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Lilian & Manon, The Zlamal Sisters, are two dynamic multitalented
musicians, daughters of renowned Slovak poet and writer Miloslav
Zlamal (The Partisan Captain) and Jaroslava Zlamal who have been
captivating audiences with their golden voices for years. Their
unique vocal blends mesmerize their listeners while their compositions
touch their hearts. As young teenagers Lilian & Manon toured
with "The International Stars of Europe" in Canada who
referred to the sisters as the ABBA girls. They recorded in Warsaw
Poland with Anna Jantar opening the Polskie Nagrania Studio Muzak
Records under the direction of Jan Kukulski. Their Polish musical
peers were very enthusiastic and wanted the girls to represent Canada
at "The International SOPOT Festival", but that never
materialized. Another recording highlight was recording in Hendersonville
Nashville Tennessee at The Oak Ridge Brothers Studio backed by Ronnie
Milsaps Band.
Lilian
& Manon went on and became the lead singers of "Skyliner"
who recorded on the Mercey Brothers Label and attained a top 30
single on the Canadian Country RPM Charts. Skyliner headlined in
many of the "Top Clubs" on the circuit, touring forty-nine
nights straight with weekend matinees and after hour club appearances
at the "Matador" before having one night off and starting
back again. Skyliner was one of the featured country bands to perform
on the last day of live country shows at "The Horseshoe Tavern"
in Toronto. They performed extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Highlights include guest spotting with "The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra",
appearing on many radio and T.V. shows, regular appearances on the
weekly CFGM Opry North Shows, Toronto Press Club events, United
Nations celebrations, CBC radio shows with Milan Kymlicka, their
own "Special" on City TV, CNE Bandshell, sharing the stage
or performing along side many stars as Lucille Starr, Alan Thicke,
Ian Tyson, Ronnie Hawkins, Carroll Baker, Anne Murray, Frank Mills,
The Mercey Brothers, Stompin Tom, Gary Lalonde, Kelly Preston to
name a few.
Lilian
and Manon also embarked on solo careers. Lilian, an Actra member,
became part of the "Backstage Productions" roster-Ronnie
Hawkins Management in the late 1980s and early 1990s
under Steve Thomson and became know as Lil in the highly acclaimed
CBS recording childrens rock nroll "But, Im
Just A Kid" group who were Juno nominees. Besides
her adult career as Lilian, Lil a.k.a. "Miss Lilly" (her
first childrens book "Sky Blue" was released on
Golden Book Tapes) still performs and writes childrens material
actively part of www.markusmusic.com.
Manon went on entertaining in the piano lounge circuit performing
at exclusive resorts in Germany and Canada. Now, Manon is in pursuit
of "Manon's Dream" (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/manonsdreammusic.htm)
with Lilian right by her side produced by Randall Cousins.
One of Manons songs "Raging Passion" finished in
the final round of the 2001 www.beer.com
talent search. Currently Lilian & Manon are available to be
signed (www.soundclick.com/bands/5/lilianandmanon.htm). They have teamed up and recorded a promotional demo CD that
was made possible by the auspices of Bob Johnston who at one time
along with Brett McNaueal
produced Evelyn Kasner (Mary Bailey) who was released on RCA records
to an exclusive contract. Mary Bailey became the person responsible
for discovering Shania Twain being her 1st manager and
the rest is musical history. The most touching thing about this
project is that all the musicians at one time or another have performed
with Lilian & Manon. All the musicians gave their time, talent
and energy because they believe in Lilian & Manon and that speaks
for itself. Lilian & Manon are very grateful and say, "Thank
you, thank you for the music and thank you for believing."
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