Bad-boy fiddler Ashley McIsaac
Dang! How did I miss him!?!?! He's hot!
And, oh, yeah, he's a great fiddle player, too. ...
August 1997 [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIT8VuZ92c[/youtube]
February 18, 2007Ashley MacIsaac (right) kisses partner
Andrew Stokes in Halifax on Saturday.
They were married on stage just after
midnight Sunday.
April 09, 2008[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7vDu47u_gg&feature[/youtube]
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=326838&sc=145Last updated at 11:49 PM on 14/02/10
Ashley MacIsaac surprised mom
with performance at Olympic opening ceremonies
ERIN POTTIE
The Cape Breton Post
PORT HAWKESBURY— Ashley MacIsaac ’s kilt-clad, foot-stomping performance during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games was so top secret that even his mother didn’t know about it.
Carmelita MacIsaac, who lives in Port Hawkesbury, said her son couldn’t tell anyone about his historic gig seen by billions of people worldwide on Friday.
As someone who regularly watches Olympic opening ceremonies, MacIsaac said her son knew she’d be glued to the television set and offered no hint of his involvement.
“I had a funny feeling because he was going out there a couple times,” she said Sunday of her son’s recent trips to Vancouver. “What I know now is it was for dress rehearsal.”
The 34-year-old Creignish fiddler delivered a high-energy performance during the lavish show, which included Canadian aboriginal dancers, acrobats and performances by pop superstar
Nelly Furtado and singer
k.d. Lang.
“His father and I were pretty excited. We must of got 300 phone calls, people were so proud of him representing Cape Breton,” said MacIsaac. “It was just unbelievable.”
The fiddler was suspended about 45 feet in the air before being brought down to the stage where he performed his tune Devil in the Kitchen as part of a tribute to the Canadian fall. As soon as the performance had ended, MacIsaac called his mom to ask what she thought of the show.
According to Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, the live coverage of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony was the most-watched television event ever in Canadian history. On average, 13.3 million Canadians watched the 3 1/2-hour ceremony.
“I’ll take that to the grave with me because that was an amazing, amazing thing for us to see, our son on the Olympics,” MacIsaac said.
The Cape Breton Post was unable to reach Ashley MacIsaac on Sunday. His mother said he while he normally lives in Windsor, Ont., the fiddler was still in Vancouver as part of his Olympic appearance.