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Article: LIVELY LEAHY'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 10, 1999
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Byline: FRANK ROBERTS, CORRESPONDENT
FROM SASKATOON to Salt Lake City, folks are buzzing about the foot-stomping Celtic sounds of Leahy.
The nine siblings from Ontario will open for country hitmaker Shania Twain on Friday at the GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater.
``If opening acts could do encores, Leahy would have been working overtime,'' said a critic for the Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) Star Phoenix.
``Opening acts often get lost in the pre-show shuffle,'' a Salt Lake Tribune writer noted, ``but people will be talking about Leahy long after the show.''
Twain chose the group to accompany her on the road because, she said, ``I ...