- Mark Donnelly
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Mark Donnelly is a Canadian singer famous for singing the national anthem "O Canada" at Vancouver Canucks home games.[1] Donnelly is well known for holding the microphone to the crowd and encouraging the crowd to sing along.[2]
Donnelly was born and raised in Vancouver and North Delta, playing hockey from the age of 12.[3] Armed with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia[4], he began singing national anthems for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League while working for a Scranton, Pennsylvania parish.[3] After he and his family moved back to Vancouver, he started doing the same for the Vancouver Canucks beginning in 2001.[3]
He made a cameo appearance in the TV show Psych, playing an opera singer in the season four premiere episode "Extradition: British Columbia".
He, his wife Catherine, and their nine children currently reside in White Rock, British Columbia.[3] His brother, Lawrence, is the priest of St. Jude's Parish in East Vancouver.
References
- ^ Krishnan, Manisha (June 10, 2011). "North Van teacher croons for Canucks". The Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/Gall+good+lungs+land+North+teacher+dream/4914649/story.html.
- ^ "Photo Gallery: Sing along with Canuck anthem singer Mark Donnelly". Vancouver Courier. May 20, 2011. http://www.vancourier.com/PHOTO+GALLERY+Sing+along+with+Canuck+anthem+singer+Mark+Donnelly/4817783/story.html.
- ^ a b c d Stone, Felicity (July 1, 2011). "At home with ... Mark Donnelly". The Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/home+with+Mark+Donnelly/5034614/story.html.
- ^ "Game Entertainment / Mark Donnelly". Vancouver Canucks website. http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=58673. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
Categories:- Canadian tenors
- Musicians from Vancouver
- National anthem singers
- Living people
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