DALA
Sheila Carabine sat with her fellow trumpet players. It was the first band rehearsal of her grade 11 year. Upon turning around to check the clock on the back wall, she came face to face with a stranger. A stranger with bright blue hair. A stranger playing the bass clarinet no less. Amanda Walther was new to Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School , and two years Sheila's senior. Since that first meeting, their friendship has grown strong and they can now tolerate each other for almost hours at a time.

Amanda is a self-proclaimed control freak with a passion for salted snacks, gardening, making her own clothes, biking, smiling and figuring out which controller works the dvd player. She is good with money and absolutely abhors wearing make-up. She had a cat named ‘Mouce' for years and she still thinks of him tenderly. Amanda makes and keeps friends easily and she loves sushi. She dreams of one day owning a humble farm and a kiln for making pottery. Amanda will always lend you a bus ticket and she better get her driver's license soon.

Sheila has her driver's license. She is very moody and she reminisces about things before they even happen. She had a crush on a boy from grade 2 to grade 8 without him suspecting a thing. She played soccer competitively for 14 years, which is why she has muscular calves. Sheila reads Leonard Cohen poetry to help her think her favourite thoughts and she dreams of one day transcending space and time in order to commune with the divine. She is not opposed to wearing make-up, because not ALL of us have perfect complexions AMANDA.

Sheila and Amanda formed DALA during the summer of 2002, making use of their talents on guitar and piano. Amanda was born with an innate understanding of music, and has rightfully earned her title as the "Harmony Machine". Sheila studied piano with the Royal Conservatory for 11 years, and lip sync's all her vocal parts. Just kidding. Combined, their vocal range spans from the darkest depths of the scale to undiscovered, and frightening heights. Their influences include The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Crosby , Stills, Nash and Young, Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Coldplay, the entire cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, and whoever else inspires them to sing along with intense facial expressions.

In November of 2003 they signed a five-year artist development deal with Big Bold Sun Music, and since then they have allowed themselves to dream of doing music for a living. In the summer of 2005 they signed to Universal Music.

DALA is their name, and melting your hardened heart is their game.