Meeting Shania Twain

I was 14 years old in 2005, and it wasn’t a good year for me. I had moved from my hometown and had not yet adapted to the new environment, I made no efforts to make friends and my only company was a handful of people I knew, and my husky Latiffa. I was lost in many ways, trying to find my “vibe”, as I called it, and I remember trying to find a type of music to love. Around that time a classmate lent me Shania’s album Come On Over, and I decided to give it a try. Long story short, I absolutely LOVED it! There were a lot of tracks I knew from the radio and TV, after all she is huge in Brazil, and soon I was listening to that one CD all day every day. I went to the local video store and rented her DVD “Live” (which I’m watching as I write this) to see this woman in action, and it was then that I officially became a fan. I loved every aspect of her show.

Well, the years passed, I got to know her other albums and in 2007 moved to the US, all the while waiting for her comeback as she took the huge hiatus that lasted until last year, when she signed with Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas for a 2 year residency at the Colosseum. I almost went bananas; it was my chance to see her! From the day the residency was announced I started to literally save my pennies, I served tables and plowed snow and avoided wasting any money so I could afford to make my dream come true. It took long because, well, with me it’s go big or go home: I wanted to buy the VIP package, which, among other little freebies, gave me a seat on the front row and a meet and greet with Shania. That’s the ticket I bought after a year of saving, and with a friend’s help I flew to Las Vegas and spent 4 amazing and anxious days there. On the last day, which was Friday, May 31^st 2013, my craziest dream came true: I met my idol, the queen of country music, Shania Twain.The meeting was too quick, of course, but it was amazing, I got to hug her, talk to her, and take a picture. But the most amazing moment of that night was not the meeting itself, but something unexpected that happened during the concert: while singing “Honey I’m Home” walking down in the audience, on her way back to the stage she stops by the front row and dances with two girls right next to me, and I, starstruck, wave at her. At that point the puts the mic to my mouth, and we sing together back and forth the “yeah, yeah, yeah… honey I’m home” part of the song. I almost had a heart attack and the moment she left I sat down on my seat, not daring believe what had just happened. And that is, at least at this point, the highlight of my life. I am super happy and still can't believe that I got to see Shania's show, meet her, and even sing with her. It was definitely worth every penny and I would do it again any day.