"Face Of Abbotsford"
One of the best fiddle duo.
The only young fiddle group winning most of North America fiddle contests
OTFK play for weddings, festivals, Celtc events, radios, movies and anywhere you need music. Their first CD is on sale for $15 , and the second CD is on the way.
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Our other site on CBC
Thank to the following radio program did interview with us.
North by Northwest - CBC
Dixie Boys-online
The kids are amazing in what they have accomplished at such a young age.
--Fiddle Master Calvin Vollrath
If you aren't a member of myspace or you found a problem on our page, please tell us here. View my Guestbook Being Grand North America and BC champions. This young music group had been featured on CBC radio and in many local newspapers. They are young but their expertise in old time and traditional music make them one of the top and most popular music group. Both of these young fiddlers are classical violin prodigies, they also play piano and Lia is an accomplished cellist. They also compose their own music since they were 7. Both of them are step dancers too. Kai and Lia have been performing as the “Old Time Fiddle Kids†for a few years now. They are invited to distribute their talent to many festivals and gathering and are always a hit. Venues that they played including Kids' Help Phone , Spirit of Sea Festival, HSBC Childrun for BC Children Hospital , Langley International Festival, Organic Island Festival, Salmon Festival, Berry Beat Festival, Nibbles and Bites Festival, Spirit of BC, Abbotsford Farmers Market, Abbotsford City Plan A, Canada Day celebration, Lantern Festival, Richmond Open Mic, BC Agriculture Gala Country Fair Coffee and BC Poultry Bus Tour events and several Chinese fuction. To them playing fiddle is a break from learning classical. Both started learning classical music at age 4 but soon discovered the fiddle. Kai and Lia have taken lessons from teachers like fiddle master Calvin Vollrath, Keith Wilson, Canada's fiddler of the year, Mike Sanyshyn, Canadian Grand Master winner's Mark Sullivan and Patti Lamoureux, and The Sabir Sisters. They have won many BC provincial and North American Fiddle contests. Some of the adjudicators praise them as the “musical kidsâ€.
Kai & Lia are active members of the Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers. So far they are the two youngest members of the club. On the other hand, Kai started to play classical in the Youth Symphony at age 7. Lia also joined the Symphony to play violin and cello at same age. She had just learned to play cello less than a year when she was accepted. In 2007, They had been chosen from about 300 string players to represent the Vancouver Youth Symphony to play in a celtic event. Lia likes to play jazz and other type of music on her cello and other instruments too. And she likes her instruments so much that she called them her babies.
Their first CD "The Fox and The Fiddle" just came out January, 2007, with illustarion and story by themselves. And Kai's first composition is also published in this CD.
If you'd like help Kai & Lia to end the financial struggle and go on perfessional music career or ask them to perform at your function please contact us We also like to perform voluntarily for charity and community events.
Contests
twin fiddle
3rd place BC Provincial Fiddle Contest (twin), Abbotsford BC, May 2008
2008 the Kids had been nominated for Abbotsford Arty Award
Lia
First place Vernon Fiddle Contest (Little Britches), Vernon BC, June 2008
First place BC Provincial Old Time Fiddle Contest (9 and under), Abbotsford BC, May 2008
Gold cello(grade 6); silver violin(grade 5), Kiwanis Music Festival 2008
First place Kamloops Fiddle Contest (9 and under), Kamloops BC, May 2008
First place North Okanagan Fiddle Contest (Little Britches), Vernon BC, June 2007
First place BC Provincial Old Time Fiddle Contest (9 and under), Kamloops BC, May 2007
Promising junior string student medallion , Kiwanis International Music Festival 2007
First Place Abbotsford Old Time Fiddle Contest (9 and under), May 2006
Youngest Contestant, Abbotsford Old Time Fiddle Contest, May 2005
She also got a SILVER medal (for a painting she did) in Shankar's Inernational Children's Competion! Only 400 out of 160,000 entries were selected for a silver medal and only 4 in Canada get any prize. she has also won lots of local and international Art contests since she was 4.
Kai
First place Vernon Fiddle Contest (Junior), Vernon BC, June 2008
First place Kelowna Fiddle Contest (Junior), Kelowna BC, June 2008
First Place - Grand North American Fiddle Contest (Junior Junior), Le Duc Alberta, July 2007
First place North Okanagan Fiddle Contest (Junior), Vernon BC, June 2007
Kai and Lia are looking for sponsors and agent.
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