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Show Thursday, March 6, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 3 One family's love for music evolves into a bluegrass band Mario Ruiz DAILY HERALD 1 3 years old, Tiann 1 fill Dyer begged for a 'ill violin but was told w she was too little i to play. After she turned 4 hnwpvur her mother, Stacey, thought she was ready for a fiddle of her own. Now 12, Tiann plays her fiddle alongside her 15-year-old brother Tel and his guitar, and her 11-year-old sister Mady on the mandolin. The Highland trio make up Dyer I lighway, a bluegrass country band that tours the county performing for public crowds and senior centers. But this is only the beginning be-ginning for these growing up and comers. They've been playing for six years now. The family band just sort of evolved. Their mother, Stacey Dyer, has a music degree but never forced her kids to learn or play. "I have to tell them to stop playing and to go watch TV. That's how much they love it," Stacey said. The band's next prospective prospec-tive band member is only 7 (a little violinist, TayLynn Dyer). Mady was knocking spoons for her older brother and sister until she was old enough to play the mandolin. Tel, the oldest son and band leader, has a dream to someday some-day move to Nashville and start recording. "It's a dream, and they're hard to get," he said. Tiann picked up her first violin at age 4 and was ready to play. She took first place in a state Farm Bureau competition com-petition for "I've Been Working Work-ing on the Railroad" in 2000. Tiann is also first violin for Timpanogos Chamber Orchestra. Orches-tra. Her dream is to attend the famed performing arts school Juilliard in New York City after she graduates from high -i :. !H5- f t '"V - ,u I"' .-.vi- rili I - fa... ?! DE,S0m 'eft i2-'t,ar-oWuTl'"'1"- 7-yar-oW TayLynn and I5-year-oM Tc tune (heir insfrimiens before performing at The Charleston in Cedar Hills, l eb. 21 1 he young bluegrass band Dyer Highway perform at The Charleston monthly. MARIO RUIZDdily Herald on school. el writes his own songs, with the lyrics coming from his experiences with his family. fam-ily. "Cowboys in Flip-flops" is about his little brothers' imaginations imagi-nations as they ride broomstick broom-stick horses and shoot toy cap guns. "Black and White" is a song he wrote last year about his grandfather and the old black and white pictures his mother was scanning for a family history book. "Each of the pictures had their own story," he said. He said the stories about his grandfather, Doug Nielsen, inspired in-spired him to write the song. "There have been a couple of times when I've sung that song and have had to hold back tears and keep my composure," com-posure," he said. Performing is the fun part, Stacey said. The kids rehearse every Thursday and have been working hard recording their first CD But she says the payoff pay-off is in performing. "Tel loves people, and he loves involving the crowd," Stacey said. Norma Muir and others raved about the group after a performance at The Charleston in Cedar Hills. "I loved every minute of it," said 86-year-old Muir. "I've got a grandson who's quite talented with music, and I wish he could see them and maybe he'd work twice as hard," she said. "I want to know why you guys aren't on "America's Got Talent" because that was the best thing we've ever seen," said Salt Lake City resident Kathy Poulson after chasing the kids down after the performance. perfor-mance. And that's the reaction they usually evoke. "I don't know what I see for them in the future," Stacey said. Tel is sure though, that he's going to take music as far as he can. ma QEflDffianD We carry building materials, paint, cabinets, lighting fixtures, furniture and appliances. 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