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Wonda and Mary posing with Reba's piano player(and some other guy that jumped in the photo).


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WEEKEND PHOTOS

WONDA COUTURIER WITH LINDA DAVIS

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PHOTOS BY WONDA COUTURIER

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VOTE FOR REBA!

VOTE FOR REBA! Reba is nominated for Female Vocalist and Country Album.

Your ballot must be received by August 17, 2004

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Reba McEntire Kicks Off Fourth Season of ‘Reba’

Reba McEntire will kick off the 4th season of her WB-TV series, Reba, on September 17th at 9 p.m. ET. Reba went back to work this week of the set. Look for reruns of Reba all through August on the WB.

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Reba's music makes connection with audience

Even as a part-time musician, Reba McEntire remains the gold standard for female country vocalists.

She performed a crowd-pleasing concert for an audience of about 9,000 Sunday night at the Indiana State Fair. On Tuesday, she'll be back in Los Angeles to begin taping the fourth season of her WB sitcom, "Reba."

In terms of being fit and in fashion, Hollywood seems to agree with the Oklahoma native. McEntire wore a shiny black tank top and a leather cuff on her left wrist throughout the show. She's 49, but she could perhaps pass for a dozen years younger.

The sun had yet to set when McEntire and her nine-member band arrived onstage. After two up-tempo numbers alternated with a pair of ballads, the show hit its stride on the fifth song -- her popular cover of Vicki Lawrence's "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."

Despite the song being a somewhat hokey tale of botched backwoods justice, cheers went up when McEntire revealed herself as the little sister with the can't-miss shot.

Clearly, the owner of 22 No. 1 singles is a gifted storyteller. When McEntire can use a song's lyrics to make an emotional connection, she moves an audience in a way few performers can.

Since 1986, she's captivated listeners with "Whoever's in New England" -- her pledge of loyalty in the face of a partner's infidelity. At the fair, McEntire sang the classic ballad with complete sincerity.

Later came "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," a tribute to an emotionally detached father. McEntire didn't write this 1992 hit, but she convincingly framed it within her own experiences.

The live rendition of "Forever Love," a song recorded in 1998, became a solid and solemn tribute to American soldiers.

But the night's top reason to grab a Kleenex or two probably was "He Gets That from Me," a track from current album "Room to Breathe" that McEntire claimed to have never previously sung with her touring band.

The song initially lists ways a son resembles his mother (freckles, a tendency to sleep in each morning). When the narration turns achingly to his father, who's died, McEntire's 23rd No. 1 may be all locked up.

Among non-ballads performed, McEntire pulled out the stops for "Love Revival," also from "Room to Breathe."

Although the song's spiritual fervor aimed for house-rocking Bruce Springsteen but landed closer to the vanilla Mandrell Sisters, McEntire kept the song rolling until its charms were difficult to resist.

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INDY CONCERT

WOW!!! What a show? REBA was fantastic! When she ended "Love Revival" the crowd loved it so much and cheered that she sang the ending three more times! And we got to hear the new single, "He Gets That From Me"!! REBA got teary eyed at the response she received from the audience! AND...I got to sing with REBA...well during the "Take It Back" and "Why Haven't I Heard From You?" medely she came over to where I was sitting and I stood up and she put the mic in and out and we sang back and forth! No I was not up on stage or anything like that and no nobody probably heard me but the people around me, but by golly it was too awesome...LOL! GO REBA!!!!!

- BigRedReba

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