This outstanding photo of Charley Webb with Hattie Webb (on harp) by her side and Leonard Cohen in the background, listening with his hat held to his chest was taken by S. Burns. The April 11, 2009 concert was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

On the 2nd day of Christmas, Leonard Cohen gave to me

Two sisters singing
And a bird on a wire, not in a tree

Leonard Cohen & Webb Sisters - If It Be Your Will (Belfast 2009)

Videographer extraordinaire Albert Noonan offers two recent performances by Hattie & Charley Webb (seen left to right in the above adapted screenshot).

Webb Sisters - Goodnight Song (Dublin, Nov 10, 2011)

Webb Sisters - Momentary (Venue Theatre Ratoath Co. Meath. Mpv 12. 2011)

The Traditional Oviedo Blessing Of The Press

Queen Sofia of Spain Outed as Leonard Cohen Fan

Hattie and Charley  Webb Play at Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert

The Non-Leonard Cohen Style Issue: Princess Letizia Wears Sheer Dress To Prince of Asturias Awards (Huffington Post Headline)

Leonard Cohen Arrives at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo

Identified: Laura Garcia Lorca

Laura Garcia Lorca, the poet's niece and president of the Federico Garcia Lorca Foundation, spoke at the Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert that was one  of the Prince Of Asturias Awards events.

Coverage Of Leonard Cohen
At The 2011 Prince Of Asturias Awards

All posts about Leonard Cohen at the Prince of Asturias Awards can be found at:

• Leonard Cohen Prince of Asturias Events: HeckOfAGuy
• Leonard Cohen Prince Of Asturias Events: DrHGuy

Note: Almost all HeckOfAGuy and DrHGuy posts contain different content.

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Credit Due Department:

• Photo #1: asdeguia of The Spanish Cohen Brigade, who also suggested the caption.
• Photo #2: Carlos Alvarez. In the photo, Queen Sofia is shown attending the Prince Of Asturias Awards 2011 Laureates audience at the Reconquista Hotel on October 21, 2011 in Oviedo, Spain.
• Photo #3: Screen capture from highlights video
• Photo: #4: Princess Letizia Wears Sheer Dress To Prince of Asturias Awards by Ellie Krupnick (Huffington Post  Oct 22, 2011).  Getty photo. Found by Rike.
• Photo #5: Almira 16
• Photo #6: Screen capture from highlights video

 

Photo shared by Webb Sisters

More precisely, it's Shades Of Leonard Cohen’s Backup Singers. Left to right: Charley Webb, Hattie Webb, and Sharon Robinson.

A gallery comprising all items previously published in the photo series, Shades of Leonard Cohen, can be viewed at Collected Shades Of Leonard Cohen.

The image, an illustration of instructions for cartwheeling, is from The Art of Stage Dancing: The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Ned Wayburn (1925).

It is also used as an introduction to a discussion of the Webb Sisters cartwheeling during Leonard Cohen's rendition of "The Future" in: Leonard Cohen & White Girls Dancing In Oakland