Sandra Beech (born Sandra Millar 1942 Indicated age 48. in

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) is an Irish-Canadian

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ian. She was a member of the family music group The Musical Millars after relocating to Canada in 1953. After her 1964 marriage to Len Beech, she specialised in recording children's music. Her brothers

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and George Millar, plus her cousin Joe Millar, were members of

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. Sandra Beech has three daughters with her husband

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: Carrie Beech, Heather Beech and

Jennifer Beech Jennifer Beech is a Canadian television host. In the early 1990s she appeared on YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV as "PJ Jenn." She left YTV in 1994 to become the host of BBS Master Control which consisted of a line-up of children's programming from ...

. Sandra Beech also has nine granddaughters.

Awards and recognition

* 1980: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Chickery Chick'' * 1982: WINNER, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Inch By Inch'' * 1991: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Yes I Can'' * 1999: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Celebrate the Music''

Discography

* 1979: ''Chickery Chick''

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catalogue: * 1982: ''Inch By Inch'' (

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) * 1982: ''Sunshine Songs'' (

) * 1984: ''Songs About Animals and Others'' (Golden) * 1984: ''Sidewalk Shuffle'' (Kids Records) * 1989: ''Yes I Can'' ( A&M) * 1994: ''The Celtic Collection'' (Western Publishing/Golden) * 1995: ''Sandra Beech sings safety songs'' (OBPPI)

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catalogue

* 1998: ''Celebrate the Music'' (Page Music) * 2003: ''The Pretend Box Songs'' (compilation, Page Music/EMI)

References

External links

Sandra Beech official site
* * Living people 1940s births Canadian children's musicians Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year winners Expatriates from Northern Ireland in Canada People from Ballymena Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-musician-stub