TSA SONGWRITER SESSIONS – 2018 Tamworth Festival TAMWORTH CITY BOWLING CLUB The Hosts of These events are in BOLD lettering

FRI 19TH SAT 20TH SUN 21ST MON 22ND TUES 23RD HOST Wendy Wood Ian Burns Dani Young Ali S Gordon Station 2-2.20pm Kathryn Ray Smith Renee Jonas Trinity Chelsea Luxford Woodhouse Berman 2.30-2.50pm Scott Leslie Jillian Lampkin Heath Watts Ali S Gordon Station 3-3.20pm Wendy Wood Ian Burns Dani Young Rory Phillips Alice Benfer 3.30pm- Melvyn Moll Renee McAlpin Peter Salata Ally Hawkins Jenny Taylor 3.50pm 4-4.20pm Zoey Mills Chelsea Rollings Natalie Baker Riley Catherall Melissa Robertson 4.30pm- Smiley Martin Sandy Peter Christie Just Frank Mark Hellmrich 4.50pm Rasmussen FRI 19TH SAT 20TH SUN 21ST 6-6.30pm Catherine Gunther Gareth Leach Rick Hart 6.45pm-7.15pm Paul Crowder Becci Nethery Vanessa Delaine 7.30pm-8pm Kylie Castle Peter Campbell Tony Kennelly

WED 24TH THURS 25TH FRI 26TH SAT 27TH HOST Robert James Kirk Becci Nethery Stephen Kiely Kylie Adams-Collier 2-2.20pm Mark Shay Spike Flynn Stephen Kiely Sally Jane Pottinger 2.30pm-2.50pm Anita Ree Becci Nethery Kalesti Butler Smokie Pete Dawson 3-3.20pm Robert James Kirk Matt J Ward Wal Neilson Kylie Adams Collier 3.30pm-3.50pm Le Anne King Sophia Chesworth Rose Zita Falko Rick Hart 4-4.20pm Garry Jones Geoff Williams Katie King Kerrie Garside 4.30pm-4.50pm Red Heart Blue Peasant Moon Rachel Summerall Larissa Uebergang

THE CATTLEMANS STEAKHOUSE 11AM-2PM in the NASHVILLE ROOM

TIME FRI 19TH SAT 20TH SUN 21ST MON 22ND 10.30am-10.50am 11am-11.20am Ian Wilkinson Trinity Woodhouse Melvyn Moll Marcus Greene 11.30am-11.50am Lucy Parle Smokie Pete Kylie Castle Peasant Moon Dawson 12-12.20pm Riley Catherall Sally Jane Pottinger Robert James Kirk Mark Shay 12.30pm-12.50pm Kalesti Butler Tony Kennelly Catherine Gunther Rose Zita Falko 1pm-1.20pm Andrew Thomson Renee Jonas Dan Higgins Ray Smith 1.30pm-1.50pm Natalie Baker Ali S Sandy Rassmussen Alice Benfer

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TSA SONGWRITER SESSIONS – 2018 TCMF THE CATTLEMANS STEAKHOUSE 11AM-2PM

TIME TUES 23RD WED 24TH THURS 25TH FRI 26TH SAT 27TH 10.30am- 10.50am 11.am-11.20am Rory Phillips Mark Hellmrich Garry Jones Jillian Lampkin Anita Ree 11.30am- Angela Eason Issy Burnup Kerrie Garside Spike Flynn Stephen Kiely 11.50am 12-12.20pm John Krsulja Heath Watts Peter Salata Chloe Styler Katie King 12.30pm- Molly Chelsea Chelsea Dunc ‘n Sue Paul Crowder 12.50pm Millington Berman Rollings 1pm-1.20pm Paul Richardson Bowen & Clare Jim Williams Larissa Jenny Taylor Uebergang 1.30pm- Kylie Adams- Vicki Walsh Le Anne King Peter Campbell Matt J Ward 1.50pm Collier

SOUTHGATE INN/ GOLD STAGE SATURDAY 20TH JANUARY, 12.30m-2.30pm 12.30pm Peter Christie 1pm Vanessa Delaine 1.30pm Scott Leslie 2pm Angela Easson 2.30pm Just Frank

THE PUB – UNDER THE SAILS

TUESDAY 23rd JANUARY, 11am-2pm MC Duncan

11.00-11.20am Dani Young 11.30-11.50am Wal Nelisen 12.00-12.20pm Zoey Mills 12.30-12.50pm Dunc'n Sons 1.00pm -1.20 pm Sue Dorahy 1.30pm-2pm Andrew Thomson

