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ON BACKSTAGE
On November 6, 1984 Celine Dion was at her dressing room, on backstage at the Olympia theatre in Paris, France minutes before the first of a series of concerts she gave as opening act for Patrick Sebastien. She was accompanied by her manager, Rene Angelil. Celine also met with her friend, the famous French songwriter Eddy Marnay, who wished her lucky. Marnay gave a gift to Celine, a teddy frog.
ON BACKSTAGE
November 1984 - Celine Dion and Patrick Sébastien on backstage at the Paris Olympia in Paris, France.
IN ROME
In November 1984, during the long European sojourn, Celine Dion and her manager Rene Angelil traveled to Rome, Italy to meet the Pope, who granted them a private audience. Rene was very impressed, and asked His Holiness to bless his family and also Celine´s family. Two days later, they were in Castel Gandolfo, where Celine milked the Pope´s cows. Then, as the journalists and photographers who´d come along for the trip watched, she drank a glass of the fresh milk. Journalist Louis-Bernard Robitaille, who had been living in Paris, France for more than a dozen years, wrote an ironic description of the whole scene, and his readers were treated to some sidesplitting humor. Celine´s visit to Rome became something of a running gag in her hometown, and it was satirized on television during the year-end review. The visit was a little ridiculous and easily parodied. In reference to this anecdote, Celine has said "Rene and I had been given an audience with the Pope. We had been sent to Castel Gandolfo, where the summer residence and farm of the Holy Father are located. In front of the reporters who accompanied us, I had had the idea of milking the pope´s cows and drinking several mouthfuls of raw milk. The description of that episode in the Quebec media had unleashed a storm of laughter. That hadn´t been our intent, but in such situations it´s better to roll with the punches" (from an extract of the book "My Story, My Dream").
IN PARIS
November 1984 - Celine Dion walking around in Paris, France. She was photographed in front of the Olympia theatre.
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