Reba McEntire entered the stage in style on Saturday night at Hilton Coliseum.

McEntire made her appearance via a jet that strolled out onto the runway stage. This came after a taxi cab dropped off seven members of her band.

Each year, McEntire’s show is a little different and this year was no exception. The only thing that stayed the same was the several costume changes that she made throughout the show.

During the show, McEntire sang her current hits, as was well as her “favorite” songs from the 1980s.

She had several areas on her stage to perform. The stage ran the length of the arena, with performance areas on each end and in the middle.

There were also several raised platforms which hoisted her above the audience at different times during the show.

The show was nothing short of spectacular. Throughout her performance she quieted the crowd with a slow ballad and then brought them to their feet with a more upbeat song.

Some of the most poignant moments of the show came when McEntire sang her ballads. At one point, she sang “She Thinks His Name Was John.”

The song is about a woman who gets AIDS from a one-night stand. After entering the arena on a platform carrying her and a piano, McEntire made her way to center stage.

Towards the end of the song, the stage began to rise, revealing to the audience a portion of the AIDS quilt, which was draped over much of the stage.

Reba portrayed a whole new look with her shorter hairstyle. At one point during the show, an audience member yelled, “We love your hair Reba!” To which Reba replied, “Thank you darlin’.”

McEntire was joined on the stage by Linda Davis during the song “On My Own.”

The song was originally a quartet between McEntire, Davis, and two other female country stars, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood.

Since McBride and Yearwood couldn’t be there, they sang their parts on video, which were projected on several giant screens.

McEntire took a brief break during the show and let Davis sing one of her own hit songs, “Some Things Are Meant To Be.”

That song was followed by the popular hit, “Does He Love You?,” a duet between McEntire and Davis.

During the song, “Is There Life Out There,” the audience heard stories from real women who went back to school because this song inspired them to do so. The stories were projected on the giant screens.

The song began with one of McEntire’s dancers entering the stage on a platform which portrayed a kitchen.

As the song progressed, the woman walked to the other end of the stage where a classroom was set up.

Towards the end of the song, the woman graduated and McEntire joined her and the other dancers in the middle of the stage.

The show ended with the hit song “Fancy.” A person which appeared to be McEntire dressed in a black coat and hat began the song on one end of the stage.

Just when the audience thought she would take her coat off and reveal yet another costume, several blasts of fire went from one end of the arena to the other.

As the audience followed the flames, McEntire appeared on the other end of the arena in a bright red dress.

She was lifted above the crowd on a lever that took her around the north end of the arena.

Overall, McEntire’s performance kept the audience on the edge of its seats.

With each passing song, the audience had to watch and see where she would make an entrance.

Although the show wasn’t a sellout, the audience did its best to welcome the “Queen of Country” to central Iowa.