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 George Millar may refer to: * George Millar (writer) (1910–2005), awarded the MC for his escape during World War II which he wrote about in ''Horned Pigeon'' * George Millar (footballer) (1874–?), Scottish footballer * George Millar (singer), s ...

, plus her cousin Joe Millar, were members of

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. Sandra Beech has three daughters with her husband

Len Beech Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ * L ...

: Carrie Beech, Heather Beech and

Jennifer Beech Jennifer Beech is a Canadian television host. In the early 1990s she appeared on YTV (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 Walt Dis ...

. 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

/ref> * 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 {{Canada-musician-stub