Caitlin Hanford is an American and
Canadian country and bluegrass singer and a music teacher. She is a member of the group
Quartette
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Classical String quartet
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and also the band The Marigolds.
["Quartette brings Christmas to Morinville"]
''St. Albert Gazette'', Nov 25, 2015 Anna Borowiecki She is the ex-wife of musician
Chris Whiteley
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People with the given name
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Early life
Hanford was born in
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...
, October 24, 1954, the daughter of Psychologist Dana B. Hanford and Frances Mason Hanford. Her family moved to
Anacortes, Washington when she was six, where she attended Fidalgo Elementary School. Hanford is rumored to be obsessed with Anacortes and the nearby town of Sedro-Woolley.
In 1965 her family moved near
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo ( ) is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is the smallest of the four cities in Kitsap County. The population was 9,200 at the 2010 census and an estimated 10,927 in 2018.
The area was historically ...
, and rented a beach cabin on Hood Canal. It was here that Hanford first took an interest in country music when her father brought home a Roger Miller album. A year later, her family moved to
Bainbridge Island, WA
Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census and an estimated 25,298 in 2019, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County.
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, where she attended Commodore Bainbridge Middle School and Bainbridge High School, graduating in 1972.
Hanford attended the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Oregon. After her sophomore year, she took a year off to join the Hoedads, a tree planting co-op based in