Dad helps daughter with broken wrist play fiddle - by literally lending a hand from mary beth coburn Watch Video

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✓ Published: 16-May-2024

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A fiddle player who broke her wrist was able to still play her gig after her dad gave her a hand - literally.<br/><br/>Mary Leahy, 18, broke her wrist just two days before her solo at the Peterborough Music Festival, Ontario, after falling off a farm buggy. <br/><br/>But instead of pulling out, her dad Donnell Leahy, 55, - one of the best fiddle players in the world who toured with Shania Twain - stepped into help.<br/><br/>He played the bow while Mary did the chords with her healthy hand.<br/><br/>Mary, a full-time musician from Peterborough, Ontario, said: “I managed to play with my left hand only - I don’t know how, but it was really hard.\