{{Short description|Irish-Canadian children's musician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} '''Sandra Beech''' (born '''Sandra Millar''' {{circa}} 1942<ref>{{cite news | title=Singer boosts kids' self-esteem | first=Alison | last=Cunningham | publisher=The Ottawa Citizen | date=22 November 1990 | page=B3 }} Indicated age 48.</ref> in Ballymena, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian children's musician. She was a member of the family music group The Musical Millars after relocating to Canada in 1953. After her 1964 marriage to Len Beech, she specialised in recording children's music.
Her brothers Will and George Millar, plus her cousin Joe Millar, were members of The Irish Rovers.
Sandra Beech has three daughters with her husband Len Beech: Carrie Beech, Heather Beech and Jennifer Beech. Sandra Beech also has nine granddaughters.
==Awards and recognition== * 1980: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Chickery Chick'' * 1982: WINNER, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Inch By Inch'' * 1991: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Yes I Can'' * 1999: Nominee, Juno Award for Best Children's Album, ''Celebrate the Music''
==Discography==
* 1979: ''Chickery Chick''<ref name=LAC>Library and Archives Canada catalogue: {{cite web |url=http://search-recherche.collectionscanada.ca/fed/search.jsp?Language=eng |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-10-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312164734/http://search-recherche.collectionscanada.ca/fed/search.jsp?Language=eng |archivedate=12 March 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * 1982: ''Inch By Inch'' (Attic)<ref name=LAC /> * 1982: ''Sunshine Songs'' (Attic)<ref name=LAC /> * 1984: ''Songs About Animals and Others'' (Golden)<ref name=LAC /> * 1984: ''Sidewalk Shuffle'' (Kids Records)<ref name=LAC /> * 1989: ''Yes I Can'' (A&M)<ref name=LAC /> * 1994: ''The Celtic Collection'' (Western Publishing/Golden)<ref name=LAC /> * 1995: ''Sandra Beech sings safety songs'' (OBPPI) <ref name=LAC /><ref name=TPL>Toronto Public Library catalogue: [http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612181333/http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/ |date=12 June 2007 }}</ref> * 1998: ''Celebrate the Music'' (Page Music) {{ISBN|0-9681090-6-3}}<ref name=LAC /> * 2003: ''The Pretend Box Songs'' (compilation, Page Music/EMI)<ref name=LAC />
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==External links== *[http://www.sandrabeech.com/launcher.htm Sandra Beech official site] *{{cite web | url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol13no1/kidsrecords.html | title=Kids' Records | publisher=University of Manitoba | work=CM Archive | accessdate=2007-10-21 | first=Elayne | last=Taylor | date=1985 |volume=13 |issue=1 }} * {{Discogs artist|Sandra Beech}} * {{IMDb name|nm3613807}}
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