It educated me,” she told the Canadian publication Macleans in 2015. “Deerhurst was the first time I was directed on stage and it was the first time I had dancers. Not only did the job keep her on track, but it also introduced her to the world of showmanship. “I’m lucky I got the job at Deerhurst because it was music,” she continued. I didn’t even think of the future.”Īs fate would have it, taking care of her younger siblings Carrie-Ann, Darryl and Mark, came in the form of a performing job at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario. “I was just going to give up music,” Twain told Country Weekly in 1995. While she was discovering new worlds and honing her craft, an unthinkable tragedy happened when she was 21: Her mother, Sharon, and stepfather, Jerry, were killed in a car accident. Photo: YouTube A local gig opened her eyes to the world of performance and drag Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" music video They looked so gorgeous, with features that had been defined and exaggerated with blushes, liners, shadows and accessories.” “Gay bars had the best dance music and the most impressive dancers.Being inexperienced at applying makeup, I marveled at how artistic and glamorous some of the men were. “This was an adventure for me, as it was all new,” she wrote. We’d dress like her, back-comb our hair until it was too big and all spiky, then head out on the town.”įor a small-town girl from Timmins, the experience was eye-opening. “Madonna had just hit it big, and everyone was copying her look. “They’d come over to our place first, and we’d all dress up and put on dark eyeliner - the guys included,” she continued in the book.
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One such friend was Sheriff, a “flamboyant guy from Trinidad.” On Friday nights, the girls often went out to gay bars with him and his friends. “Fortunately, my roomies, while hardly party girls, were sociable and introduced me to new, interesting friends from school.” “Had I lived by myself at 18, I might have become a hermit,” she wrote in the book. She shared a one-bedroom apartment with two girlfriends who were both going to college in the Ontario capital.