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CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On June 26, 2003 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with the highly successful show "A New Day...". Celine opened the show with "Nature boy". Then, she snag "The power of love", "It´s all coming back to me noW", "Because you loved me" and "To love you more". Then, Celine gave a speech about how she couldn´t believe the show was into its third month. Only six months before, she said they were checking the theater out and trying every single chair, rocking in them and getting them warmed up for the audience. Then Celine performed "I´m alive", the one that has the city theme on the big screen. There are buildings and on one of them there is a billboard that shows Celine on it. At the end of the song "Seduces me", Celine cracks up laughing and can´t stop giggling, it was very cute. Celine also performed "If I could", "Have you ever been in love" (in which the cathedral encompasses Celine on the screen), "At last", "Fever", and "I´ve got the world on a string". During "I surrender", Celine wears a charcoal evening dress with black see-through lace at the bottom. Then, she performed "The first time ever I saw your face" and "Ammore annascunnuto" (she didn´t sang the whole song, only half of it). Celine also sang "I wish", "Love can move mountains", "I drove all night" and "My heart will go on". Then, Celine made another speech in which she said there was a girl in the audience that reminded her of when she was twelve and first starting in showbusiness. The show ended with "What a wonderful world". Celine gave 21 shows that June and another 5 shows in July, before a summer break. At this time of the show, Celine´s hair looked longer.
SIMPLEMENT MARNAY GALA
On July 9, 2003 Celine Dion performed at the "Simplement Marnay Gala", an hommage concert dedicated to the greatest songwriter Eddy Marnay, which took place at the Maison De La Culture in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. "It is such a pleasure to be here, to be received like this", Celine said upon her arrival. Celine, with a simple summer dress, surprised everybody performing with inspiration and strength two jazz songs which Mr. Marnay wrote with Michel Legrand, "Quand ça balance" and "Brûle pas tes doigts". An orchestra directed by Vic Vogels accompanied her. She also performed "Un jour, un enfant". "I would love to sing all of them tonight", Celine admitted, speaking about the writer´s 4000 songs. Then, she performed "Je n´ai pas peur de mourir avec toi", a piece which moved her. At the end of the show, all the singers, including Mario Pelchat, Renée Claude, Diane Juster and Charles Biddle Jr. joined Celine to perform "C´est pour vivre", with a chorus by children and adults. Pleased, the 850 spectators at once offered a standing ovation to the artists. During a press conference after the show, Celine said that she really felt "moved" by Eddy Marnay´s songs and by the atmosphere in Gatineau. "The jazz, it was really an adventure for me", she admitted. "I discovered it tonight". The show was created by by musical director François Dubé and director Joe Bocan. Celine´s parents also were there at the press conference.
JERRY LEWIS MDA TELETHON
On August 31, 2003 Celine Dion performed at the 38th Annual "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon", hosted by actor and comedian, Jerry Lewis to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), syndicated to approximately 190 television stations throughout the United States. Celine´s appearance was via satellite from the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she was performing with the show "A New Day...". Celine talked a little with Jerry Lewis and then she sang "If I could". Cher, Clay Aiken and Joan Jett, among others also took part on this telethon.
CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
In August, 2003 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with the highly successful show "A New Day..." after a summer break. On August 6, 2003 Celine returned to the Caesars Palace with the show, and she continued performing. She gave another 19 shows on that August. It was announced that the flying segment during the song "The first time ever I saw your face" has been taken out of the show due to technical reasons, but a few nights later the piece was re-instated into the programme and has remained a part of the show. On these shows, Celine´s hair looked longer and curly.
CONCERT IN LAS VEGAS
On September 7, 2003 Celine Dion performed at the Colosseum of the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, USA with the highly successful show "A New Day...". This was a special night because Celine and the entire team of the show were celebrating 100th show of "A New Day..." at Caesars Palace. The 100 shows, all sellouts, represent the half-way mark of the first year of Celine´s three-year deal. On this concert Celine, with her curly hairstyle, performed "The power of love", "The first time ever I saw your face", "It´s all coming back to me now", "Because you loved me", "To love you more", "I´m alive", "I drove all night", "Seduces me", "If I could", "Pour que tu m´aimes encore", "I surrender", "Ammore annascunnuto" and others. At this time of the show, Celine still was performing the song "Have you ever been in love" which was later replaced by the song "Et je t´aime encore". After the concert, Celine celebrated the 100 show in a party with 350 cast and crew members and a 60-pound (amost 30 Kg) chocolate mousse sheet cake that said "A New Day... 100th Show". The party took place at the Garden Of The Gods in Las Vegas. The TV show "Primetime Monday", was on hand to film the milestone for its one-hour show, which was broadcasted later on September 15, 2003 on ABC channel.
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