Daniel Edward Lapp is a Canadian folk musician based in Victoria, British Columbia and Pender Island.
[5] Beginning in 1990, with the assistance of a grant from the Canada Council on the Arts, Daniel Lapp travelled throughout British Columbia and collected over 1,000 fiddle tunes.
According to Lapp, these tunes were heavily influenced by music from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and famous Canadian fiddlers such as Don Messer, Al Cherny, Ned Landry, Frankie Rodgers, Ward Allen, Graham Townsend, and fiddlers from the Canadian Prairies such as King Ganam and Andy DeJarlis.
Lapp and Linda McRae replaced Hugh McMillan during MacMillan's hiatus from the band following the 1988 album Labour Day.
Place Stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games opening ceremonies in Vancouver, as well as the millions watching on television internationally.
They were joined by Alberta fiddler Calvin Vollrath, who composed most of the tunes for this twelve minute set and played with the orchestra.
[14] In 2019, the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association honoured Daniel Lapp with the Lifetime Achievement Award when the competition was held in Abbotsford, British Columbia.