Shania Twain is set to begin a two year concert engagement at Casesars Palace in Las Vegas, and she got things started with a bang on Wednesday.

The country music icon officially arrived in Las Vegas for her headlining residency at the Palace by making an entrance on horseback. And she wasn't alone - an entire crew of 40 other horses were also in tow as the group paraded down the Las Vegas strip, according to a report from The Associated Press.

Several hundred tourists and fans of Twain showed up to greet the singer at the famous Caesars Palace fountains. Organizers originally promoted Twain's entrance as a "stampede," but the horses were kept slow and steady as the brought Twain to her home for the next two years.

In addition to the crowd that met Twain at the Caesars fountain, a number of others watched the proceedings from a short distance at the sidewalk of the Flamingo resort across Las Vegas Boulevard.

Steve Huffman, a UPS manager from Charleston, West Virginia, was on hand to check out Twain's horseback entrance. Huffman told the Associated Press that seeing such a big star make her way into the city was more exciting than possibly gambling his money away at a nearby casino, so he and his wife Debi Huffman watched Twain ride by with her herd of horses from an overhead pedestrian walkway.

"We could either lose a few hundred dollars inside or come out and see what kind of spectacle she puts on," Steve Huffman said.

Several of Twain's biggest hit songs of all time - like "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" and "Still the One" - blared through speakers as Twain rode up the Las Vegas strip.

The country star's new show, "Shania Twain: Still the One," is set to open Dec. 1 and last for two years. The venue where she will perform, the 4,300-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace, has also hosted A-list stars like Celine Dion, Elton John and Jerry Seinfeld.

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