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Dekker Centre to host family band Everything Fitz

Mar 19, 2017 | 8:00 AM

No family is closer than the Fitzgeralds, who have spent the last 12 years touring the country, playing music and dancing together.  

Their band, Everything Fitz, will bring their show to the Dekker Centre March 24 for a performance appropriate for anyone according to Pam Fitzgerald, the band’s keyboard player and mom.

“It’s a great show for all ages, right from two-year-olds to 80-years-old,” Pam said. “There’s a wide variety of music. Kids don’t have to be quiet so parents can feel comfortable bringing them.”

Comprised of two daughters, a son, one non-family member and the parents, Everything Fitz plays a variety of music including Celtic, bluegrass and jazz while also incorporating Ottawa Valley style step dancing.

Pam said the show in North Battleford will be a repeat performance, something some local residents may have seen already when the group visited the city about four years ago.

“It’s kind of interesting because the first time that we performed outside of our hometown, more on a professional basis, was actually in Saskatchewan so it’s kind of neat,” she said. “We’ve been back to Saskatchewan many, many times and we just always have a great reception when we’re there so we enjoy that.”

The Fitzgeralds have another son, who used to perform with them when he was younger, but has moved on to other ventures.

“When the kids were younger it was a great way to travel, see the country, almost like a paid holiday,” Pam said. “We’ve done things that we wouldn’t have done otherwise and we’re just lucky that all four of our kids enjoyed the dancing and the fiddling and all that that entails.”

The band is currently in the U.S., kicking off the two month tour, and will cross the border to bring their sound to the prairies in the coming days.

 

Katherine.svenkeson@jpbg.ca

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