Organizers said the singers are not attempting to impersonate Rita and instead will be looking to showcase her extraordinary song writing talents. The evening will be hosted by Charlie Rhindress, who will read excerpts from his best-selling Rita MacNeil biography, I’m Not What I Seem. Rita MacNeil was born on in Big Pond, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. They will form the band and perform over 20 of MacNeil’s songs.ĭel Motte, Lithwick and MacIntyre all have extensive performance experience having variously worked with Live Bait Theatre, The Atlantic Ballet Theatre, Neptune Theatre and McSweeney’s Dinner Theatre.Īll three are accomplished vocalists who play multiple instruments. David MacNeil, founder and CEO of WeatherTech, is probably one of the best-known CEOs in America. Live Bait Theatre said their musical tribute, I’m Not What I Seem: Songs and Stories of Rita MacNeil, will feature New Brunswick's Theresa Malenfant, as well as Jennie Del Motte, Mirren Lithwick and Heather MacIntyre. A Sackville theatre company is set to bring its musical tribute to Rita MacNeil on the road this summer. She performed to enthusiastic audiences in Japan last year and played her first concert in the United States in April.SACKVILLE, N.B. The singer-songwriter, whose music crossed through folk, pop and country genres, would often spoke of her love of home and family, the courage to rise above lifes challenges and the hardworking men and women that tie this country together in her songs, according to her 2013 obituary. All three of her most recent albums have surpassed platinum status. She has released two more albums, Reason to Believe, and a Christmas Special, Now the Bells Ring. She has made sold out appearances across Canada, including Halifax’s Metro Centre. She represented Canada at Expo ’85 in Japan and Expo ’88 in Australia, as well as playing at Expo ’86 in Vancouver, becoming Nova Scotia’s unofficial ambassador in Canada and abroad. She began to tour Canada and her reputation slowly grew.īy December 1986, she had a hit album, Flying on Your Own. Tuesday, JFriday, AugConfederation Centre of the Arts 130 Queen Street Charlottetown, PE 902.566.1267 Visit Website Share Making its world premiere in 2021 is an inspiring production celebrating the life and songs of the Maritimes’ most beloved singer-songwriter, Rita MacNeil.
She came home to Big Pond in 1978, and continued to write, sing and record. She released her first album soon after, but still had to take any job she could find to support herself and her two children. Rita MacNeil wrote her first song in 1971 while living in Toronto. In addition to a nomination as Female Vocalist of the Year, her album Reason to Believe brought her nominations for Composer of the Year and Best Album. The internationally renowned singer won the 1987 Juno Award as most promising Female Vocalist and has received three nominations for the 1988 Juno Awards. MacNeil a famously shy singer-songwriter whose powerful voice explored genres from country to folk and gospel died following complications from surgery in 2013 at the age of 68. MacNeil, whose home is in Big Pond, Cape Breton, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.). Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil Doctor of Letters Rita MacNeil CM ONS ( April 16, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer.
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