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AT FANZONE MONDAY 22nd Jan ( all times PM) 7.00-7.15 LONG & SHORT of IT 7.20- 7.35 WEEPING WILLOWS 7.40-7.55 GORDON STATION 8.00-8.15 SOPHIA CHESWORTH 8.20-8.35 BRENDAN SMOOTHER 8.40-9.00 KALESTI BUTLER

TSA CONCERT AND AWARDS SHOW TUESDAY JANUARY 23th 2018 at 6.45 PM THE LONGYARD HOTEL TAMWORTH

TICKETS $20 at door , advance sales through the Longyard Hotel Bottle Shop 0267653411

CLAIR HAYES and GREG CHAMPION COMPERES - PRESENTING

Peter Coad tributes Tom McIvor Steve Passfield and Hand Picked Doug Bruce Molly Millington Allan Caswell Ben Ransom Greg Champion Dale Duncan Karin Page Weeping Willows Amber Lawrence Christie Lamb

TSA SHOWCASES in Tamworth Catch up with great TSA Artists Members showcasing their songs Check everyday in “ The Guide” Also everyday at the POST OFFICE HOTEL AND from the 20th Jan THE CITY BOWLING CLUB

TSA 2018 NATIONAL COUNTRY SONG-WRITING CONTEST NOVICE FINALISTS

Darwin Town - Denis Blackford

Hot Ice & Burbon - Tony Kennelly

White Water - Denis Blackford

Follow the Wind - Ray ”Rusty Strings” Smith

Cowboy Blues - Aurelle Brunjes

OPEN TRADITIONAL FINALISTS

Station Minderoo - Terry Bennetts & Keith Lethbridge

That Old Bloke - Colin Buchanan

That Gloucester Song- Bowden Brothers

Library on Livingstone Street - Wendy Wood

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Catch up with great TSA Artists Members showcasing their songs Check everyday in “ The Guide” Also everyday at the POST OFFICE HOTEL AND from the 20th Jan THE CITY BOWLING CLUB

OPEN CONTEMPORARY FINALISTS ( National Country Songwriting Competition)

A Break in the Clouds - Catherine Dobson

Jerico Rose - Catherine Dobson

Million Ways - Sam Dyball

Just Not Today - Becci Nethery

Please Come Back - Paul Kostal

THANKS TO OUR FABULOUS SPONSORS:

APRA / AMCOS –major sponsor THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL BRITTON MORRISON VALLEY TYRES WESTDALE THE POST OFFICE HOTEL SCOOP FX AXIOM ENTERTAINMENT P C ENTERTAINMENT DOOZI-DO-Z ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS THE CATTLEMAN STEAKHOUSE NEW ENGLAND ENGRAVING SONGCENTRAL CAPITAL COUNTRY RADIO THANKS ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING: The Fairfax Group The Longyard Hotel The Southgate Inn The Pub City Bowling Club

Programme subject to change due to Artist Availability or mitigating circumstances

GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR – FINALISTS ( SONGWRITER SALUTE AWARDS)

Little Old Church on the Hill - Dale Duncan & Lola Brinton

Born Again - Peter Christie & Roger Corbett

God Guitars and the Open Road - Peter Christie Allan Caswell & Roger Corbett

World Full of Angels - David Carter & Merelyn Carter

Across the Jordan Wide - Peter Christie

The GEOFF MACK COMMEMORATIVE AWARD FOR - COMEDY/ NOVELTY SONG OF THE YEAR– FINALISTS

Looney Bin - Patricia Thompson

Matilda the Boxing Kangaroo - Gerard Hintz

Nobody uses the Camp Kitchen Anymore - Brian Stitt

Wherever You Are - Allan Caswell & Michael Carpenter

New Age Computer Man - Ian Quinn & Roger Corbett

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THE BEV DANIEL COMMEMORATIVE AWARD for TRADITIONAL BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR – FINALISTS – (SONGWRITER SALUTE AWARDS)

Mother Nature - Keith Jamieson

A Thousand Different Pictures - Sharon Heaslip

The Clarence River - Dale Duncan

Dad’s Younger Days - Sharon Heaslip

We Still Sing Three Rivers Hotel - Ian Quinn

ANZAC SONG OF THE YEAR - FINALISTS

The Last Anzac - Anne Dougherty, John Dougherty & Errol Ingram

Stretcher Bearer - Brendan Smoother

Such a Shame – Terry Bennetts

Coat of Arms –Kalesti Butler & Anita Ree

Through the Eyes of a Boy - Wendy Wood

Alt COUNTRY, BLUES, BLUEGRASS FINALISTS ( NATIONAL COUNTRY SONGWRITING COMPETITION)

