creeative harmony, their melodic vocals and well-crafted songs incorporated with their rich aboriginal backgrounds combine for a colourful and powerful performance that soars into your heart and whispers into your memory.

this unique metis singing duo from the paddle prairie metis settlement in northern alberta has been creating beautiful harmony together for seven years and penning original material from country to aboriginal roots, each bringing with them, diverse rhythm and expression that breathe life into each composition. as of to date they have released four albums, two of which are country gospel:"let it shine";"jesus it's me again" and two original albums: "tribute to the elders ii" (aboriginal roots) and "reasons why" (country).

we are fortunate to have been blessed with the gift of music and our goal is to continue our musical journey. we have been faced with many personal challenges and obstacles along the way, but our love of music keeps us strong and persistent in following our dreams and achieving our goals. appropriately said with their long list of outstanding accomplishments.

since one of their first appearances in as aboriginal talent search winners at the edmonton aboriginal day celebrations their awards and achievements are many:

~ outstanding aboriginal recording nomination for the 2001 prairie music awards.

~ best country album, best group/duo, best traditional album-historical nomination for the 2001 canadian aboriginal music awards.

~ best new recording artist and group of the year nomination for the alberta recording industries association awards.

~ esquao award recipients for aboriginal women excelling in the arts & entertainment.

national television appearances include "the sharing circle"," saturday night live at the rising sun cafe" (aboriginal peoples television network- aptn) and "the big breakfast morning show" (a-channel).

most recently, creeative harmony has been showcased on "first music & arts" on aptn. this dynamic duo has also reached enormous heights of success on the popular music site mp3.com in the two years they have been online. their songs are favorites and in the top 40 charts in all genres, receiving emails from fans all over the world from as far away as singapore to sweden, and all across the us and canada.

julie and dawns melodic harmony has also were also members of the worlds choir in the recording of the theme song go for the worlds for the 2001 iaaf world championships in athletics. strange but true, "far from home", one of tracks on the "tribute to the elder's" is featured on the soundtrack of the german "the dark area" similar to "blair witch project".

two of the groups original country songs were recorded in nashville, tennessee, one of which featured on the canadian country music hall of fame, new faces of canadian country music vol. 2 compilation disc and on the international country music sampler produced by comstock records in fountain hills, arizona.

live performances at various community functions as well as larger venues include the miss indian canada pageant 2000, the aboriginal youth award celebration, the louis riel gala, the 1st national residential school conference and with tom jackson at the "back to school fundraiser", for the inner city children of edmonton. most recently creeative harmony has performed in toronto at the canadian aboriginal music awards show.

julie's story

i am sharing my story with you in hopes that it will help even just one person.......

in 1996 i found a lump in my left breast. i went to my dr. who informed me that i was too young to have cancer and since there was no cancer in my family, it must be a cyst. so i went on with my life. one year later i noticed the lump was bigger . i went to a different dr. in a different town. he immediately sent me for an ultrasound and mamogram. i was diagnosed with breast cancer october 24, 1997. my whole world fell apart. my first thought was that i was going to die and leave my three young children and husband. i can't describe the fear and helplessness i felt after i came out of shock. i remember getting into bed with my children that night, i held them as they slept and sobbed uncontrollably. i had four months of aggressive chemotherapy to shrink the tumor , which was over five centimeters. i lost all my hair and became violently ill after each chemo treatment , which was every three weeks. then i had a lumpectomy, they had to go back in a few weeks later because the edges were not clear of cancer. i had twenty radiation treatments which left me with a terrible burn. i was on morphine for one month. my t-shirts all smelled of burned flesh. i can still smell it sometimes, it never leaves my memory. one year later i noticed a few little red bumps on the lumpectomy scar. the cancer had returned. i had a mastectomy in may of 1999 and because the tumors were estrogen positive i started taking tamoxifen, which is an estrogen blocker. just when i thought i had licked the dreaded disease ,i found six little bumps on my mastectomy site. i had them removed and sure enough they were cancerous. i stopped taking the tamoxifen obviously it wasn't working. in february i had my ovaries removed and am now taking arimidex. i just had my sixth surgery on the fourteenth of this month, more little cancerous growths again. it has been a long battle with two recurrences since my first diagnosis in 1997 but i am still fighting this dreaded disease that strikes one out of eight women. it doesn't care if you are black or white, rich or poor ,breast cancer knows no boundaries. i thank god every day that i am still here with my family and i pray that i will be able to watch my children graduate from high school then college, see them walk down the isle and hold my grandchildren someday. i want to grow old. my husband mark has been my rock throughout this whole ordeal. he was my strength when i had none ,my hope when i feared all hope was gone. he has shown me unconditional love throughout and we are closer than we have ever been. my family and friends have been a tremendous support system for me and i am thankful to have such loving, kind people in my life. please practice (bse) breast self- exam it could save your life. if you find anything out of the ordinary go in to your dr. right away and insist that you have an ultrasound and/or mammogram. don't be afraid. the best way to fight this disease is to find it early. waiting or putting it off can kill you. i wish someone would have told me about bse, maybe i would have found the lump sooner ,before it had a chance to grow so big and spread to my lymph nodes. my family and i have been to hell and back, but my faith in god has kept me going. god has blessed me with the gift of music and throughout my battle it has been a refuge to me. one month after my radiation we recorded "let it shine" our first country gospel album. i have heard time and time again from people all over the world how that album has touched there hearts, brought them to tears. when we recorded that album, every word i sang came from the depths of my heart and soul and i believe that it shines through in those songs.

julie passed away on june 16 2005..

her music lives on