5)
      A
      presentation
      of
      the
      Confederation
      Centre
      of
      the
      Arts
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Experience
      Canada’s
      rich
      multicultural
     
     
      diversity
      at
      FACES
      OF
      CANADA,
      an
      exciting
     
     
      4-day
      festival
      presented
      by
      the
     
     
      Confederation
      Centre
      of
      the
      Arts
      in
     
     
      partnership
      with
      the
      Government
      of
      Canada
     
     
      and
      the
      P.E.1.
      Multicultural
      Council.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Free
      activities
      throughout
      the
      festival
      include
     
     
      the
      Government
      of
      Canada
      Exhibit,
      and
     
     
      the
      Art
      Gallery's
      video
      series
      AitShift.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Check
      out
      our
      website
      for
      more
      details
      at
     
     
      www.confederationcentre.com
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WAVE
      IN
      CONCERT
     
     
      Popular
      Canadian
      pop
      music
      band
     
     
      Wave,
      famous
      for
      the
      hit
      song
     
     
      California,
      will
      rock
      the
      Mainstage!
     
     
      Tickets:
      $24
      :
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8
      pm,
      Art
      Gallery
     
     
      MIR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      will
      bring
      down
      the
      hoe
     
     
      Tickets:
      $24-35
      ($2
      discount
      ie
      students
     
     
      and
      seniors)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      10
      pm,
      Memorial
      Hall
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Featuring
      the
      acclaimed
      pop
      band
      Mir
      -
      BOIS
      -
      JOLI
     
     
      in
      a
      rare,
      intimate,
      “unplugged”
      cabaret-
      Licensed
      19
      years
      +
     
     
      style
      setting.
      Tickets:
      $12
      plus
      taxes
      Dance
      the
      night
      away
      to
      the
      great
     
     
      Licensed
      19
      years
      +.
      Acadian
      beat
      of
      Bois-Joli.
     
     
      Tickets:
      $10,
      $2
      discount
      with
      Natalie
     
     
      FRIDAY,
      FEBRUARY
      28
      MacMaster
      ticket
      stub.
     
     
      9
      pm,
      Memorial
      Hall
      -
      :
     
     
      REGGAE
      NIGHT
      SUNDAY,
      MARCH
      2
     
     
      FREE
      FUN
      DAY!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WITH
      AFRO-MUSICA
     
     
      Sponsored
      by
      Patterson
      Palmer
     
     
      Gather
      up
      your
      friends
      and
      join
      us
      for
     
     
      the
      hottest
      night
      of
      the
      year!
     
    

    
     
      Tickets:
      $10.
      Licensed
      19
      years
      +
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SATURDAY,
      MARCH
      1
     
    
   
   
    
     
      /
      the
      Studio
      Theatre.
      Join
      us!!
     
     
      2
      pm,
      Mainstage
     
    
   
   
    
     
      VINOK
      WORLDANCE
      vena
      sronsors
      he
      Guardian
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Experience
      dazzling
      costumes
      and
      high-
      ‘
     
     
      spirited
      international
      dances!
      Tickets:
      $8
     
     
      ROE
      Maslegs
      xe:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      11:30
      am
      -
      3:30
      pm
     
    

    
     
      Multicultural
      Brunch/Bazaar
      featuring
     
     
      foods
      and
      crafts
      from
      over
      15
      different
     
     
      countries
      in
      Memorial
      Hall
      (nominal
      fee
     
     
      for
      culinary
      delights!);
      Free
      Performance
     
     
      of
      the
      play
      “The
      New
      Canadian
      Kid"
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      adults,
      $4
      seniors,
      students
      &
      children
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eR
      Us
      ee
      eee
      Lees
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fiddling
      Superstar
      to
      Play
     
     
      in
      Charlottetown
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Mari
      ve
      MacGREGOR
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Saturday,
      March
      |
      at
      8:
      00pm,
     
     
      Natalie
      MacMaster
      will
      be
      playing
      on
      the
     
     
      Confederation
      Centre
      of
      the
      Arts
      main
     
     
      stage.
      She
      will
      be
      performing
      as
      part
      of
      the
     
     
      Faces
      of
      Canada
      Festival,
      which
      celebrates
     
     
      Canada's
      diverse
      multicultural
      music
      and
     
     
      dance.
     
    

    
     
      Even
      though
      she
      will
      be
      in
      British
     
     
      Columbia
      and
      California
      the
      week
      before
     
     
      her
      performance
      here,
      and
      back
      to
      Ontario
     
     
      the
      day
      after,
      she
      still
      feels
      the
      importance
     
     
      of
      getting
      back
      to
      her
      roots.
      Natalie
      grew
     
     
      up
      in
      Cape
      Breton,
      but
      spent
      many
      sum-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “mers
      lounging
      on
      PEI's
      beaches.
      It's
      been
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      while
      since
      Natalie's
      last
      visit,
      and
      she
      will
     
     
      suffer
      the
      6
      hour
      flight
      from
      California
      for
     
     
      the
      chance
      to
      play
      PEI
      again.
     