Love Street - Brendan Smoother

Best Friend is Whiskey - Ian Burns

Refugee Man - Spike Flynn

It’s the Travelling Through - Spike Flynn

I the Gypsy Dancer - Spike Flynn

Fall to the Ground - Sean Griffiths and Catherine Nona

THE JOHN P. TOOMEY COMMERATIVE AWARD for YOUTH SONGWRITING FINALISTS ( NATIONAL)

Shine on me - Sophia Chesworth

Dancing with the Wrong Girl - Lucy Parle

Wrong - Lucy Parle

Everything Happens for a Reason- Mathew Munro

Million Ways - Sam Dyball

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LYRICS ONLY FINALISTS ( NATIONAL COUNTRY SONGWRITING COMPETITION)

Eureka - Lloyd Clarke

Get us Through the Winter - Dianne Coombes

Backroads - Kevin Pye

Will it Really Happen Dad? - Merv Webster

Hooroo Uluru - Allan West

APRA AMCOS/TSA NEW SONGWRITER of the YEAR AWARD FINALISTS

Inner City Daze - Dane Owen

You and Me - Dane Owen

Threading the Eye of The Needle - Lloyd Clarke

Since you Came Along - Noleen Smith

The Bottle - Noleen Smith

CONTEMPORARY SONG OF THE YEAR - FINALISTS ( SONGWRITER SALUTE AWARDS)

Control - Chloe Styler

My Midnight - Luan Baldwin

Not Where I’m Supposed to Be – Wendy Wood

Stand Tall - David Carter & Merelyn Carter

Keep This Old Truck Running - Greg Champion & Johnny Chester

Karma Café - Wendy Wood

Cars and Guitars - Rory Phillips & Roger Corbett

ALT COUNTRY, BLUES AND BLUEGRASS SONG OF THE YEAR – FINALISTS (SONGWRITER SALUTE)

The Wish - John Murphy

Over Again - Harvey Russell

Southbound Train - Virginia Hermel

Highway 39 - Wendy Phypers

The Hole - Luan Baldwin

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CONTEMPORARY BALLAD of the YEAR – FINALISTS (SONGWRITER SALUTE AWARDS)

Little Country Town - Michael Carpenter

Life’s About the Little Things - David Carter, Merelyn Carter, Samantha Bellamy, John Collins, Mary Harrison, Robyn Hull, Shirley Lynne

Burbon Everytime - Allan Caswell & Michael Carpenter

Mountains to the Sky -Gerard Hintz

Just Down the Hall - Lola Brinton & Kevin Bennett

TSA COUNTRY SONG OF THE YEAR– FINALISTS From the Winners of the Songwriter Salute Sections– the song with the largest winning margin.

TEX MORTON AWARD An Award to a great contributor to

TSA SONGMAKER AWARD - FINALISTS

GREG CHAMPION, GRAHAM RODGER, BARRY FORESTER, IAN QUINN,

THE TSA CONGRATULATES ALL SEMI-FINALISTS and FINALISTS

NOTICE OF AGM to be held 24 jan

TAMWORTH SONGWRITERS' ASSOCIATION INC.

PO Box 618, TAMWORTH NSW 2340

President : Duncan Hill. M: 0409718391- Phone: 0294876500 Post: PO Box 813 Turramurra NSW 2074

Secretary Secretary – Lorraine Pfitzner PO Box 618 Tamworth. NSW 2340 [email protected]

Dear Members

As previously advised, our AGM will be held on Wednesday 24 January 2018 commencing at 9.00am.

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President: Duncan Hill Vice President: Chris Davies Secretary: Lorraine Pfitzner Treasurer: Athol Latham

As the above members have accepted the nominations, they will hold these positions for 2018

Nominations for extra Committee members, however, will be accepted at the AGM, If nominating for Committee at the AGM, please take into account that you need to live within easy driving distance to Tamworth to be able to attend meetings, and help with various tasks throughout the year.

We look forward to seeing you at our various functions during the 2017 Country Music Festival in Tamworth.

AGENDA

TAMWORTH SONGWRITERS’ ASSOCIATION INC.

AGENDA FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

St Andrew Room at the Uniting Church Hall Marius Street, Tamworth

ON WEDNESDAY 24th JANUARY 2018 AT 9.00AM

1 - OPEN MEETING: At 9.00am open Meeting and welcome all present.

2 - APOLOGIES: Accept any apologies.

3 - MINUTES: Minutes of previous AGM to be read and confirmed.

4 - REPORTS: Reports by Office-Bearers,.

5 - ELECTIONS: Nominations for additional Committee members from the floor.

6 - GENERAL BUSINESS:

7 - CLOSE MEETING:

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