.
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�For Twain's part, she said the girls got her "adrenaline going."
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�One less-successful "moment" was when one older couple tried to waltz in the aisle during the ballad You're Still The One, and were told by a security guard to sit down.
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