Gawler Country Music Club ,outh 2ustralia’s central locaon for live Country Music roudly resents your monthly newsle-er. March 2015 8 No4 262 The Tamworth Country Music Fes+val held in Tamworth N,9, is a celebraon of Country Music culture and heritage, with numerous concerts and live erformances at various venues. The fesval lasts for two weeks over 2ustralia Aay during late 1anuary and during this eriod Tamworth comes alive, with visitors from worldwide who come to join in the fesvies. The fesval has many mes been counted among the worldFs to ten music fesvals. The enormous number of visitors during the bash brings signi'cant tourism and economic bene'ts to the region. Gisitor numbers for the 2012 fes- val were esmated at 50,000. Fast forward to 2015 - Over 50,000 eo le, thousands of shows, and an ama.ing array of sounds and styles lit u Tamworth for ten days of song and fun, in what was one of the best fesvals yet. The fesval has many mes been counted among the world's top ten music fesvals. Now in its 43 rd year, the Toyota Country Music Fesval Tamworth is much more than just country music, with a range of different events that a ealed to fesval-goers young and old. Inside this issue The Opening Concert kicked off the fesval with Kasey Chambers headlining the free concert in Toyota Park. The 'reworks went off and the fesvies were o(cially in full swing. This Months 0irthdays ..................... 2 The Roll of Renown ac)uired two new members, with legends Ray Kernaghan and 9inners 2nd Grinners ..................... 2 his son Lee Kernaghan being inducted. Paul This Months Events ......................... 3 Kelly came by with his Merri Souls , laying songs both old and new in front of a sell- Tamworth - 3umble 0eginnings ...... 4 out crowd. Golden Guitar 2wards ..................... 5 The Galaxy of ,tars has a new member, Toyota ,tar Maker Com eon ...... 7 with six-me Golden Guitar winner Melinda Schneider being inducted to recognise her February GCMC ,how ...................... 7 outstanding achievements in Country Music. Gig Guide ......................................... 8 The Toyota Star Maker com eon was as 'erce as ever, with an array of talented ho efuls ba-ling it out, with Mickey Music 9orksho & O en Mic .......... 9 th Pye taking home the grand ri.e in the 36 annual com e- Aad, Aave, 2nd Mabel ..................... 10 on. Crowds showed u for s ecial erformances and signings Pets Corner ...................................... 10 with fan favourites The McClymonts, Viper Creek Band , and Coming Events ................................. 11 Mustered Courage all taking the stage. Membershi Form ........................... 12 The annual Cavalcade was a s ectacular sight as it rolled down Peel ,t, da..ling crowds with a rocession of sights and Commi-ee Informaon ................... 12 sounds. Buskers young and old turned out in droves to entertain crowds on Peel ,t. The 0usking Cham ion- shi s were a close fought com eon with duo Tia and Jack from Mackay Queensland taking home the grand ri.e for Country winner. First me entrants 1usn Carter and 2shleigh Mannix duo Li&le Georgia Must see from Sydney and the Gold Coast took home the ri.e for the Non-Country category. • Mugshot AlleyB The Toyota Golden Guitars was a huge success as the stars rolled out to see who would take home the cov- Check out the handsome bunch at eted awards. Amber Lawrence was awarded Female Ar+st of the ,ear- Album of the ,ear went to Kasey last months show. , ecially for- Chambers, whilst Luke O.Shea took home three Golden Guitars including 3eritage ,ong of the 4ear, for the ma-ed to 't on your dart board. third year in a row5 2PR2 ,ong of the 4ear5 and Male Ar+st of the ,ear. • The 'nal day saw Kenny Rogers take the stage as art of his Farewell 0own 1nder tour. The industry leg- Gig Guide 1pdate end thrilled crowds laying a string of his best loved hits. 9e have added contact numbers to the Gig Guide because you asked The Closing Concert saw thousands turn out in Toyota Park for a massive 'nal night. Chris+e Lamb and the for it. Adam 2ckersley Band formed a massive line-u to ed off by sur rise headliners McAlister Kemp . The tradional closing 'reworks were a hit also5 bringing to a close another highly successful Tamworth Country • Eoads of laughs and fun to ut a Music Fes+val. smile on your dial and a grin on CR20IT4 h&p455www.tcmf.com.au543rd8Toyota8Country8Music8Fes+val8Tamworth820158a8Huge8Success5 your chin. www.gawlercountrymusicclub.com.au www.facebook.com5pages5Gawler8Country8Music8Club52675029A0093560 