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"contact" people email me with the dates for their events please. ****

New Album For Reg Poole

Reg Poole’s exciting new album is expected to be released in September 2008.

Come along with Reg on a journey that you’ll remember forever!!
A Fair Dinkum trip into the real ‘Beating Heart’ of Australian Country Music. “Aussie Balladeer” is the latest in a long line of outstanding releases from ‘The Gentle Giant’.

Recorded at Redbak Studios in Leeton NSW, the album is a rich mixture of songs new and old, written by the cream of Australian Songwriters and delivered with the poise and purpose of a bloke who is a Master of his Craft.

Order now by sending a $30.00 Postal Note to
Matildaroo Music PO Box 491 Kyabram Vic 3620 or
Contact Reg on 03 5852 3700
More details soon.

Clelia’s New Song Sure To Win Your Heart

Following the outstanding global success of Wildflowers, Clelia Adams is back in true country style with her new radio release, a stunning duet with good mate Bill Chambers.

The Louvin Bros classic, If I Could Only Win Your Love, is a tip of the hat to the traditional roots from both artists who cut their teeth on early

American country.

“That song means such a lot to me,” Bill Chambers said. “It’s always been one of my favourite songs ever. I love Emmylou Harris’s version, and Clel does such a great job of it, I’m really thrilled to be singing on it with her.”

For Clelia — If I Could Only Win Your Love was the first “proper” duet she ever learnt and to this day remains one of her all-time favourites.

With amazing international airplay, Wildflowers reached #2 on the mainstream European ECMA chart in June, (where it’s still at #7) and #11 in Australia, after taking up residence for four months in the Country Tracks Top 30. In May Wildflowers was Europe’s most played country song.

Two major wins in the Northern Territory Songwriting Awards for Song of the Year and Contemporary Country Song of the Year with Wildflowers was the icing on the cake after a big year in the charts.

The Wildflowers album, produced by Stuart French, has had a brilliant global response for its beautiful presentation, song selection, superb musicianship and flawless production.

Clelia would like to thank all her friends in radio around the country – and indeed, around the world, for their continued support of Australian country music – Clelia style.

Listen out for … If I Could Only Win Your Love
NFS 124, track 16  www.nfspublicity.com.au 
Hillcrest 43, track 7   www.hillcrestcd.com
For more details visit www.cleliaadams.com   

To arrange an interview with Clelia, email clelia.adams@bigpond.com or phone 0429 668 059

Created by Anna Rose Media Solutions, Tamworth 13-8-08 for and on behalf of Clelia Adams

Echuca Workers C.M.Festival
Sat.23rd and Sun.24th August 2008

All indoors at the Echuca Workers & Services Club. All free, All weekend.

A Great Line Up Of First Class Artists:
Craig Giles, Olive Bice, Peter Pratt, Reg Poole, Sharon Benjamin, Mulga Bill, Kinta, Anthony Tenace,
Shelly Westley, Billy Arnold, Andrew Mcleish, Deanne Purchase, Craig’s Party Band

Sat: Lounge Stage … Continuous entertainment from 2pm – midnight.
Sat: Function Room … Craig Giles Dance Party with guests from 7pm – 11p.m
Sun: Function Room … Gospel Concert from 10.30am – 11.50am
Sun: Lounge Stage … Continuous entertainment from noon – 5.30pm

Breakfast available at the club 7.30am – 10.30am both days.
Bistro meals available noon – 2pm & 5pm – 9pm both days.

For further info. Phone Roz at Big River Ent. 0408 597307

Mel Sommers - Fundraising Walks

I have a few plans for later in the year regarding my raising money for the Leukemia foundation. The first on Sunday the 9th of November is called the Leukemia Lake walk. It will take place from Speers Point to Warners Bay around 4km then have a concert on the foreshore.

The following Sunday we will be having the Gina Jeffreys & friends

Leukemia concert at Club Macquarie. Rod and Gina arrange this one. All artist donate their service to the worthy cause. This will be our eighth year.

Updates on the walk and concert will go onto my web as well as our club's web site at
www.melsommers.com  www.steelcitycmc.com

Mel Sommers 

Anita Ree

Ringbark Records presents Story Songs - The brand new album from Australia’s Premier Female Bush Balladeer, Anita Ree.

