Plays put on by the Cercle de Fermières de Saint-Eustache – Madeleine Cadieux

Here, read the transcript of the interview with Madeleine Cadieux, former president and member of the Cercle de Fermières Saint-Eustache since 1977.

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Plays… we’ve done three of them for the public, and one for the Fermières, just for members. The three that were performed publicly, they were a lot of work because we had to practise a lot. And… but it was… an incredible experience! It’s a fantastic thing to do. It helps you get over your shyness, it’s… it’s good for your memory [chuckles]. I… I have a… I don’t like fish, I’m scared of them, doesn’t matter if they’re alive or dead. And I had to pick some up and hold them out to show the audience, but they were little fish, about this big, you know. And I had to say there were enough for two or three meals, you know. And it… it made people laugh, but I always forgot my lines, every time! It was a good thing we had a prompter.