Date: June 2nd, 2010
Show Time: 7:00pm
Tickets - $50.50
Rita MacNeil - Singer/Songwriter
It's not very often an entertainer can sit in an audience and see herself perform. Rita MacNeil had that opportunity on an August night in 2000. On that summer evening she attended the Live Bait Theatre in Sackville, N.B., for a performance of Flying On Her Own. It told MacNeil's life story through her songs. And while she enjoyed the attention the production gave her career, she said, "I didn't think the story was earth-shattering, just something you could pretty well put anyone into. It was about one person, but so many of us could be there."
Playwright, Charlie Rhindress couldn't have said it better. MacNeil's songs are about conversations, friends getting together, community roots, believing in dreams, both good and bad times, working people, taking risks, home and paying tribute to a loving family - things that ring true for everybody.
"MacNeil's artistry lies in the way she can turn the events of her life into something with which many people can identify," said Rhindress. "(What's) remarkable is that she can touch on the specific, but it becomes universal."
