Welcome the holidays with music
BY
​Nancy Hays & the Heffernans!
Produced once again by award-winning Producer Randy Gardner (see bio below), these new tracks also feature Country Music Hall of Fame multi-instrumentalist Wanda Vick (fiddle); Grammy and ACM Nominee, Nancy Gardner (drums); and former AMC Duo of the Year nominee, Ron Kingery (guitar)!
Engineer/producer Randy Gardner has been recognized by the CMA awards and major country music artists (Ronnie Milsap, Steve Wariner, etc.) for his contributions in the recording studio on hundreds of projects over the last thirty years. Randy produces all of the recordings by Nancy Hays and her family, including the international line dance hit Come Dance With Me. Randy is also an international touring and production manager for artists traveling throughout the world. 

Don't Miss Their Other HOLIDAY Hits!

Light in the winter

two-step 'round the christmas tree

MR. SANTA

sEE THEIR HOLIDAY TV APPEARANCES

"MR. SANTA" ON WCIU CHICAGO

"TWO-STEP" ON ABC 7 CHICAGO

"cowboys are my weakness" fEATURED ON BACKYARD COUNTRY

Watch the Line Dance Tutorial!

​COWBOYS ARE MY WEAKNESS 

featuring The Cowboy Dance Company! Song available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, CDbaby and more!

Recent reviews of nancy:

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“A central performance from Nancy Hays that emphasizes vocal style and finesse."
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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​“A comic touch by the delightful Nancy Hays”
​Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago Review ,
The Pirates of Penzance
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"M'Lynn, Shelby's mother and friend of the other women, is played perfectly by Nancy Hays, who accurately shows the delicate balance of love, pride and fear, mothers have for their children." 
Sammantha Pidde,
My Carroll County News
​Steel Magnolias
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"Nancy Hays truly shines as Tennessee Williams’ fading southern belle, this actress absolutely commands the stage."
Colin Douglas,
Chicago Theatre Review,
The Glass Menagerie
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"Nancy Hays nearly threatens to walk off with the show..."
Patrick O’Brien, Chicagoland Musical Theater Review

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"Hays did a wonderful job emulating a tumultuous mother-and-daughter relationship while also convincing us of her unconditional love for her daughter"
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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Ms. Hays, has a gorgeous, velvety voice and a captivating smile."
Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

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“Nancy Hays is deliciously sexy Hedy LaRue. Nancy plays Hedy as if the role were written expressly for her”
​Colin Douglass,
​Chicago Theater Review
"As for Hays, her performance was especially stellar when it came to the play's more serious and dramatic scenes. In fact, the woman seated next to me began to sob uncontrollably during the parts in which Hays was lamenting her daughter’s circumstances." 
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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"Hays never drops her energy. She can hoof up a storm to Clayton Cross’s spirited choreography..." 
Stage and Cinema, Lawrence Bommer
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​“Very sexy Nancy Hays as Hedy LaRue (she is a delight)”
Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago
"...Nancy Hays, as Mame Dennis, is a fabulous Mame."
 Tom Williams, Chicago Critic​
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​“Skilled comedienne,
Nancy Hays”
Lawrence Bommer, Stage and Cinema 



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“The leading lady of Light Opera Works's 50th-anniversary revival of the show, belter Nancy Hays, looks good and sounds great”
Chicago Reader by Albert Williams​
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“Nancy Hays nails Hedy’s voice while playing her lovable enough to avoid the groan-worthy stereotype of office bombshell”
Ellen Beth Gill, 
​Splash Magazine Review