''First the Song''

''First the Song''

TSA ‘’First the Song’’ In this editon: President’s Report President’s Report Hi to all members and friends of the TSA, TSA Song Competition- Semi-finalists 2019 has seen the consolidation of advances made in 2018 such that our involve- ment in the TCMF, Hats Off, Blue Water and other festivals has been well re- 2020 TSA Tamworth ceived, publicised and well attended. CMF Full Program In January 2020 at Tamworth the TSA has found opportunities for 90 plus mem- MEMBERS NEWS: bers to showcase and perform their work during the festival. Thanks go to Lydia Clare for putting together this huge task and I hope all those who get to perform FEATURES: find Lydia in the melee that is Tamworth and thank her for all the hard work which starts in September and does not finish until the show is over! • Gunbarrel High- waymen FREE I would also like to thank the Committee of Chris Davies, Lorraine Pfitzner, Athol show Latham, Vicki Walsh, Angela Eason, Wendy Wood, Carolyne Morris, newsletter editor Patricia Cruzado and consultant Judy Smith for some great work during the • VALE Trevor Day year. • Athol Latham Cap- The TSA will again conduct a Talent Quest during the TCMF. We found last year ital Country Radio that through the Talent Quest we have attracted new and young songwriters to the TSA some of whom are forging early careers in songwriting and performance. • Petition for the late The AGM will be held in Tamworth, Wednesday 22rd January 9.00 am at the Trevor Day Uniting Church Meeting Room, Marius St, where we elect the executive and com- • Notice for AGM mittee members. Nomination forms will be at the rear of this newsletter. As we start a new decade for the TSA we will be needing new committee members to • Voting forms take as through our next growth period. Please consider if you have the time and energy and can a trip or two to Tamworth each year. We have 4 meetings per • TSA get together @ year, one at Hats Off , the AGM and two others. The Association is financially Tamworth sound and has an enviable reputation. The Association is 42 years old and is vital for those who need a place to start, to grow and become part of a musical com- munity in which they can advance. There will be a TSA members only get together in Tamworth at the Tamworth th City Bowling Club on the Monday 20 Jan starting at about 4 pm. I hope you can all make it. We have included a whole TSA programme for you in this newsletter On behalf of The Committee I wish you all a great Xmas, a very successful Tam- worth Festival and a happy and delightful 2020. Duncan Hill President TSA 2020 TSA Songwriter Salute Awards Semi-finalists Songwriter Salute The Real You – Trinity Woodhouse THE GARRY KOELHER COMMEMORATIVE Stay – Trinity Woodhouse AWARD FOR NOVICE SONGWRITING Wouldn’t Change a Thing – Felicity Dowd River Run Dry – Annalise McHugh Waiting – Felicity Dowd Tamworth Rambler – Paul Whittaker Too Young – Sally Pottinger Going Home – Garry Jones Serves you Right – Trinity Woodhouse Long Road Leave – Joanna Treweek Kiss You When the Rain Comes – Sally Pottinger Wouldn’t Change a Thing – Felicity Dowd LYRICS ONLY So Much More – Ed Jackson, Alexie Pigot In My Fathers Time Dave Diprose Bonnie Road – Kelsey Giarola That’s Australia Too – John Walsh Kalgoolie Dreaming – Garry Jones Tears Upon the Ashes – Sandy Rasmussen, Drive South – DeraniSandrs Maurie Marion Heart in a Jar – Aurelle