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She then married and moved to Canada, taking up residence in the town of Sicamous, British Columbia. While living there Ginny and her husband Tim started a concert production company called Starlite Productions. She began to make a name for herself as a singer, and in 1986 was given the Best New Artist award by the Canadian Country Music Association. She was also nominated for a Juno award, which is the Canadian version of our Grammy.
After a few years Ginny and Tim moved back to the SantaCruz area. She formed a band with Canadian country guitarist ReddVolkaert, who she had met in Canada and who now works with Merle Haggard. Around this time the marriage broke up. As part of the healing process she became involved with Sean Seman's Young at Heart, singing for the elderly residents of convalescent homes, and joined the Mt.Madonna Choir.
Destiny stepped in when she happened to meet a filmmaker named Marty Collins, who became the director for her “Wild Rose” music video. At the time he had a production company in San Jose called, of all things, Starlite Productions. They married in 2001. Ginny’s friend, singer Lacy J. Dalton, did a cameo on the video as a waitress. The next year it won an award from IUMA and TechTV. In the late 1990s Ginny and Marty went to Virginia City, Nevada to film Lacy’s "Wild Horse Crossing" CD release concert. Ginny had done some harmony singing on the recording and was aware of Lacy's efforts to save a herd of wild horses near her Virginia City home.
While visiting they learned more about the dire situation of the wild horses of Storey County and the idea for a documentary was born. Out of this idea came the Girls from Santa Cruz concert, which was presented and video taped at the Santa Cruz High School auditorium in June of 2002. A Girls From Santa Cruz CD and DVD, with footage of the wild horses and interviews, followed. This PBS special continues to raise money for the cause.
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" Ginny Mitchell was named Canadian New Artist of The Year. She is a wild rose with a beautiful voice. I once booked her as a solo act for Merle Haggard in Sacramento in front of a roomful of 900 Central Valley Cowboys … solo (although Merle’s guitar player could not resist joining her)… and she had them singing along on the second song ."
– Tom Miller, booker, Don Quixote's International Folk & Acoustic Concert Series
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