Newfoundland’s Ennis Sisters told Dekker Centre audience members Friday the stop in North Battleford was a highlight of their seventh annual holiday tour.
They complimented the staff, the stage, sound and lighting crew and the volunteers and thanked the audience for braving the bitter cold to attend. The sisters were back for a second year, after thoroughly entertaining a full house at the Dekker Centre with their Christmas show in 2015.
With multiple accolades – a Juno Award, SOCAN Award, multiple East Coast Music Awards and Music Newfoundland and Labrador Awards — the Ennis Sisters are world-renowned performers. Their performance brought the East Coast to North Battleford with familial harmonies, a recitation direct from the Newfoundland kitchen party, lively step dancing and engaging humour amongst the siblings.
Also performing with the three sisters was Mark Murphy, percussion and vocals, a producer who has worked with them since their first album. A Newfoundland traditional singer and guitarist with his own solo career, Matthew Byrne, guitar and mandolin and vocals, was joining them for the first time.
The Ennis Sisters Christmas Show was the second last season presentation at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts for 2016. Next up is Patricia O’Callaghan, described as something of a wandering minstrel who sings in many languages.
