JCC – Junior Country Crossover

We are searching for enthusiastic young adults who would like to be a part of a new and exciting group. Junior Country Crossover. This is a great opportunity to put forward your say and help make the great talent in South Australia recognised. We are hopeful that the end result will consist of a Country Club organised and run by the young adults of South Australia. A social get together will be held on February 15th 2004 at the Magill Scout Hall (Saint Bernards Rd Magill) from 1pm till 5pm. This will be a time where we can discuss ideas and opinions on the starting necessities of an upcoming country club. BBQ and drinks will be available for sale. Bring your instruments and friends and be heard!

For more information please phone Tammy Latham on 83252581 / 0410 323 811 or Murray Goodes 0408 826 545

Prelude is published monthly

by the

South Australian

Council for Country Music Inc.

PO Box 133

PARKHOLME SA 5043

Secretary/Membership

David Walker

Phone: 08 8295 7666

 

The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the editor or the SACCM Committee and no responsibility will be taken for the same.

The Greatest Country Song Titles Of All Time!

  * Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed
 * Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You oodbye
 * Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure
 * I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life
 * I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling
 * I Flushed You From The Toilets Of My Heart.
 * I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
 * I Wanna Whip Your Cow
 * I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck
 * I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal  Lobotomy
 * I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare Line
 * If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You
 * If You Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go And Find Someone Else Who Will
 * Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)
 * My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart
 * My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
 * Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
 * She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft
 * She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart
 * Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone
 * They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out
 * When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walking In
 * You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too
 * You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat
 * You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

Fiddlers Festival Visiting Adelaide

The fiddlers Festival is a musical variety act, which has taken Australia and indeed the world by storm. They have turned the art of playing a violin into an entertaining and often hilarious show playing everything from bluegrass to the classics. They will be featured playing country music at the special Country Music in the Gardens show this month and then will return to do a feature show every day at the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Band member Andrew Clermont is a proud South Australian musician and has appeared on several Council shows - a great act!!

Wally Sparrow has come back out of retirement as temporary editor. He can be contacted on 0419 591 894.

He was pictured here on his way back from the   Tamworth Country Music Festival.

APRA  SA Country Song of the Year Competition

This year the Council will , with the assistance of APRA, run the APRA Country Song of the Year competition again.  The competition offers $1,000 in prize-money being $400 for the best Modern Song, $400 for the best Traditional song and an      additional $200 for the overall winner which is picked by APRA from  the winners of the Modern and Traditional sections.   The Council would like to see this year produce some of the best material written in this state, so we invite all SA song writers to sit down and start writing. The competition will close Oct 1st and winners announced at the SA Showcase in November.

ps. Please avoid reusing the above titles!

Mount Gambier Festival

 

The Mount Gambier Country Music Weekend will run on February 6th, 7th and 8th. It kicks off with a cabaret on the Friday night at the North Gambier Sportsmans Club featuring Reaction and Mark Hannig.

 

On Saturday morning they will run their popular talent quest and this will be followed up on the Saturday night with a cabaret and the talent quest presentations featuring Wild Card, Craig Giles and Charlie McCracken.

 

On the Sunday it is back to the North Gambier Sportsmans Club for a big show featuring the Talent Quest Band, Wild Card, Craig Giles, Charlie McCracken, Reaction Band, Mark Hannig, Fiona Holliday, Leah Briggs and Graeme Bartle.

 

You can get information from Secretary Liz Leibhardt on 08 8726 8159. Have a good one folks!

Diary Dates

Feb 6,7 & 8th: Mt Gambier Festival

 

Feb 15th: Initial meeting of JCC

 

Feb 21st: Country Music in the Gardens.

 

Feb 21st & 22nd: Lake Charlegrark Country Music Marathon.

 

March 5th & 6th: Murraylands Music Festival.

 

April 26th: Port Augusta Festival

 

May 10th to 17th: Southern Flinders Music Festival.

 

June 5th to 14th: Barmera Country Music Festival

Fiddlers Festival members Andrew Clermont, Clare O’Meara, Marcus Holden & Mark Oats

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