LaRena Clark explained

LaRena Clark
Birth Name:LaRena LeBarr
Birth Date:21 November 1904
Birth Place:Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Orillia, Ontario
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1961–1980

LaRena LeBarr Clark (1904-1991) was a Canadian traditional singer and folksinger.

Early years

Clark was born near Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada in 1904 near Lake Simcoe. Her father and grandfather were hunters and guides.[1] Her mother Mary Frances Watson was also a singer.[2] [3] She frequently identified herself as a "ninth generation Canadian."[4]

Career

Clark became involved in the folk music circuit in Canada and the United States in the 1960s and recorded an album in 1968. She performed at the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1965 and 1966.[5] She also performed at the Madoc Music Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and others in Canada and the United States in the late 1960s.[6] [7] In 1967 she and her husband built a model Canadian pioneer farmstead and toured it around the province as part of Canada's centennial celebrations in 1967.[8] [9] [10] In the late 1970s she set out to record 25 albums of traditional Canadian folk and popular songs, working with a local radio station CHAY-FM, as well as recording half hour television programming in Owen Sound.[11]

Personal life

Clark was married three times and during her first two marriages she bore six children. During World War II she worked as a cook in a mess hall for the Canadian Armed Forces at Camp Bordon.[12] While working there, she met Gordon Clark, a veteran, and the two married in 1947. The couple were living in Ottawa in 1961 when she met folklorist Edith Fowke, who collected and recorded her songs.

She died in 1991.

Awards

Additional resources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LaRena Clark The Canadian Encyclopedia. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. 2020-03-22.
  2. Web site: Ontario Traditional Music Library. Bell. Ian. www.ontariotraditionalmusic.ca. 2020-03-22. 2020-03-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200322003826/http://www.ontariotraditionalmusic.ca/item/360. dead.
  3. Book: Fowke. Edith. A family heritage: the story and songs of LaRena Clark. Rahn. Jay. Clark. LaRena LeBarr. 1994. University of Calgary Press. 978-0-585-14727-7. Calgary. 7. en. 45729657.
  4. News: Gauer. Stephen. A New Rock Style for Melanie. 1979-03-02. Barrie Examiner. 19.
  5. Book: Fowke. Edith. A family heritage: the story and songs of LaRena Clark. Rahn. Jay. Clark. LaRena LeBarr. 1994. University of Calgary Press. 978-0-585-14727-7. Calgary. 9. en. 45729657.
  6. Book: Fowke. Edith. A family heritage: the story and songs of LaRena Clark. Rahn. Jay. Clark. LaRena LeBarr. 1994. University of Calgary Press. 978-0-585-14727-7. Calgary. 10–11. en. 45729657.
  7. News: Tourism Minister to Officially Open Madoc Art Festival. 1965-06-23. Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, Ontario). 2020-03-22. 8. Our Digital World : Ontario Community Newspapers Portal.
  8. News: Dempsey. Lotta. Searching for Canada's Story. 1967-11-03. Toronto Daily Star. 57. ProQuest Historical Newspapers Toronto Star.
  9. News: Krause. Claudia. Hawkestone Couple Dedicate Life to History. 1977-12-21. Barrie Examiner. 2020-03-22. 18. Our Digital World : Ontario Community Newspapers Portal.
  10. News: Folk singer keeps a musical tradition alive. 1978-11-24. Barrie Examiner. 2020-03-22. 32. Our Digital World: Ontario Community Newspapers Portal.
  11. News: Hart. Murial. Hawkestone. 1979-05-03. Barrie Examiner. 2020-03-21. 17. Our Digital World: Ontario Community Newspapers Portal.
  12. Book: Fowke. Edith. A family heritage: the story and songs of LaRena Clark. Rahn. Jay. Clark. LaRena LeBarr. 1994. University of Calgary Press. 978-0-585-14727-7. Calgary. 8. en. 45729657.
  13. 1987-01-01. Marius Barbeau Medal Awarded to a Traditional Singer. Canadian Folk Music Journal. 15. 54–55. 0318-2568. 2020-03-22.
  14. Web site: Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark. University of Calgary Press.

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