Brunjes Country Girl – Kyle Fredrick It’s Time to go – Paul Whittaker Livin till I’m Dead – Dianne Coombes Big White Horse – Aurelle Brunjes Coming Home One Day – Kevin Pye Jindabyne – Robert Knox Convicts Sweat and Tears – Patricia Thompson Working on the Land – Garry Jones Lantern Light – Kevin Pye King of Kings – Mackenzie lee Hall, Vicki Ross In Summer Days – Jim Murray JOHN P TOOMEY COMMEMORATIVE AWARD Children of the Southern Cross – Lloyd Mills FOR YOUTH SONGWRITING I’ll Run to You – Briana Dinsdale Edward Street – Lloyd Clarke Doesn’t Matter Anyway – Grace Mae The Moon is Sending kisses – Kevin Pye This Is not The End – Briana Dinsdale The Poets Curse – John Walsh Delia – Dennis Comino The View from Where Jack Lies - Christine Ec- cleston You’ll never Win – Lucy Parle Winter’s Almost Here – Michelle Morgan These Old Boots – Mackenzie Lee Hall Stockman in Her Veins – Christine Eccleston My Backsteps – Dianne Coombes 2020 TSA Songwriter Salute Awards Semi-finalists ( Lyrics only continued) My Heart Belongs to You – David Reeve The Moon is Sending Kisses – Kevin Pye If I Could Fly – Shaza Leigh, Jean Darnell S The Poets Curse – John Walsh Travelling Preacher – Peter Armstrong The View from Where Jack Lies – Christine Ec- Beyond Time – Linda Milne cleston Home to the Chapel – Damien Hosken Winter’s Almost Here – Michelle Morgan BLUEGRASS Stockman In Her Veins – Christine Eccleston Torn Apart – Jason Greenwood My Backsteps – Dianne Coombes Bad Politics– Allan Caswell, Damian Cafarella Sisters in a Field of Flowers – Diana Davis Moonlight Dancer – Aurelle Brunjes The Heart you Break the Hardest –Susan Muranty Getting Where I Wanna Get – Lola Brinton, GOSPEL SPIRITUAL Kerry Garside Help Me Meet the Lord – Briana Dinsdale What I Did – Virginia Hermel Her Little Miracle – Laura Downing, Lindsay Wad- The River – Ian Burns dington Future – Dean Winchester Love Came Down – Peter Christie, Roger Corbett The Wheel – Kay Armstrong Horizon – Jason Greenwood Counting My Blessings – Peter Armstrong God Guitars and The Open Road – Peter Christie, Roger Corbett, Allan Caswell Lady Luck and Me – Benny Allen Australia, God’s Blessing -Alzanne Eksteen Born Again – Peter Christie, Roger Corbett Lay the Burden Down -John Littrich, Neil McCann Point of No Return – John Littrich, Neil McCann My Kinda Country Prayer -Maria Harkins Barry and Adrienne – Kym Watling Talkin to the Lord – Patricia Cruzado, Paul Bonner- Jones COUNTRY BLUES Across the Jordan Wide – Peter Christie Old School Blues - Dave Diprose Promised Land – Damien Hosken Best Friend is Whiskey – Ian Burns Walk Beside Me – Virginia Hermel Devil’s Road – Andrew Wrigglesworth Hannah – Maria Harkins Cliches – Eric Read Glorious Failures – Susan Muranty, Renee Jonas 2020 TSA Songwriter Salute Awards Semi-finalists (Country Blues Continued) Almost Perfect Man – Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer Country in My Veins – Virginia Hermel I Feel Lucky Today – David Reeve i Even Cowboys get the Blues – Benny Allen Slanguage – Matt Scullion Low Road – Emma Bosworth It’s Good To be Alive today – David Reeve, Bruce Spiers Wollondilly Blues – Alex Varlow Wouldn’t be dead for Quids – Eric Read Everybody has the Blues Sometimes – Stan Lenz Should the Road Go Around – Peter G McDonald Pride of Woman – Matthew Soden Merle -Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer Sunday oh Sunday – Maria Harkins Ukelele Boogie