    

    
     
      When
      she's
      in
      the
      Maritimes,
      she
     
     
      still
      has
      the
      freedom
      to
      join
      in
      the
      kitchen
     
     
      party
      atmosphere,
      to
      be
     
     
      herself
      and
      to
      be
      treat-
     
     
      ed
      like
      anyone
      else.
     
     
      Celebrity
      is
      no
     
     
      special
      virtue
     
     
      when
      she's
     
     
      home,
      it's
      just
     
     
      another
      cir-
     
     
      cumstance.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Natalie
      has
      been
      singing
      since
      age
      three,
     
     
      dancing
      since
      age
      five,
      and
      playing
      fiddle
     
     
      since
      age
      nine.
      She
      used
      to
      be
      able
      to
      do
     
     
      the
      splits
      when
      she
      was
      16
      years
      old
      in
      her
     
     
      serious
      dancing
      days.
      When
      she
      travels,
     
     
      she
      likes
      to
      invite
      local
      dancers
      to
      join
      her
     
     
      on
      stage.
      Natalie
      plans
      on
      having
      either
      the
     
     
      Judy
      MacLean
      dancers
      or
      the
      College
      of
     
     
      Piping
      dancers
      join
      her
      on
      stage
      during
      her
     
     
      visit
      if
      she
      can
      get
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Her
      success
      is
      something
      she
     
     
      doesn't
      take
      for
      granted.
      She's
      always
      felt
     
     
      lucky
      to
      be
      able
      to
      do
      what
      she
      loves
      for
      a
     
     
      living.
      Natalie
      always
      believed
      that
      some-
     
     
      one
      should
      have
      something
      to
      fall
      back
      on
     
     
      if
      their
      dream
      doesn't
      work
      out.
     
    

    
     
      In
      university
      she
      had
      planned
      to
     
     
      become
      a
      teacher.
      "I
      would
      have
      taught
     
     
      elementary
      school,"
      says
      Natalie,
      "but
      I
     
     
      don't
      think
      I
      could
      have
      taught
      music.
      I
     
     
      __
      teach
      a
      week-long
      workshop
      for
      chil-
     
     
      ren
      in
      the
      summer
      and
      by
      the
      end
      of
     
     
      t
      I
      am
      just
      so
      exhausted.
      I
      don't
      think
     
     
      -
      teaching
      elementary
      would
      be
      as
      tir-
     
     
      ‘ing,
      as
      difficult
      for
      me."
      Natalie
      finds
     
     
      she
      has
      too
      close
      a
      connection
      and
     
     
      §
      understanding
      for
      music
      to
      be
      able
     
     
      teach
      it.
     
    

    
     
      _
      Last
      October
      Natalie
      tied
      the
      knot
     
     
      with
      1/10
      of
      the
      Leahy
      clan,
      Donnell
     
    

    
     
      ‘Leahy.
      Natalie
      says
      that
      eventually
     
    

    
     
      _
      she
      and
      he
      will
      do
      some
      touring,
      play-
     
    

    
     
      F
      ing
      venues
      together.
      Before
      the
      mar-
     
    

    
     
      F
      riage
      Natalie
      had
      only
      two
      brothers.
     
    

    
     
      -
      Now
      with
      the
      Leahys,
      there
      are
      plenty
     
    
   
   
    
     
      F
      of
      siblings
      to
      go
      around,
      and
      she
      loves
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      it
      comes
      to
      starting
      a
      fami-
     
     
      y
      of
      her
      own,
      it
      won't
      happen
      for
      a
      while
     
     
      et.
      I
      asked
      her
      if
      her
      first
      child
      will
      learn
     
     
      ancing,
      singing,
      or
      fiddling
      first.
      "Oh,
      I'm
     
     
      sure
      he
      can
      do
      whatever
      he
      wants
      to
      do,"
     
     
      laughs
      Natalie,
      "We
      won't
      make
      him
      do
     
     
      anything
      he
      wouldn't
      want
      to."
      Yeah,
      like
     
     
      her
      children
      won't
      be
      born
      with
      fiddle
     
     
      -.
      bows
      in
      their
      hands
      and
      step
      shoes
      on
     
     
      their
      feet.
     
     
      Tickets
      to
      Natalie's
     
     
      show
      are
      from
      $20
      to
     
     
      _
      $30.
      She's
      coming
      home
     
     
      just
      for
      us,
      let's
      give
      her
     
     
      the
      welcome
      she
     
     
      |
      deserves.