From Shania

• From Shania

A Special Message from Shania

Hello everyone in Timmins, special guests and visitors. I hope that all of you are having a great day and that those of you visiting my hometown for the first time are enjoying the friendly hospitality and warmth of the Timmins people.

I am incredibly honoured that the new Centre bears my name, and was really looking forward to being here for the grand opening. I am very disappointed that that can not be the case but as you all know, Mutt and I are expecting our first child and I'm unable to make the journey back to Timmins this late in my pregnancy. However as soon as my schedule permits, I'll be in Timmins to share in the excitement that has been created by the new centre.

It has been my pleasure to provide the Shania Twain Centre with memorabilia from the memories and accomplishments I've experienced throughout my career so far so that they can be shared with fans throughout the world. I am pleased that the new centre will allow people of all ages to share in the cultural diversity of my hometown and also get hands-on information about the music industry.

I'd also like to say to everyone in my hometown of Timmins that I truly look forward to the day when I can visit the new Centre myself so I can personnaly appreciate the hard work put into it's creation. Again, I am so dissappointed that I am not there to experience this day with all of you and I will be waiting with great anticipation to make my first visit.

In the meantime, we are busy creating new music for the next CD and I'm happy to say it is coming along very well. I have much to look forward to in the near future with a new baby, a new CD and my first visit to the Shania Twain Centre. Sharing these things with all of you will make them even more special.

Have a wonderful time, enjoy the Centre, and see you soon!

Shania

June 30, 2001