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Kristin Andreassen

Kristin Andreassen (May 09, 1976—) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer raised in Hillsboro, Oregon. She performed as a professional percussive dancer with the Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble before joining the old-time string band Uncle Earl in 2003 alongside musicians Abigail Washburn, KC Groves, and Rayna Gellert. She won the Grand Prize in the Children's Category of the 2007 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her composition "Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes".

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