Following the success of ‘Bush Girls Heart’ this much anticipated album will capture the hearts of Australians with its stories of our people, places and our way of life.

The first single ‘Auctioneer’ is a song Anita wrote after a day at the Murgon Cattle sale. This song surely captures a day in the life of the Auctioneer. Along with seven other tracks from Anita’s pen and four from other great Australian writers this album is set to be Anita’s best yet.

“Story Songs” is Available now for $26 Including Postage

Doug McIntyre

The Launch of my first album “Turn the Tide”, at the Mittagong RSL Auditorium was just fantastic. Thanks to all those who were able to come, especially followers from Bega, Newcastle, Griffith, and Sydney, also Kiama, Nowra, Wollongong, Canberra, and of course the Southern Highlands. Thanks to my MD and bass player Paul Eve for orchestrating the wonderful muso’s on, fiddle, guitars, piano, accordion and drums.

Thank’s to Lurlene and Moreno on the door, and to the Club Staff, and Steve Cheers.

My album has just been released to radio, and one song “Hungry Hearts” has been released as a radio single with the NFS. You can catch my interview with John Nutting on ABC’s ‘Saturday Night Country’ this Saturday night ( 16 Aug ) or read this months edition of Capital News for an article about the album.

Thanks so much to those who have purchased or ordered an album. (They will arrive in the mail soon).
You can get an album by emailing this address. You can also order an album on line, listen to some of my music, or check out my Gig Guide on: www.myspace.com/dougmcintyrecountrymusic

I look forward to seeing you all at one of the shows or in Tamworth in 2009 !

Thank you all for your support.

Regards
Doug

Daniel O'Donnell Tour About To Begin

Daniel's first concert in New Zealand is set for Wednesday the 20th August His first concert in Australia is set for Tuesday 26th in Melbourne. Check Tours page for more details. Tickets can only be purchased from ticketing agencies. For further information re bookings please go to www.abpresents.com.au If you are interested in becoming a member of Daniel's Fan Club, you can go to www.danielmcdonnellfanclub.com for more info or write to Daniel O'Donnell Fan Club 2 Gayton Road Harrow Middlesex England HA1 2XU

New Single For Connie Kis Andersen

It’s been just over a month since Connie Kis Andersen returned home to Perth from a six-week tour of the USA in support of her current US single; Happy Day. The track is currently being played on over 130 US radio stations and counting. It has also
just entered the US IndieWorld charts at #25 and is rising.

Andersen toured country music radio stations and performed in the

Southern States of Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, andAlabama at venues receptive to her unique style of country music.

Highlights included The Bluebird Café, The Limelight, The San Miguel Coffee Co, The Danish American Chamber of Commerce, both Cowboy Churches in Nashville and Pigeon Forge in the Smoky Mountains as well as at world famous Tootsies and the Tin Roof just off Music Row during the CMA Fest. She has fond memories of her experiences with fans and her performances at honky tonks such as Veets Bar and Grill in Mobile Alabama, The Bucket in Dixie Mississippi, and
the Bar-B-Que Caboose in Lynchburg, Tennessee when she performed live on The Old Time Country Radio Show: WLIJ 1580 AM

During the CMA Fan Fest, Connie Kis was privileged to be included in Tootsies roster of artists at their autograph-signing booth in the Nashville Convention Center and to be invited as special guest on two local television programs, Mystery US! which aired on Nashville Channel 19 recently and The Petricio International show.

Two weeks before departing for the USA, she was busy in NSW attending APRA’s Song Summit. While in Sydney and its environs, Connie Kis performed at the Horseshoe Bend Roundup, Antill Park Golf Club, Beresfield Bowling Club and Blacktown Country Music Club as well as visited Sydney radio stations playing her Australian single: Once Again, the title track from her award winning album of the same name.

Since her return home, Andersen has been busy co-ordinating the successful Girls Gone Gospel Show on behalf of WA Country Music Promotions. The show was presented recently and warmly received at the Fremantle Italian Club; so much so, it will be performed again at the York Town Hall on August 23 and again in Perth, in December.

