Rochette planning Dion tribute to mother

[Lou555]

Rochette planning Dion tribute to mother

By Emmeline Moore 12:48 AEST Sat Feb 27 2010

 

Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette has revealed she is planning a Celine Dion-themed tribute to her mother, who died just days before her podium finish in Vancouver during Saturday's figure skating gala.

 

The gala, featuring all the Olympic figure skating medal winners including gold medallists Kim Yu-Na of South Korea and American Evan Lysacek, will take place in the Pacific Coliseum.

 

Rochette, 24, said that she had decided to switch to a routine by her mother's favourite singer Dion, even before receiving a bouquet of flowers from the Quebec performer.

 

"I have received Celine's flowers," said Rochette.

 

"It's a strange coincidence because I had prepared my gala exhibition skate to Madonna's song 'Die Another Day.'

 

"Even before hearing about Celine's flowers, I had decided to change my program and skate to her song 'Vol' (Flight).

 

"She sang it for her niece who died from cystic fibrosis. It touches me even more. My mother loved Celine Dion and she always sang along."

 

Rochette said that she had already skated to the music in 2006 after learning that one of her training partners had been killed in a car accident just after she returned from the Turin Olympics.

 

And Rochette, who earned the respect of the nation for her brave performance just four days after her 55-year-old mother Therese's death from a heart attack, said that the medal was as much her mum's as hers.

 

"If she was with me I would have taken a picture of her with the medal round her neck," said the world silver medallist.

 

"A big part of her life she devoted to me and I will always remember what she did for me.

 

"Even if my (long) program wasn't perfect, I was proud to have been myself, to have been the fighter my mother always taught me to be.

 

"No matter what the outcome, I know I gave it everything and I'm proud to have done it, for me and for my mother."

 

She admitted: "If someone had told me two years ago that I would be on an Olympic podium, I would have laughed at him. This is what my mother has given me for my career."

 

Rochette added that she is planning to take a week off and then prepare to compete at the world championships in Turin next month.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1018105

 

Tomorrow night Joannie will skate to Céline's "song 'Vol' (Flight)." (bad journalist work here to say the least Miss Moore). Of course it's "Vole" (Fly) and Joannie(and us) know it. Joannie said in today's press conference that Céline had sent her flowers and was very touched by that, it was a very beautiful gift she said. Her skating will be very emotional to watch tomorrow...again.

 

When she gets back to the village Friday, she’ll find a note and a bouquet of flowers waiting for her courtesy of legendary Quebec singer Céline Dion.

 

“My mother adored Céline Dion,” Rochette said. “My mother sang many of her songs constantly.”

http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/7...al-winning-ways

 

Edit : Rochette also received a phone call by René. She's quoted saying this in many article in french.

Edited February 27, 2010 at 03:57 AM by Lou555

[fee7691]

This is great! Her performance and strength were completely amazing and I can't wait to see her skate to this song! Thanks for posting

[remykyes]

I don't know if the figure skating gala is aired on tv.

[I Love You]

I think her mom wouldv'e love to see her daughter win that medal last night. Yeah I can't wait to see the Gala I hope it will be on t.V.

[lindsey22]

WHEN is this supposed to take place? on saturday? canadian time?

[Lou555]

WHEN is this supposed to take place? on saturday? canadian time?

 

Difficult to say exactly when right now. It will be sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. tomorrow according to my tv guide(on channels "V" and "RDS" in french). It doesn't talk about it on CTV. I'll post it as soon as I hear something more precise.

Edited February 27, 2010 at 04:09 AM by Lou555

[Edwin]

The Gala starts at 6:30PM CST, but NBC LIVE programming doesn't begin until 7PM CST.

 

2/27 NBC 7PM-10PM CST (GMT-6)

Figure Skating concludes with the Champions Gala featuring Mirai Nagasu, Yevgeny Plushenko, Meryl Davis, Charlie White and many more skaters. Plus, Alpine Skiing (men's slalom), Bobsled (four man) and Snowboard (men's parallel).

