Dillon O'Connor National Anthem Landsdowne Park
Jim Coleman column
Letter from Pierre Trudeau Canadian Prime Minister
Dillon & Donna O'Connor National Anthem at Landsdowne Park
Dillon O'Connor in Concert tv broadcast
Telegram of Birthday wishes from Rht.Honourable Robert Stanfield 1970
Dillon O'Connor in concert w/GGFG band
25 Years of Public Service
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AT seventeen I ran away to join a Rock & Roll Band armed with boxes of beloved cassettes & albums for life on the road & never looked back. Singing & playing the Northland, Canada & USA..Even Shania came to watch me ! Now established in Toronto I hope you'll follow my adventures to sing my own songs, make hand made videos using imagination & determination and my stubborn use of my blended analog (original gear) & digital ..since 1978
We acknowledge we work, live, and play on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.
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A notable live & studio singer in Toronto, she has opened for such artists as Glen Campbell, Burton Cummings, Three Dog Night, James Brown, Patti Labelle & Dionne Warwick. She came to prominence at 16 in her hometown of Ottawa joining her father Dillon O'Connor (Mr.O Canada) - in the singing of the National Anthem for a season of Ottawa Rough Riders home games. As well as winning roles singing /dancing/acting in (Bye bye Birdie, West Side Story & Anne of Green Gables) to list a few. Touring across Canada & the U.S with her band 'Hostage' resulted in her first independent release produced by Hugh Marsh (Bruce Cockburnband) on her own OMS records. Bruce joined her on 'Play it by Heart" earning radio airplay that year in Canada & the U.S. Returning after a decade on the road with her band (Shania Twain came to see her perform) arriving in Toronto & winning the SOCAN New Talent Demo Award put her into Orchard Studio( Jane Siberry, Moist ) releasing the EP 'As I am' . Quickly establishing a Singing, Songwriting , Arranging & Sessions career in Toronto as well as a thriving lesson studio beachmusicstudio.com in the Beaches.
Her last collection of original songs under Donna O titled Hooked with special guest Juno Award winning trumpeter
John MacLeod is available on itunes, spotify, amazon New video of 'Good Enough' released April 1 2024 !!
Notable Sessions & media:
celtic 'Loch Lomand' plus 6+ songs (IrishRoses CD) -740,000
Guest Vocal -'The Planets' kidslove2learn channel - 24 million
Guest Vocal - 'The Solar System' -A Rock Opera - 4 million
'TOTALLY ENDEARING AND CAPTIVATING, SHE DEFIES BOUNDARIES & GENRES... A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH ! Danny Scott (producer, recording artist)
against the odds I am still here with a forty year + career in music. Now the creating begins....
distilled from years of experiences . Highs & lows, in and outs. I pledge an honest hardworking approach . It starts with an idea, I spend most of the time at the piano playing and singing it through , following where the song leads . Minimal tech required - my tiny palm recorder on the piano & voice in the air to capture the moments. No studio required until the song is finished.
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DONNA O
So Many Years have passed since my father spoke those prophetic words in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. Back then singing the anthem was wasn't as popular as it's become today but I was honoured when asked to sing our National Anthem for a season with the Ottawa Rough Riders. As I child I was proud of my dad - and now with our latest threats to our soverinty- I am ready to honour his legacy . He performed the singing of the First Bilingual Version sung and
his raising of the final 2 notes which continues to this day!
Dillon kept company with the politco,press & organizations of the day.
Awarded many citations, medals ,plagues all below
honouring his numerous Good deeds for the community, city & country
I only wish he were here today to witness that every time I hear the anthem being sung whatever the event , the soloist and audience raise the last 2 notes.
donna o'connor
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Donna's Demo Entry for "A song for Canada"(walk of fame contest sep.11/2011) Story: I Decided to enter - & what could be better to this proud Canadian & daughter of 'Mr.O Canada' (dubbed by The Rt.Hon. Robert L Stanfield)
to sing my ode to Canada in a maple tree.
Dedicated to Dillon O'Connor
(the originator of - O Canada - vocal solo rendition-)
MR. O CANADA DILLON O CONNOR
Dubbed by the Rht. Honourable Robert Stanfield 1968
"I'm the only guy in Canada who takes the end up ! " the Ottawa Citizen quote 1970
O Canada - Dillon O'Connor at Landsdowne Park Ottawa -1st Bilingual version televised
HOSTAGE-TheLastTime45"release ©1984dtomusicarchives
producer: Hugh Marsh at Manta Studio Toronto
ABOUT DONNA O 'Connor
