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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harris, Holly (2009). "Meet the honorees of the 2009 Opera Canada Awards". Opera Canada. 50 (3).
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- ↑ "The final take: Music Tracy Dahl can't live without". Opera Canada. 50 (1): 54. 2009.
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- ↑ "WSO honours Tracy Dahl with Golden Baton Award". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