Apart from regular home gigs, Andersen is currently preparing for the release of her next Australian single: What People Say out to radio early August on NFS 124, track 14.

Promoting her music from Perth, the most isolated capital city in the world isn’t easy, and at times the obstacles are downright difficult. Never-the-less Connie Kis is continues to follow her true passion and is a successful, shining example to other free spirits to live and think outside the box, despite the good opinion of others. What People Say; the up-beat new single reflects just that.

Her current album: ONCE AGAIN is available through all good independent record stores and online at CD Baby, Gum Tree Music, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs, the Country Music Store (Brisbane).

The album is distributed by Kismana Music on ph: (08) 9367 9340
For more information, interviews contact:
KM Publicity on ph: (08) 9467 7885 _ E: kmpublicity@iinet.net.au
www.conniekisandersen.com.au _ www.kismana.com.au

Girls Gone Gospel

Hellfire and brimstone sermons are usually associated with gospel music, but not on Saturday August 23 at the Town Hall in York when music fans will get the opportunity to hear some of Perth’s finest singers come together to offer simply classic gospel songs laced with sweet harmonies.

Songs such as Amazing Grace, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Peace in The Valley made famous by Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves and the likes will be re-born with the soaring vocals of accomplished female vocalists Connie Kis Andersen, Vicki Lee, Karen Rudge and Tracie Redding.

Gracing the stage too is male vocalist Denny Collier from the very popular, iconic show band, Frisco who will be backing the singers and playing dance music after the show. 

Brendon T Moylan, well known to Perth country music fans as the Presenter from Curtin Radio’s, Born in Boots will be there as MC.

And as for the Girls Gone Gospel  …   audiences will be enchanted with performances by;

Vicki Lee … who was recently awarded Best Country Female Vocalist and Best West Australian Gospel Vocalist at the 2008 W.A. Country Music Awards, held at Boyup Brook. She is also recognised as the front singer for the band Southbound.

Karen Rudge … an accomplished musician in her own right, having had early formal training in the UK playing Sax, Clarinet.  For over 10 years, Karen fronted the bands Sistermatic and Missbehavin, wowing Perth audiences with their fabulous shows and memorable harmony arrangements that were likened to the Andrew Sisters.

Tracie Redding … No stranger to the stage, this singer /songwriter has opened for acts such as Kate Ceberano and Gangajang.  She has graced the stage in award winning musicals and fronted bands at a national level.  Tracie’s greatest passion is songwriting and her tunes are attracting interest internationally. 

Connie Kis Andersen … awarded the 2008 Best Independent Country Music Album WA for her current album and in 2006 as the Best Country Female Vocalist WA.  Having had chart success on the Australian Top 30 Country and interest in her music is the US, Connie Kis tours the East Coast and the USA regularly.  When in Perth, she fronts the duo, Kis’n Tel.

Details of this not to be missed show and dance night follow:

Kel-Anne Brandt Packs A Mighty Suitcase

Country music entertainer Kel-Anne Brandt was recently  awarded a certificate of appreciation in recognition for her continued support for the men and women of the Australian Defence Force. After entertaining the troops in Solomon, Kel-Anne made Force Entertainment history. 

Kel-Anne was accepting her award from Angus Houston, AC, AFC, Air Chief Marshal, Chief of The Defence Force, when the historical announcement was made, “It has been recorded that  Kel–Anne Brandt

has the largest suitcase ever seen, bigger than her”.

She may not be tallest singer in town, but with the Gympie Muster just around the corner, Kel-Anne packs a mighty suitcase, bursting at the seams with her new album, ‘I’m A Big Girl Now’.

Kel-Anne, has been entertaining country fans for years and will bring her dynamic stage presence  to ‘The Muster Tavern’ at Gympie where she will perform songs from her new album including the song that is spinning on country radio ‘Sometimes You Win When You Lose’.

‘Sometimes You Win When You Lose’ – the new single from Kel-Anne Brandt, playing on country radio now.

Sharon Lane Nominee for 2008 Golden Saddle Awards

Exciting news for Sharon Lane named in the ‘New’ 2008 Golden Saddle Awards – the New South Wales Independent Awards.

