Treble with Girls to play the Irish Hall

Band members have had successful solo careers with ECMA, Music P.E.I. Awards and nominations, as well as individual recordings

The award-winning Island folk music group Treble with Girls is the featured performer at the ceilidh on Aug. 9 in the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall of the Irish Cultural Centre at 582 North River Rd.

There will be a 50/50 draw during the evening at the wheelchair-accessible and airconditioned hall and a lunch during the intermission. The hall is licensed. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is at the door. Children twelve and under remain at $5.

Treble with Girls is a diverse musical group from eastern P.E.I. that has been performing together several years. All four members, Sheila MacKenzie, Jolee Patkai, Maxine MacLennan and Norman Stewart, have had successful solo careers with various ECMA, Music P.E.I. Awards and nominations, and each has individual recordings.

The group’s musical background covers many genres from Celtic and country to folk and traditional. Together they have created their own unique blend that highlights their harmonies and original compositions.

The group encompasses all that is P.E.I., as is showcased in its original recording, “The Ceilidh Song”, penned by Jolee Patkai and Maxine MacLennan. This song garnered national attention in the 2015 CBC Searchlight Competition making it all the way to the final rounds out of a pool of 3,300 entrants.

All members of the group sing, and they play multiple instruments as accompaniment to their singing. Stewart plays guitar, MacKenzie plays fiddle, MacLennan plays guitar, mandolin and percussion and Patkai plays guitar and percussion.