Alita Fahey
Alita Fahey is an Australian former TV actress and reporter who appeared on Simon Townsend's Wonder World (Network 10),[1] The Ossie Ostrich Video Show (Nine network)[2] and the children's show Antenna[3] (ABC). She also had roles on The Restless Years and Sons and Daughters and The Boy in the Bush (ABC).[4] Fahey appeared in many Australian films and commercials, has sung professionally for many years both in Australia and overseas, and is an accomplished singer/songwriter. She formed her own production company which specialised in children's musical entertainment and theatre in education shows for schools. She is an avid songwriter, director and musician. Her re-release of her single of the classic ballad Banks of the Ohio has been played on radio stations around the country.[5]
Awards
Fahey has won eight Canberra Country Songwriting Awards[6] some with her co-writers teen country trio 'Brothers3',[7] and Colin MacKenzie.
Fahey received Tamworth Songwriters Association Awards for Best Children’s Song in 2013 (I Should Have Listened), 2012 (Tony's Farm),[8] and was nominated in the same category in 2010 (Where The Eagles Fly).[9] She was a finalist in the Australian Songwriting Competition for Songs for Children in 2011 (Tony's Farm)[10] and for Boy from Cooroy (with Colin Mackenzie) in 2014.[11] She also was a runnerup in the USA Songapalooza songwriting competition 2012 for her song Vodka and Pen which she co-wrote with Colin MacKenzie.
References
- ^ "Road to Nashville starts at Gulgong". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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- ^ Alita Fahey and Brothers3, Banks Of The Ohio from The Song I Sang Album Archived 22 September 2014 at WebCite
- ^ Canberra Country Songwriting Awards Honour Roll Archived 19 September 2014 at WebCite
- ^ brothers3.com
- ^ Tamworth Songwriters Association Past Winners
- ^ Nominations and winners, TSA Awards 2010 Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Australian Songwriting Contest 2011 Results, retrieved 21 November 2015
- ^ Congratulations To The Top 10 In The 2014 Australian Songwriting Contest, retrieved 21 November 2015