In good company Sharon is the only female in the top three finalists sharing the spotlight with the very talented artists Drew McAllister and Matt Frost.

‘The inaugural ‘New’ Golden Saddle Awards entries were very strong, and reflected the level of talent and ability in Independent Country Music in New South Wales’ organizer Donna Boyd says.

The finalists will perform at the 2008 Golden Saddle Awards & Concert on Saturday 13 September 2008 at The Galston Club.

The Finalists will vie for 3 awards on the night:
1. The Coopers Golden Saddle Award –the overall winner – judged by a panel of 5 judges, on a combination of recorded material & marketing|promotional material. The judges will be announced over the coming weeks.

2. The Tomkins Golden Saddle Performance Award – judged on the artist’s performance on the night.

3. The Golden Saddle People’s Choice Award – judged on a combination of online votes through the Galston Festival website -www.galstonfestival.com and audience votes on the night.

Visit www.galstonfestival.com to find out more about the Golden Saddle Awards and the Galston Country Music Festival.

To Vote For Sharon log on and cast your vote:
http://gcmf.adelphisoftware.com.au/general_access/ga_golden_saddle_finalists

June 2008 Sharon Lane performs at the dreaming 08, the prestigious national indigenous event held annually at Woodford. First appearing in 2007 & later launching her album in Woodford at the Woodford Festival in December, she returned to take the stage last month with some of Australia’s leading indigenous artists and performers See photos below.

July 2008 Sharon Lane nomination |trio finalists 2008 Golden Saddle Awards |inaugural New Golden Saddle Awards at Galston September 13.

August 2008 Sharon Lane invited to The Walgett Festival where she performed on Friday night. Sharon also conducted songwriting workshops across the region, and joined band Jupparu who too conducted sessions. Collarenebri Central School 5 August | Lightning Ridge Central School 6 Aug | Walgett Public|High School juniors am – seniors pm 8 August.

NfS 121 Track 15 – March 2008

For interviews:
Sharon Lane
M: 0437 982 990
E: sharon.lane@bigpond.com.au
W: www.shazlane.com
Publicist Rhonda Sinclair blurb creative solutions 0438902413

Sharon Shares Her Trip Out West With Some Amazing Kids

Hi All

Being a Finalist in the Golden Saddle Awards is absolutely awesome! I must admit, I actually thought they made a mistake (Ha! Ha!). Seriously, I am very proud of my debut album ‘Second Chance’ and very honoured to have worked with talented Producer Herm Kovac. I released ‘Second Chance’, over the Christmas period at the Woodford Folk Festival, Tamworth Country Music festival and Yabun festival in Sydney and the reviews so far have been excellent.

I just returned from a tour out West where I hosted songwriting workshops with Primary and Secondary students from Collarenebri, Lightning Ridge and Walgett schools. It was an amazing experience and the students were very keen to participate. Some were shy and a little apprehensive at first but we turned the whole experience into a fun time.

Sometimes we need to reflect on other people’s situations and go and see for ourselves how we can make a difference. I shared my skills and stories with these students in the hope of helping them to communicate. Too many of our kids suffer from depression and school bullying and sometimes tend to keep it all inside.

We talked about those terrible things teenagers don’t like to talk about, feelings and emotions and ways we can express these issues by writing them down and maybe turning them into lyrics for a song. (Some of these kids pointed out they didn’t have much time for country music so we wrote some hip-hop).

The experience was truly amazing and if I made a difference to one child, that’s one child that can help pass on those skills and teach others.

Regards Sharon Lane
xx

The Sunny Cowgirls #1

Compass Bros is thrilled to congratulate The Sunny Cowgirls on an outstanding ARIA chart debut for their new album “Dust Will Settle” which entered the ARIA Top 20 Country Albums Chart at No.2 and the Australian Artists Country Albums Chart at No.1.

“Dust Will Settle” has also been the most downloaded country album on iTunes for the past week and the first single from the album, “Acting

Stupid”, is at No.3 on the iTunes Country Top Songs Chart.

Also the video for “Acting Stupid’ is currently at No.4 on the CMC Top 30 Countdown in its fourth week on the chart.

