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“From the time I was five, I wanted to be a singer. My mum taught my sister and I how to sing in harmony in the wash house because she wanted to keep an eye on us so we didn’t get into mischief. It turned out to be wonderful for our future in music.
My sister Marian Burns became New Zealand’s top fiddler, taking out Country Entertainer of the Year in 1993. Since then, she has been inducted into the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to music, and has won many awards