About: Anita Best

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Anita Best C.M. is a teacher, broadcaster, and well-known singer from the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With Genevieve Lehr, Best collected the songs for Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook, spending years travelling around the province collecting songs from anyone who cared to sing. In 2015 the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society awarded her their Lifetime Achievement Award.

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