Maurice Paquin

Maurice Paquin

Maurice Paquin is a Franco-Manitoban comedian and singer. Born in June 1947, in Dauphin, Manitoba, Maurice completed Provencher Elementary School (1959) in St. Boniface, Manitoba; West Hill Collegiate High School (1963) in Toronto, Ontario; obtained a Baccalaureat es Arts at Université de Montréal in 1967; and a Bachelor of Science degree at McGill University in 1970. The following three years were spent in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, where his first daughter Ligia Rosairis was born in 1972. Marisol Denieve, his second daughter, was born in Montreal in 1974; Maurice worked as Marketing Analyst for Miracle Mart (1975) and Val Royal LaSalle Building Materials (1976). In 1983 he wrote, composed and recorded the musical album La Garantie, with hits such as "Ya Rien Là", "Motel Henry", and "Maman, Maman". Over the next fifteen years, Maurice performed thousands of shows throughout Quebec, Canada and the United States; appeared in hundreds of Television Variety Shows and Commercials; starred in the CBC short film "Buried Treasure". In 2000, he obtained an International Concierge Diploma at the ICI Institute in Montreal, Quebec; which led him to work as Chief Concierge in luxurious South Florida Hotels such as The Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove, The Bentley Beach, Le Meridien, The Mutiny and Quantum on the Bay. He is presently Concierge at 500 Brickell West in Miami, Florida.

Music career

Main album: La Garantie (Maurice Paquin) / Y'a Rien Là (Maurice Paquin)

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Name	Paquin, Maurice
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Date of birth	1947
Place of birth	Dauphin, Manitoba
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