 

2/28 MSNBC 5AM-11AM CST (GMT-6)

The Champions Gala provides an official exclamation point to two weeks of Figure Skating.

 

If they don't show Joannie's part tomorrow in primetime, it looks like the full gala will be shown on MSNBC the following morning I've already set my Tivo to record both

Edited February 27, 2010 at 04:05 AM by Edwin

[zuv]

Thanks for the info Lou, i'll be watching....

 

Celine and René are so great for calling her!

 

Such a sad story, a drama that Joannie is going thru She seems so strong....

[manolo19]

Here is the performance she's done in her previous performance on Celine Click HERE

 

This gonna take a whole different meaning tomorrow, it's so touching

[Acacia]

This is such a touching story. It's so beautiful that she's paying tribute to her mama, and planned to before receiving the note and flowers. Then to receive them and the call from René. That must have meant so much to her.

 

I watched her past performance to Vole, and it was very beautiful. I agree that tomorrow's performance will be emotional. I'm glad to hear that it will likely be on in the States. She does seem like a very strong person, her mama would be so proud of her!

[celinefanonline]

i saw her on the news here in NZ about her performance after just 2 days of her mother death...

that was really emotional... and eveyone in the audience gave her standing ovation... (just thinking about it makes my eyes a bit teary) and after the performance she collapse...

i think 2moro's Vole.. will be very emotional and touching to us and make many cry......

 

here's the performance that she get standing ovation its recorded by an audience in the stadium

interview part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi1I5HdYI-w

 

interview part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhrBDYHiijo

Edited February 27, 2010 at 06:44 AM by celinefanonline

[dancer105]

I love joanie! she's so strong!!

 

I saw another interview earlier tonight on tv and she was talking about her mom and how she always wanted her to learn english and do more than her because she never got to go do the things that she wanted to in life etc....

 

but she made her story seem very céline-esque it was touching and i can't wait to see her routine to vole! love her!!!

[lyn]

breaks my heart

[luciusbright]

Such a touching story............

[Miha]

[ladylindsey]

So sad and touching!

[Celinefanatic07]

...TEAR! :

 

How sweet is that? I mean flowers AND a phone call?

[PatrickDion22]

I just read that on Google News. I think that is absolutely wonderful. God bless her, and her mother. I will try to watch the performance tonight, but I have work. Just to let people know, if you live on the East Coast of the United States or Canada, the figure skating portion will air tonight from 8-11pm, if anyone wants to see it. Again, it is so wonderful for Celine to give her flowers and for her to Rochette to skate to Dion's song in her mother's remembrance.

[I Love You]

Its on tonight on Sportsnet, Chanel 211. They are gonna play it on Canadian T.V.

[Andy Man]

just finished watching it...it was infact Vole...simply beautiful performance by Rochette

[Koolan]

I hope someone can put up a video.

[Lou555]

A graceful performance indeed by Joannie on Céline's Vole. It was moving and she looked beautiful.

A great Céline song of her french repertoire and with such meaningful lyrics. Again Joannie made us proud and of course she made her mom proud. I'm sure Céline(and family) watched this tonight and were very moved like the rest of us. Best of luck to Joannie!

 

Vic, I would think youtube will have a vid soon, as they already uploaded all of Joannie's previous 2010 Olympic performances (including her "Vole" performance of 2006).

Edited February 28, 2010 at 01:55 AM by Lou555

[Edwin]

It's coming up after this commercial break on NBC!

 

On right now

Edited February 28, 2010 at 01:51 AM by Edwin

[ajguerras]

Not a big thing....

[lindsey22]

is it on youtube yet

[Lou555]

is it on youtube yet

 

No not yet.

[CelineLover4Life]

Ugh. I had to miss it. Will someone please let me know when its on YouTube?

[Del]

It was indeed touching

[lindsey22]

Not a big thing....

 

 

It was indeed touching

 

lol. i dont know which to believe

[Crystal2042]

Just watched it! So beautiful and extremely touching <3