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Naomi's Fancy is a traditional
Celtic music group based out of Elkin, NC. The group
formed as a jam session in October of 1997, and
played their first gig in November of that year. The
group provides high-energy music, with an extensive
instrumentation. The group consists of four members:
Naomi Orr, Craig Sexton, Stanley Widener, and Randy
Candelaria. Their instrumentation includes the harp,
flutes, whistle, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bodhran,
concertina, Scottish small pipes, bouzouki, and
tenor banjo. |
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Naomi Orr, the founder of the
group, is a music teacher and holds a degree in
Music Education from Western Carolina University.
She has taught band, chorus, and elementary music
for 19 years now. She got her harp in 1993 and
became interested in Celtic music. Her husband,
Craig Sexton, is a self-taught musician whose
previous experience includes playing for rock groups
and running sound for events. They both reside in
Thurmond, NC. Randy Candelaria is from Pinnacle, NC,
and is the Dean of Learning Resources at an area
college. Stanley Widener is from Fancy Gap, VA, and
is a beef farmer. His previous music experience
involves many years of competition on the banjo and
guitar at area Fiddler's Conventions, including the
Wayne Henderson Guitar Festival. He has also taken
lessons through the NC School of the Arts. |
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Programs for which the group has
performed include the Sycamore Shoals Celtic
Festival in Johnson City, TN, the Chautauqua
Festival in Wytheville, VA, the Jeb Stuart Civil War
Reenactment in Ararat, VA, and the Celtic Festival
at Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem. Their radio
programs include the "Blue Ridge Backroads" program
on WBRF, Galax, VA, and the "Celtic Winds" program
on public radio, out of Spindale, NC. Two CDs have
been released by the group - the self-titled CD
"Naomi's Fancy" and "The Old Bush". |
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