The Sunny Cowgirls are about to hit the road on the Dust Will Settle Tour; check out www.sunnycowgirls.com for more details.

For Futher Information Please Contact:
Ms Kris Katsanis
Publicity – Compass Bros Records
32a Halloran St, Lilyfield NSW 2040
Ph: 02 9555 9144 | Fax: 02 9555 9188
kris@compassbros.com.au

Carter & Carter - Unchained

A revealing look into Australia’s most awarded independent country act.

Following on from the incredible success of their last single & video “Slow Dancing At Midnight” Carter & Carter release their powerful new single Open Road on NFS 124 Track 3 and also announce their brand new DVD “Carter & Carter – Unchained

“We loved the idea of inviting people into our home to film this special concert in our lounge room. The idea behind the DVD was to show people behind the music and a little bit more about who Carter & Carter are. There’s heaps of music, insights, laughter and stories about songs

we’ve written and life on the road. We hope you all enjoy both the new single Open Road and our DVD – Unchained.” Merelyn & David

Carter & Carter finalists for Australian Group/Duo and Country Music Single Of The Year at the 2008 Southern Stars Independent Australian Country Music Awards and also in the 2008 Australian Songwriters Awards in the Country section.

Eight music video clips including Ride, Play That Song, Dancing Shoes, Open Road, Slow Dancing At Midnight and an exclusive recording of Unchained Melody

Carter & Carter invite you into their home for a live lounge room concert. Including some of their biggest hits. Candlelight & Kisses, The Best Things In Life Are Free, One Of Those Days, Lead Me Home and more

The powerful new single from Carter & Carter’s hit album “Look Before You Look” and an energetic new video from Carter and Carter’s brand new DVD “Unchained”

For Interviews and more information on the single, video clip or DVD please contact Crestway Music on 0416 075 638 or info@carter-carter.com

News From Andrew Clermont

Stoppress !!! South England tour next week!!! Spread the word please. And send prayers/ well wishes to my Dad recovering from 2 pins in the broken hip after falling in his 86th year!

With New DVD "The Bazaar Clips" the newest songs plus a few favourites and we'll have our 3 CD history with as well - Totally Gourdgeous; d'vine; Stroke of Midnight

And as often found here, tour stories to cover a tea break or two - Bon Appetit

So at the start of June we sat in Western Australia's southern town of Denmark. TG had been called to their Voice Festival. Many of our festival favourites were there - Kavisha Mazzella with Kikky; Simon Nield & family (long hugs dear friends), Teresa Hughes for bonus songs & harmony and an extraordinary group of 5 ladies (Iris) sang well into our hearts while local theatre folk spiced up the outer world with poise and intrigue.

We knew TG were about to head to the northern tip of Denmark, Europe and we really should have made a T-shirt to suit "Denmark to Denmark". It all seems quite surreal.
I began my birthday "month" a week earlier at home (ran it through SydneyMelbourne/Fremantle/ Adelaide/Riverland) - much love & thanks to those at the right place, right time.

The Ingredients
A month earlier, a chance meeting with a Florence, Italy, couple at a House concert in Tallebudgera Creek, GoldCoast (thanks Selena), had insisted I come play at their favourite Sicilian town, Ficarra in August.

Just before, an email on myspace from mid germany through local piano& celtic Art devote, Peggy Gilchrist, revealed a relation of Django Reinhardt and an artist par-excellent from original Disney animation, Lulo & Lela - checkout their myspaces - links are on mine.

Three years earlier I meet The Beez, of Germany, at Pt Fairy Folk Festival. They are also friends of best friends in Berlin & I invite them to The Supper Club TamFest 07 - both times alongside Totally Gourdgeous. They implored that we come to Germany under their guidance and suddenly (with much hard work!) all the tendrils lent into the same direction to form a bold tour of 2 months based out of Berlin.

The Tour
Wongawilli, also from Australia, joined TG and The Beez for a tourdeforce start at the BKA Theatre, Berlin on June 2. Jane Brownlee had been working long at a London school, great to catch up with the Wonga family tour again. I cannot say with enough thanks how much we appreciate the work The Beez Inc have put into making this tour an historic event for us. Please make sure you check out their amazing performance both live (Australia again from this Xmas to March 09) and on display at www.thebeez.de .Classic versions of unexpected songs - my personal favourite is their take on ACDC's "HellsBells (with an "Angels Chimes" reprise) - absolutely brilliant. And so we set off....

