Texas Music with a Scottish Heart

Sia LaBelle Beaton
Singer-Songwriter
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 Spokeswoman for the Bluebonnet Tartan
Sia LaBelle Beaton has a long and rich musical history across many musical genres. She has played American folk music in small venues across Europe, and headed the popular all-girl "Country Lace" in Hawaii. In the early Eighties she toured with a 50's Rock Revival Show that included her father, Nick Masters, who was also lead guitar for Bill Haley's Comets for over 20 years.

A talented singer/songwriter from Texas, Sia has contributed greatly to the awareness of Scottish culture and influence in America through her songs and research. She was instrumental in obtaining a designated Texas holiday, "Day of the Scots", in recognition of Scottish contribution to early Texas history
She continues her interest as a founder of the Texas Scottish Heritage Society (www.txscot.com), an organization dedicated to the research of early Texas pioneers, a majority of whom were of Scottish descent, and has been named as the official spokeswoman for the Texas Bluebonnet Tartan. Her songs reflect her love of the Celtic and American history and culture. With a distinctly hopeful, inspiring outlook, she weaves the two cultures into seamless art.
In May 2002, Sia performed a song in Scots Gaelic for the first time and won first place in the fledgling Gaelic Mod in Houston, Texas.  "The Gaelic language is magical.   I am very limited in my knowledge of Gaelic and so this award is extremely special to me.  It is my sincere hope that it will encourage others to learn Scots Gaelic."

Sia currently plans to include Gaelic on her upcoming CD.
In August 1999, Sia completed her "Never Been to Scotland" tour of Scotland, which included 9 radio stations, a live television broadcast, as well as several live performances. The highlight of her tour was when her song, "Never Been to Scotland" played over the loudspeaker for more than 8,000 people at the Tatoo in Edinburgh. She has been featured twice on the TV Channel 8 Weeknight Edition program. In 1998, Sia wrote and performed original music for the St. Luke’s Methodist Winter Solstice Celebration in Houston, Texas featured on TV Channel 2. Well known on the Celtic/Scottish/pioneer/folk festivals throughout Texas and Oklahoma, she performs at coffee houses, clubs, schools, fundraisers, bookstores, and other events and is actively involved in the Texas Scottish Heritage Society. Sia is a member of the Clans MacLeod, MacGregor, and Ross; and has family members in Clan Gordon.
Sia's self-titled debut CD offers a great deal of variety as well as originality, while retaining a link with the traditional.  Sia's vocals and rhythm guitar are accompanied by fiddle, harp and extensive percussion on tracks including Never Been to Scotland, Bonnie Scottish Lad, Remember Me, and Flowers of the Heartland. Remember Me was written and performed for the Dedication Ceremony of the Texas State Historical Marker placed at Clapp Cemetery in Trinity, Texas.
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Her original song Flowers of the Heartland was written to the tune of "Flowers of the Forest" as a tribute to the bombing tragedy in Oklahoma City and has been placed in the archives of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Sia was an invited guest of the Murrah Bldg. Survivors & Families Association at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

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November 30, 2004 Mayor Bill White of Houston was presented with a bluebonnet tartan tie before City Council! 
As spokeswoman for the Texas State Bluebonnet Tartan, Sia presents Mayor Lee Brown of Houston with his Tartan Tie, and performs for the children at Texas Children’s Hospital.