1 Disclaimer Presidents Report Birthdays The club newsle3er is a monthly publi- G’Day Members & riends. Jan Murphy - 1st caon designed to )eep members in- Geraldine Rattew - 4th Well, show number two has gone. Alt- formed on the acvies of the club Rhoda Helbig - 4th and other funcons. Opinions and hough we were down on numbers, we sll Terence Lomman - 6th had a good crowd that en%oyed the day. David Waples - 7th views expressed in the newsle3er are Barbara McLellan - 8th Unfortunately, the show must go on regard- not necessarily those of the publishers Kathleen Wiles - 8th less of the weather. Boy, wasn’t it hot. The Jamie Slape - 10th band we had was Lena & The Mix , a new one Rhonda Byrne - 17th A Word From The Editor... on the scene. Not )nowing what to expect Raelz Gebhardt - 17th Kaylene Waples - 18th 3i music lovers. It was great catching u with and how the audience would greet them you at the last show and hearing how much you Pat Hentschke - 18th they did a reasonably good %ob for the day. like the newsle-er these days. I think that Aad, Kathryn Lomman - 19th We had our own liquor ,icence for our show. Adrian Fechner - 19th Aave and Mabel remind us all of ourselves in We are not in it to ma)e a heap of money. June Everes - 20th some way. Kee the suggesons coming as it is Janet Talbot - 29th connuously a work in rogress. 2Her all, the We are trying to supply a service that our newsle-er is for you. members are used to having. Well, onto our This months newsle-er features the Tamworth March show. We will be entertained by Country Music Fes+val . I am so roud of many of Warren Johncock and Midnight Special with my friends who were fortunate enough to per- Tanya Cornish as our guest arst. This will form there and even win Golden Guitars and oth- be a great show, so don’t miss it. er awards. They all work so hard and deserve the So unl then. recognion they get. One thing that really stands /eep 0t 1ountry out is the kindness and camaraderie amongst Winners these arsts and the clubs around the country. 2egards, Raffle Winners ,adly, that is something that seems to be lacking Helen Warren Roz Lang Keith Warren Iris Nash Jerry x 2 here in 2delaide. The live music scene here is bad R. Thompson x 2 Lizzie enough without this kind of aItude. 2Her all, President/Entertainment Officer Keith Warren Barry this is an industry that has such otenal to blos- Carlene Oliver som as it has done in other arts of 2ustralia and the world, and we are all here to su ort and Door Prize George Vasalo encourage the arsts and organisaons that are art of it. Eet7s work together eo le JJ Lucky Envelopes Peace to all. Flo 2egards, Jess Yvonne Stewart Ray Lois Monte Carlo Barbara O’Daniel and Neil Mitchell 2 man who lived in an a artment thought it might be raining, so he ut his hand out the window to check for raindro s. 2s he did, a glass eye fell into his hand. 3e stuck his head out the window to look u and see where the eye came from just in me to see a young woman looking down. KIs this yoursLM he asked. ,he said, K4es, could you bring it u LM and the man agreed. The woman, who turned out to be very a-racve, was very thankful and offered the man a drink. Naturally, he agreed. ,hortly aHerward she said, KI7m about to have dinner. There7s lenty, would you like to join meLM 3e readily acce ted the offer, and both enjoyed a lovely meal. 2s the evening was drawing to a close the woman said, KI7ve had a marvellous evening. 9ould you like to stay the nightLM The man hesi- tated, then said, KAo you act like this with every man you meetLM KNo,M Members Draw she re lied, Konly those who catch my eye.M Kevin Merritt 2 March Events Thanks to KFC for your Sponsorship ‘We like it like that!’ Sunday March 15th 12 - 4 pm Gawler Country Music Club The Grenville Centre. 10 Playford Boulevard Elizabeth (Across from the Civic Centre) with special guest Tanya Cornish I can hear the train a comin’... Get ready to be rockin’ and a rollin’. All aboard ! Entry Fee: Members - $6.00, Non Members - $8.00 Tea and coffee - $1.00 Food and drinks available Contact Keith Warren for enquiries: 8255 8920 The McClymonts “Forever Begins Tonight” 2015 Tour They’ll be playing hits spanning their career including “Kick It Up”, “Wrapped Up Good” and “Shotgun”, as well as new tracks “Going Under (Didn’t Have To)”, “Here’s To You & I” and the brand new hit single “Forever Begins Tonight”. Catch their breathtaking harmonies live and backed by their electric band in a show not to be missed.