..... to the absolute tip of Denmark. Skägen where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea. Not only TG but we also gave friends from Oz - The Borderers - an extra spice with Mal Webb on slide trumpet & my ol' Epoch 5-string Fiddle. I also had a lash with Folk rockers, 'Tempest ' - looking very heavy metal! And it seemed like Pt Fairy had moved to Europe, - yay The Ploughboys with Marcia Howard & Trouble in the Kitchen.

Our new boy, Rob Longstaff took a bike ride to the ocean tip with a local lass and ended up in ambulance maneuvers 60kms from the gig in the morning's wee hours! Just a little bump in the road threw the lass off her bike - ambulance/hospital/recovery/taxi back $A150 - back just in time for our morning concert! Rob learnt a few things from the "call of the wild". He saw the chaos through, stood by the unfortunate lucked lass and received the taxi fare back from the grateful father later in the day. Eventually he slept and likely dreamt an alternative ending to the evening's adventure! Rob - you're a legend!

A surprise contact from Penelope had us next day at an Ecological Summer school near Arhus - bicycling 20 km round trip to their gig ( and an unexpected English lesson workshop! ) - much thanks to Laz & family. This was also a spring board via a day before's call, to Yaster and the seceded Christiania community in Copenhagen. A gig of incredible spirit and dance on a makeshift street stage with cars pausing till the ends of songs to go through or, as they eventually did, just block off and join the party. Finale was a duet between Mal on slide trumpet & a Tibetan dressed dane godmother playing a 5 metre Alp Horn! Great to have family at the last minute gig too - somewhat intrigued at the variety of free-er thinking folk but 3 yr old grand niece, Matilda, saw all as fair game for a dance & a wiggle.

The Observations
Laz and their community specialize in helping people becoming financially independant of home loans by building extremely temperature and cost efficient houses with sometimes earth roofs, hay-bale & earth mix rendered walls. High temp, high mass heating units with near zero smoke from long dried timber etc. Christiania is more a squatting realm keeping the outward politics (and taxes) as minimal as possible. Our concert stage & new community area for which we played was, however, force-ably removed a week later by the police in their quest to "normalize" the area. The quest of Christiania however, goes ever onward.

There have been many housing areas in most capitals of the world held to ransom by property developers waiting for the profitable moment. In these dwellings, extremely efficient community spirited organisations have often succeeded in securing, for varying lengths of time, housing for the less financial folk - making good use of otherwise or at least temporarily abandoned buildings. The ingenuity applied in these areas is staggering and a reminder that there is much good possible from surprising sources when and where you least expect!

The development of wind power & solar energy enmasse across northern Europe is inspiring.

The Pictures
For a little look at some of the scenes captured in my "Big Pic" series which includes some from this tour - see http://www.panoramio.com/userfeed/2010087.rss
The pictures are variously built from up to 24 pics!

The Bonus
Our German comprehension & speech has received a real ramp up and I get further time with my once distantly living relations. My dearest cousin, Kerstin has often gone out of her way to unite me with the far flung family ties. For me, this is very exciting. An outside path to uncovering inward tendencies and traits! It has been a very treasured time. The growing number of close new friends keep the heart fresh and mind alert - particularly across various languages.

The Trail Continues
So southward to around Stuttgart, with a Dinner show at Kürnbach. A total joy of food, horses & forest walks. Thanks to Silke for making it over too - last time seen in a secret waterhole in the Adelaide hills. I saw my first mole, (underground mammal critter) and a wild array of orange shell-less snails! A very intimate show first revealing our new gourdgeous musical instrument, the "Who-loo-ser" from South China! For those new to Totally Gourdgeous, instruments made from gourds is the game and most luthiered by our Penelope Swales. We now have recorded over 14 gourd instruments in our CDs & variously performed at our concerts!

