The band idea started when two brothers, Levko & Lys performed with drums and guitar at their after school RockStar class while at Marquez Elementary. Back in Topanga, siblings Paria and Wiley performed at their school’s RockStar program. When both boys went back to Topanga Elementary, all 4 friends got together at another Rock Star class and included Kalyna, who sang their original song Coyotes of Topanga at the Avalon, in January 2015. All the band friends have lived or gone to school in Topanga, and have grown up watching bold coyotes frolic all over the canyon.
They had so much fun that the friends continued to play together and added their big sister, Olenka, and Kalyna’s best-pal, Pearl to the line-up. Their first show as a group was the TYS Topanga Talent Show in 2015.
They also added their school’s annual Halloween carnival, were the opening band at their school’s musical theatre production and finally, their largest show, a 12-song set at the 2016 Topanga Days Festival. They are excited to add charities Like Lucy’s Kids to their venues.
The Coyotes play a blend of classic rock-n-roll and are adding originals to their set list. Markian Fedorowycz is the band director.
| Names |
Olenka Fedorowycz |
Levko |
Lys |
Kalyna Fedorowycz |
Pearl Parkhurst |
Dora-Liisa Meriste |
Paria |
Wiley Grether |
| Ages | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Instruments |
Congas |
Guitar |
Drums |
Background Vocals |
Background Vocals |
Bass Guitar |
Guitar |
Keyboard |
| Favorites: | ||||||||
| Food | "Steak, baby!" | "Coconuts, of course" |
"BBQ beans are yummy" | "Pasta, pasta, pasta…" | ||||
| Color | Red | Brown | Green | Yellow | ||||
| Animal | Wolf | Lion (Levko means “little lion” in Ukrainian) |
Fox (Lys means “fox” in Ukrainian) |
Moose | ||||
| Subject | Art | PE | PE | ART | ||||
| Someday I want to be a... | Champion Olympic Equestrian | Pilot Rockstar Pro-Athlete: Surf Snowboard Sk8 |
Professional Snowboarder | Me, too…a Champion Olympic Equestrian | An Architect | |||
| Musician | Slash | Mom | ||||||
| Song | Halleluiah | Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd (It’s the very first song I learned at my school’s RockStar program…and it keeps popping up everywhere…) |
Airplanes By: B.o.B feat (“My brother sang this for his first school play audition… and I loved it”) |
Ordinary Miracle | ||||
| Joke | "One that’s funny…" | "I forget jokes as soon as I hear them…" | "I wish I knew one to say…" |
Thanks for answering my questions. Can’t wait to see you play at Lucy’s Kid’s Charity Concert.
-Wyatt B.
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