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Leahy is the name of a Canadian folk music group. The eight band members, all from the Leahy family of eleven siblings, are from Lakefield, Ontario and have been actively touring Canada and internationally since the early 1980s when they were known as The Leahy Family. In 1985, they were the subject of a short film entitled Leahy: Music Most of All which received an Academy Award in the category of "Best Foreign Student Film"[1]. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...
Lakefield (population 2400) is a village that is part of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, Peterborough County, Ontario, although it was formerly a separate village. ...
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The line-up of the group varies depending upon the availability of its members who come and go due to marriage, raising children, and other commitments. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the band recorded a number of privately-released LPs and cassettes (most of which used the same title, The Leahy Family) which were sold at their concerts and they were frequent guests at the Big Valley Jamboree concerts in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples, strength) Official languages English Flower Western Red Lily Tree Paper Birch Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of...
Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total...
In 1997 the band resumed recording with their "relaunch" album, Leahy which also introduced the group's new branding. Leahy was an instrumental album, but the band also includes vocal performances in their live performances and subsequent albums have included both vocals and instrumentals.
Despite their already-established history, they were awarded the 1998 Juno award for best new band. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The group's members are both instrumentalists and dancers, with several members skilled in fiddle-playing (most notably the group's best-known member, Donnell Leahy). The female members of the band often perform step-dancing-style routines, and it is generally the female members of the group who sing. Step dance is the generic term for dance styles where the footwork is the most important part of the dance. ...
Members All members of the band are siblings. Each member has a main role they play in the band, although most play more than one instrument and also step dance. An interesting side-note is that Donnell Leahy is married to Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster. Natalie MacMaster (born 1973) is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
- Donnell Leahy - Fiddle
- Erin Leahy - Piano - Guitar - Fiddle
- Angus Leahy - Fiddle
- Maria Leahy - Guitar
- Siobheann Donohue (born Leahy) - Bass
- Doug Leahy - Fiddle
- Agnes Enright (born Leahy) - Keyboard -Step dancer
- Frank Leahy- Drums
- Julie Leahy - vocals
- Brad Leahy - Cello
These two sisters are not currently active in the band's touring schedule. - Denise Leahy - vocals
- Chrissie Leahy - keyboard
Discography - Leahy
- Lakefield
- In All Things
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