The Quirks Of Fate
I had by chance been spotted by long ago young Bluegrass picker, John Gill, outside Sydney Central Rail station, who had been in china much of the last 15 years - since last meeting. He pulled out this gourd flute! - on the day I fly out on the Euro Gourd Tour! Naturally he was compelled to donate it to the tour! Love ya John. And it has now become part of Mal Webb's sublime "One drop" song along side the 'Mbira' similar to kalimba (thumb piano). Dear Barbara Morison & mum Irene had been rendezvousing with me and....

Ok, a quick info story ... Mal Webb couldn't fit in his Acoustic Gourd Bass, for his extended trip to Europe and so I said I would take it, as I wouldn't be taking a guitar this time. However, I couldn't get it from Melbourne to Sydney. In steps Harsel, who joined me in Melbourne for a Dya Singh concert in Daylesford (great event, plus also made it to a beautiful Wake nearby that night - remeeting fiddle legend Nigel Maclean & friends) ... where was I ? Ah yes, so Harsel had driven down from Sydney and was able to deliver the bass up to Sydney. Only problem was I wouldn't be able to meet her there so a delivery to the Morisons was conceived...

So only on the whim decision, the Morisons and I, decide there wouldn't be time to go eat or coffee, so we just sat on the station wagon tail-gate and pondered the quirks of fate - when along came John over the street saying " Andrew? Andrew Clermont? and looking up I say " And you would be a banjo player from Casino who went to China (everything but a name, LOL! )"

The Who-loo-ser is a perfect compliment to the Mbira and Penelope with her hidden flute ability flowed perfectly together! Ya can't argue with such providence.

Pure Acoustic Concerts
Just over the border into Switzerland lies Frick and an inside/outside Cinema Cafe where we frolicked between various languages. It is rare for TG to do a gig standing up but we found it very useful for our roving Street/Cafe Festival style. Beautiful food and drink - a happy night indeed.

Going Cuckoo
By now I had well worn away the bow hairs but had a few days to find a repairer and visit cousin Bennie in The Black Forest. By good fortune it was also her sons 18th so I contributed to the 'go and do something radical' fund with a promise of photo evidence. Always a great stay in Hornberg between the Autobahn and Duravit's 'Biggest Dunny' Lookout - not too far from the worlds biggest Cuckoo Clock (the Cuckoo itself is about 4m long!). The castle/hill view there features on my 'snappadillion' myspace slide show!

Backnung is the home of Pilo and his train crossing Blues & World Music Bar and downtown Cafe bar with the archetype view included in the pic site above.

Baron Times
Though in reality, quite the opposite. A quaint village, Aldersheim, through Baron Louis, presents a Light and Multi-Media Festival across most of the town. What isn't lit from above is shadow dancing below. The Beez performed in the 'castle' moat while we were to start at 1am and play the town square for 20min as a finale. Well we finished nearer to 3am! The whole townsfolk dancing and singing with! Yay! To songs they'd never heard before! Always love that part.

Well more to tell but Time is too short and the mail must away. May you find your way to help folk where needed & able.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to add it to your fruit salad - nice find, Ev

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. - Henry Ford

"God is a little too big for just one religion! "
Andrew Clermont

Gigs are on the Tours Page

http://www.andrewclermont.com.au
http://hometown.aol.com/clrmnta/TheAndrewClermontexternalSiteMap.html

Director to The Golden Fiddle Awards - show your SUPPORT and urge Nominations - from makers, teachers, mentors, players to recordings
http://www.goldenfiddleawards.org.au/

Greenwich Park Jamboree
13th September 2008

Annual Fundraiser for Big Hill Rural Fire Service…
they will be cooking good food throughout the weekend at reasonable prices.
Goulburn Country Music Association will be cooking breakfast. Good Bush Tucker throughout the weekend. Entertainment from:
Patti McKinnon, Midnight Riders, Jamie Agius, Outlaw Ian Miller, Bobby Silk, Triston Severs,
Celtic Crossroads, Dusty Field and The Battlers

Walk Up Artist Concert 10AM - 6PM $5.00 Under 16 free
Huge Woolshed Dance 7.00PM - ??????? $20 under 16 free
BYO drinks, nibbles, jokes & smiles
Bookings essential for Dance… Call Patti: 0248298335 0432253057
“Free Camping”or "Swag In Shed"'

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