Local Girls
PRECISION THREE-PART HARMONY
“You girls sound like angels! I look forward to hearing you all again sometime soon.”
Bob Edwards, Former host of NPR’s Morning Edition, Washington D.C.
“Their voices are positively angelic and they blend into three-part harmony that is heavenly. They did the songs that I remembered as a youth in the 1940’s.”
Ed Fassig, Logan Daily News
“The Local Girls’ success is due to their impeccable musical arrangements, broad range of music styles, and infectious fun. They would be more than welcome to grace our stage again.”
Tom Powers, Winter Concert Series, Flint, MI
“I cannot begin to tell you how grateful we are for the appearance of the Local Girls at the White House. President and Mrs. Clinton join me in extending many thanks for [The Local Girls’] time and talents.”
Capricia Penavic Marshall, Social Secretary, The White House
‘They made the audience feel at ease and solicited crowd participation with amusing quips and segues between songs.”
Lynette Santoro-Au, Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
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The Local Girls’ popularity is anything but local. The Athens, Ohio-based trio’s three-part harmony and engaging delivery has won them fans across the Midwest and even at the White House. The Local Girls—Mimi Hart, Brenda Catania, and Gay Dalzel--have opened for Chubby Checker, accompanied David Bromberg, performed at the White House, and provided music for two award-winning series, one on women’s suffrage which aired on NPR and the other, a PBS TV series on rural communities. In April, 2000 they appeared at Town Hall in New York City as guests of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. In the summer of 2004, The Local Girls performed throughout Germany, Austria, and France and busked on the streets of Vienna.
Although much of their material focuses on the hot and vampy swing tunes of the 30s, and 40s, like those of The Boswell Sisters and the Jimmie Lunceford Trio, The Local Girls regularly perform their own arrangements of western, bebop, blues, and standards. Covering a century of American songwriting, The Local Girls create a warm, rich, and varied musical event, bringing good humored and haunting harmonies to songs from the silly to the heartbreaking.
The Local Girls’ swinging backup consists of guitar accompanist Mike McGannon and upright bass player Terry Douds.
