The Flowers of Edinburgh is a family group featuring 19 year-old twin sisters, Laura and Rachel Bennett, on fiddle and their mother, Malia Bennett, on guitar. The trio performs traditional jigs, reels, polkas and other tunes representing their Celtic heritage, which includes ancestry from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Laura and Rachel began studying both classical violin and Celtic fiddle when they were fourth-graders. The girls were especially inspired by another Oklahoma band, Boru's Ghost. Malia has also played with Oklahoma City based Celtic groups Suspicious Contra Band and As the Crow Flies, and has performed with Tulsa area Celtic bands The Four Fiddlers of the Apocalypse and Timothy O'Brian's Celtic Cheer. The Flowers of Edinburgh participates in festivals throughout Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival in Stillwater; Iron Thistle Scottish Festival in Yukon; The Oklahoma Scottish Festival in Tulsa; The Bricktown St. Patty's Day Block Party in Oklahoma City as well as playing at Sean Cummings' Pub and St. Patrick's Day Festival. They are often joined by U.K. transplant, Dave Cooper on the badron. Before falling in love with an Okie, Dave made his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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