Leigh Cappillino

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Leigh Cappillino
Background information
Birth name	Robyn Leigh Darby
Born	April 18, 1969 (1969-04-18) (age 39)
Origin	Belton, South Carolina, United States
Genre(s)	Contemporary Christian music
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Word Records

Robyn Leigh Darby Cappillino (born April 18, 1969) is one-fourth of the Contemporary Christian music group Point of Grace. She joined the quartet in 2004, after founding member Terry Jones announced her retirement from the group. Since joining the group, she has recorded three albums and been on several nationwide tours. She has also won, along with Point of Grace, the 2008 Dove Award for Country Recorded Song of the Year for the single "How You Live (Turn Up The Music)."

Contents 1 Background 2 Point of Grace 3 Personal life 4 Other activities

[edit] Background

Cappillino was born into a Christian family. As she grew up, church was not an option. She would attend every week. One night, when she was nine years old, she had a dream about dying. She was so frightened by it that she ran to her parents room and asked her mother how she would be certain that if she died, she would go to heaven. At that point, her mother shared the plan of salvation with her and she asked the Lord into her heart. She grew up in a very musical family and was always involved with music, singing in youth choirs. She has a degree in Vocal Performance from Anderson College and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Charleston Southern University. She joined the group Truth in the early 1990s. She recorded three albums with them. After leaving Truth, she formed a duo with fellow Truth member Karen Childers, named KarenLeigh. They enjoyed some radio success with the single "Save It For A Rainy Day." She then acted as worship leader at Women of Faith conferences for several years, and during that time recorded three independent solo albums with her husband, Dana.

[edit] Point of Grace

Cappillino met the group when her husband Dana began work as their musical director on the Steady On Tour in 1998. Through the years, she developed a friendship with the girls. When Terry Jones announced she would be retiring from her music career, she, along with Denise Jones, Heather Payne and Shelley Breen decided that Cappillino would be the perfect person to fill in Jones' shoes and continue what she had started. Since joining Point of Grace, Cappillino has recorded three albums, been on three tours, and written two books as a member of the group. She has also won one Dove Award and had five Dove nominations with the group. She immediately gained the love of Point of Grace fans nationwide with her impressive vocals and her southern charm.

[edit] Personal life

Cappillino married her husband Dana on March 7, 1992. They have one daughter, Darby Mae, born December 7, 2002.

[edit] Other activities

Since joining Point of Grace, Cappillino, along with Denise Jones, Heather Payne and Shelley Breen, has proudly supported Mercy Ministries of America, a non-profit organization for women who face life-controlling issues such as self-mutilation, sexual abuse, and unplanned pregnancies. The group has also begun support of Compassion International.

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