Woogie – Elizabeth Usher We Hold up Half The Sky – Aly Cook, Graham (Buzz) Bidstrup, Kay Bidstrup The Hostess with the Mostess – Sue Duchesne, Stephen Kiely, Roxanne Kiely In the Dead of Night – Geoffrey Bates Why Don’t you Come on Home – Peter Armstrong, Brush Turkey Blues – Gordon Station Shirley Lynn THE GEOFF MACK COMMEMORATIVE Hours in A Day – Thomas and Tessa Libreri AWARD FOR COMEDY NOVELTY SONGS Welcome to the Valley – Brian Stitt I Won’t do it Again -John Loveridge Jackpot the Trouble – Elizabeth Usher Doctor, I shouldn’t Complain – Steve Montgomery BUSH BALLAD G String – Lloyd Back The Eulo Queen – Stets Strohfeld Legless – Tony Mc Kenna The Braidwood Mail – John Littrich, Neil McCann, Danita Harris Wombelano Kelpies – Anita Ree The Outback – Shelly Jones, Lester Treuer After All He’s Only Three – Patricia Thompson, Mervyn Underhill The Drovers Friend – John O’Dea Fishing Song – Felicity Dowd The Real Australia – Keith Jamieson My Wife is a Superhero – Dean Whinchester The Euo Cutter – Brian Stitt Funny Thing – Darren Johnson Out There – Peter Simpson, Dianne Lindsay It’s A Dirty Job – Eric Read Sons of the Saddle – Terry Bennetts Showtime – Virginia Hermel Lonely Outback Moon – Peter Coad A Poor Man’s Violin - Paul Whittaker Sweet Sugar Cane – Anita Ree 2020 TSA Songwriter Salute Awards Semi-finalists ( Bush Ballad continued) 51 Fortune Street – Kerry Garside Shining Star – Phil Crosse, Anita Dylans Song – Kenneth Dinsdale Crosse You’ll Never Win – Lucy Parle Hard Habit to Kick - Blake Dantier This is me – Derani Sanders Educated x rated - Kim Wright A Different Tune – Stan Lenz Dancing on a Country Afternoon -Tin Chan- non Wheels – Sharon Benjamin Collided -Ben River Rock – Robyn Wyman Mawdsley Something Like Love – Lucy Parle Hippy Cowgirl – Wendy Ford I’d Do it Again – Blake Dantier Red Dirt Road Trip – Aly Cook, Buzz Bidstrup, Kay Bidstrup It’s Not Quite A Ghost Town – Brian Stitt Good Medicine – Wendy Ford HouliesUkelele – Robert Know Back into the Night – Damien Old Blood – Nathan Seeckts Hosken Amber – Sarah Mc Adams Rollin on By – Darren Johnson Meant To Be – Virginia Hermel Bouquet – Trinity Woodhouse, Troy Kemp Lonesome Road Song – Anita Ree Livin in a Country Town – Robert Knox, Roland Wilson One Button at a Time – Lola Brinton, Clint Wilson, Jen Mize Hard to Breathe – Aaron Jurd Gypsy Girl – Zoey Mills, Kevin Bennett, Amber Lawrence Without You – Virginia Hermel Back to you – Jason Greenwood, John Greenwood Good Time Man – Stan Lenz Patient Heart – Chloe Styler, Jenny Mitchell, Dancing with You – Damien George Goodfellow Hosken Let the Rain Fall - Michael and Catherine Le- nehen COUNTRY BALLAD Your World – Phil Crosse, John Clarke Mister Moon – Dianne Coombes ALT COUNTRY Masterpiece – Ben Mawdsley Let Me Out – Jack Mc Dougall, Peta My Family and Me– Thomas and Tessa Libreri Cherae 2020 TSA Songwriter Salute Awards Semi-finalists (Country Ballad continued) BEV DANIEL COMMEMORATIVE AWARD FOR TRADITIONAL COUN- Set Me On Fire – Aaron Jurd TRY SONG Love Songs – Anita Ree Old Miners – Tony Shepherd Local Hero – Peter Campbell A Campfire Waltz – Justin Landers Like My Ol Man – John O’Dea, Stuart French A Silent Minute – Renee Jonas Stockman of The High Plains – Barbara Saunders King of the Mountain – Sharon Benjamin What She Needs – Shelly Jones The Journey – Virginia, Jim Hermel, Shirrellee Jack- man.

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