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FRIDAY, JULY 24 1998 Variety STAR TRIBUNE PAGE E5 TWUN from El August 1 2, 1998 Sandy Gernhart-Kappenthuler, Yodeler Fritz Fuchs, Guest Woodcarver She's been plotting the details of her concert tour for years Swiss nods Swiss lnporti Handbell Concerts Swiss Dances, Sunday Swiss Church Service lOffl ojb. Grounds Open Stage Programs Admission August 1 2 p.m 8 Adults $3 00 Children $1.00 August 2 1:30 pm. Pre-School Free 322 2478 Saturday, August 11a.m. to 10 m. Saturday Sunday.

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I want to be in that position; I don't want to be restricted." Girl power Twain never has seemed restricted when it comes to her image. Like Janet Jackson and the Spice Girls, she has aggressively coupled her figure with her own brand of feminism. Coincidental-ly, Twain, Jackson and the Spices all will perform at Target Center in the next eight days. "It's a lot of belly buttons," said Twain, who established that trend in country. "I'm going through a phase now where I've felt the strength of being a woman as opposed to just being a person.

I kind of feel more like a woman. I don't know why. I don't know if it's my age or what. I feel like I'm a strong woman, not just a strong person. There was a long time in my life when I didn't see myself as a girl; I saw myself as a person, and I was quite adamant about that.

I wanted to be treated like a person; I didn't want to be treated like a girl. "For some reason now, I want to be identified as a girl. I don't want to have to be like a guy in order to be successful. I feel like a lot of women compromise their femininity in order to be taken seriously. I refuse to do that." trol, if something goes wrong, you can fix anything.

Whereas if you're on television and something goes wrong, you just look like an idiot." Still, television has helped Twain reach a considerable non-country audience. Although songs from "The Woman in Me" weren't exposed on pop radio or video outlets, that's changed with her new album, "Come On Over." Her single "You're Still the One" has been ensconced at No. 2 on the pop charts for weeks and has been nominated for best female video for the MTV Video Music Awards to be presented in September; she's the first female country artist to be nominated for any MTV award. She's not sure why she has crossed over in a big way. Songs on "The Woman in Me" felt just as pop-oriented as "You're Still the One," she said.

The difference could be new manager Jon Landau, who has worked with rock superstar Bruce Springsteen and folk-pop heroine Natalie Merchant. He helped land Twain on the recent "VH1 Divas Live" with pop giants Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, Twain won't predict pop success for her new single, "From This Moment On," a power-ballad duet with country heartthrob Bryan White. She's recorded three different treatments a duet, solo and one with White as a backup singer. The varying versions might be marketed to different radio formats. "I'm not a purist that way.

I wrote the song, and I can hear it a BIB a mm i Infii. me at all. The unknowns were how is the audience going to react, and how is the music translating from record to live. As far as myself, I've been what I've always been onstage comfortable." From bar tunes to Broadway tunes During high school in Timmins, Ontario, she sang in bands as often as four nights a week. At age 21, Twain took a job in a resort performing in elaborate productions that embraced everything from George Gershwin to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Even after she moved to Nashville and released her self-titled debut in 1993, Twain hit the road, touring clubs with two other Mercury Records newcomers. "What's new which is a fun new is having my own band, auditioning every member," Twain said. "What's been new is creating my own environment. It's my production. There's been nothing stressful about it at all.

I'm completely satisfied and loving it. "I have so much anxiety when it comes to TV and that kind of stuff. I'm so bad at that. I'm nervous, I don't sing well, I'm not focused, I'm so distracted it's overwhelming because I'm thinking of all the things that can go wrong. When you're live, because you have con JULY 10, 0 Fri.

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"I always wanted to support local youth talent because that's how I got started," said the singer, who began performing in clubs at age 10. "I find it very difficult for people to take young singers and musicians seriously." There was a lot of skepticism surrounding Twain when she didn't tour behind the best-selling country album ever by a female singer. Could she cut it live? Was she merely a Barbie Doll elevated to superstar-dom by the studio wizardry of her husband, rock producer Mutt Lange (who'd had huge success with Def Leppard, Bryan Adams and others) find the skillful surgery of video editors and directors? "Ithinkalotofpeoplefeltthe reason I wasn't touring was because I didn't know how. The reality is that I was practically born on a stage," said Twain, who turns 33 next month. "I've spent too many years onstage for this to be new to 7 mm Cass maetpamx.

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