Luisa Marshall’s Tina Turner Tribute with Quesnel’s Mayor and the wives of the Quesnel volunteer firefighters.
Event Details: Quesnel Volunteer Firefighters Association 2013
Quesnel Volunteer Firefighters Association 2013
Luisa Marshall’s Tina Turner Tribute rocked Quesnel, B.C. on Saturday, April 27th, 2013 for the Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department. The special private event was for the Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department and their families. An appreciation for their love and service to the community of Quesnel, B.C.. Mayor Mary Sjostrom was in attendance to show her appreciation for the city’s Firefighters.
To learn more about the Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department, please visit their website at http://www.quesnelfire.ca/.
From Luisa
Luisa after the sound check.
It was a gorgeous Saturday to travel to Quesnel. Hardly any sleep the night before but I managed to endure an almost 8 hour drive from Vancouver. Steve and I arrived at the historic Billy Barker Hotel and Casino at around 3:30pm. Checked the showroom, went up to the hotel room, closed my eyes for 30 minutes, freshened up, put TINA make-up on, checked the sound, ate dinner, continued my full transformation to TINA, worked my way down to the showroom.
There were at least a 100 guests in the beautiful showroom. I waited patiently and, finally, the speeches were over. A big introduction and lights blaring across the room while “Addicted To Love” reverberated to where I started strutting on the carpet to enter the roomful of happy faces. Everybody clapped and sang with me, a sign of a great 90 minutes to follow.
Luisa Marshall’s Tina Turner Tribute with the wives of the Quesnel Volunteer Firefighters.
They are the most polite audience I ever experienced in a private event. In between songs, the whole room was just quiet and listening while I talked… they enthusiastically participated. Yes, it was an evening of TINA hit songs sprinkled with a little bit of GAGA and ADELE. The wild experiment of throwing the bizarre Bad Romance wasn’t a bad idea at all. It was surprising that some Quesnel Monsters got up and danced with me on stage highlighting an over 60 year old fireman who seemed to know all the words to it.
Ahhhh… Quesnel Firefighter Chief Sly being sexy with Private Dancer.
In my heart, the winner of the “Most Sportsmanship Award” is Quesnel Volunteer Firefighters Chief Sylvain Gauthier. He led his team as the sexiest man in Quesnel during the fun and sexy Private Dancer while his wife Lisa watched in awe. Many more firefighters followed up, sang and danced but really the whole evening was a tribute to their wives who supported them through the years. I dedicated Simply The Best to all their beautiful ladies. It was stunning to see their reactions. The whole evening wrapped up with their favorite “Proud Mary” when I invited the charming mayor of Quesnel whose name happened to be… Mary. Proud Mary Sjostrom led all the ladies nice and rough through out the song. Overall, I was glad that TINA rocked Quesnel and made a group of deserving people feel so special.
“Being a member of the fire department is a rewarding experience,” said Fire Chief Sylvain Gauthier. “From the camaraderie and sense of belonging,to helping your fellow citizens during one of the most trying times of their lives, it’s a service that provides great value to the community and to the member. We take pride in providing a safe, rapid and professional response to all emergencies.”
