Alita Fahey
{{Short description|Australian TV actress and reporter}}
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Alita Fahey is an Australian former TV actress and reporter who appeared on Simon Townsend's Wonder World (Network 10),{{Cite web |url=http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/road-to-nashville-starts-at-gulgong/1715937.aspx |title=Road to Nashville starts at Gulgong |access-date=30 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110502/http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/road-to-nashville-starts-at-gulgong/1715937.aspx |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The Ossie Ostrich Video Show (Nine network)[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xmoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4933,10295932&dq=alita+fahey&hl=en Ossie Ostrich Video Show] and the children's show Antenna[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19840315&id=91MRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3353,1610047]{{dead link|date=November 2015}} (ABC). She also had roles on The Restless Years and Sons and Daughters and The Boy in the Bush (ABC).[http://www.users.on.net/~fsteiny/boyinthebush_ms.html users.on.net] Fahey appeared in many Australian films and commercials, has sung professionally for many years both in Australia and overseas, and is an accomplished singer/songwriter. Alita and her Husband Stephen Leigh (deceased) formed a production company called Leigh-Fahey Enterprises which specialised in children's musical entertainment and Theatre-in-Education shows for schools. She is an avid songwriter, director and musician. Her re-release of her single of the classic ballad Banks of the Ohio has been played on radio stations around the country.[http://crspublicity.com.au/crs-cd/153/alita-fahey-and-brothers3/ Alita Fahey and Brothers3, Banks Of The Ohio from The Song I Sang Album] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017150729/http://crspublicity.com.au/crs-cd/153/alita-fahey-and-brothers3/ |date=17 October 2014 }}
Awards
Fahey has won eight Canberra Country Songwriting Awards[http://www.canberracountry.com/CCSA-Awards_Roll.html Canberra Country Songwriting Awards Honour Roll] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121190312/http://www.canberracountry.com/CCSA-Awards_Roll.html |date=21 November 2015 }} some with her co-writers teen country trio 'Brothers3',[http://www.brothers3.com brothers3.com] and Colin MacKenzie.
=Tamworth Songwriters Awards=
The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. They commenced in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsaonline.com.au/song-competition/|title=Tamworth Songwriters Association|website=Tamworth Songwriters Association Online|access-date=23 March 2022}} Alita Fahey has won two awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsaonline.com.au/past-winners/|title=Tamworth Songwriters Association Past Winners|website=Tamworth Songwriters Association Online|access-date=23 March 2022}}
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| 2012
| "Tony's Farm" by Alita Fahey and Brothers 3
| Comedy/Novelty Song of the Year
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| 2013
| "I Should've Listened" by Alita Fahey
| Comedy/Novelty Song of the Year
| {{won}}
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| 2014
| "Huntsman in the Harmonica" by Alita Fahey and Makirum
| Comedy/Novelty Song of the Year
| {{won}}
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Category:Australian television actresses