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Naomi's Fancy is a Celtic music group based out of Elkin, NC. The group formed as a jam session in October of 1997, and played their first gig in November of that year. The group plays high-energy music, as well as beautiful airs and slow tunes, with an extensive instrumentation.
The group consists of Four members: Naomi Orr, Craig Sexton, Stanley Widener, and James Moxley. Their instrumentation includes the harp, flutes, whistle, guitar, mandolin, bodhran, djembe, concertina, Scottish small pipes, bouzouki, and tenor banjo.
- Naomi Orr the founder of the group lives in Thurmond, NC. She is a music teacher and holds a degree in Music Education from Western Carolina University. She has taught band, chorus, and elementary music for 22 years now. She got her harp in 1993 and thus became interested in Celtic music.
- Craig Sexton is a self-taught musician whose previous experience includes playing in rock bands and running sound for events. His mother is from Scotland which gave him a love for Celtic music. He also lives in Thurmond, NC
- Stanley Widener is from Fancy Gap, VA, and is a beef farmer. His previous music experience involves many years of competition on the banjo and guitar at area fiddler's conventions, including the Wayne Henderson Guitar Festival. He has also been classically trained on guitar through the NC School of the Arts.
- James Moxley Lives in Laurel Springs, NC and adds driving rhythm to the band's signature sound with his high energy djembe playing.
Programs for which the group has performed include the Festival Of Nations at Dollywood, The Song Of The Mountains Concert and Television series which airs on PBS, The FOX8 WGHP Morning TV Show, the Sycamore Shoals Celtic Festival in Johnson City, TN, the Triad Highland Games,the Wake Forest Irish Festival, the Celtic Festival at Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem, the Chautauqua Festival in Wytheville, VA, the the Jeb Stuart Civil War Reenactment in Ararat, VA, and many other fesivals and events over the past 12 years
Their radio programs include the "Blue Ridge Backroads" program on WBRF, Galax, VA, and the "Celtic Winds" program on NPR, out of Spindale, NC.
Three CDs have been released by the group - the self-titled CD "Naomi's Fancy" , "The Old Bush" and "Crossing Borders".
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