20TH
BUNGENDORE MUSTER SUCCESS
The 2005 Bungendore Muster in its
20th year in the words of organiser Maureen
Gordon, “One of the biggest and best ever”.
The Muster officially started at
2pm on the Saturday afternoon with the Charley
Boyter and the Muster Band backing and a huge
crowd present. Comperes Barry Williams and Brian
Annetts keep the stage running smoothly
throughout the weekend.
Artists appearances included Jeff
Gibson Bush Balladeer Star Quest Winner 2005
with a great audience response, Samantha
McClymont 2005 Starmaker Winner performed an
excellent set and was well received, Peter Pratt
was another outstanding performer along with
Melissa Bajric, Bruce McMillan, Nathan Charlton,
The Milliner Family, and Alisha Smith and many
more.
As the afternoon passed a massive
audience support gathered for the Saturday night
Stan Coster Memorial Awards.
Before the Awards presentation
commenced a highlight of the Muster was the
presentation to Maureen Gordon by the Bungendore
Showgrounds committee of a special wooden banner
to hang above the Bungendore Muster stage naming
it “The Greg Gordon Stage” in memory of the late
Greg Gordon. A lovely gesture which brought a
misty eye or two amongst the crowd in memory of
the man who has worked so hard to build the
Bungendore Muster to its 20th year of success.
A.B.B.A. president Peter Coad also
presented Maureen Gordon with a Achievement
Award on
behalf
of The Australian Bush
Balladeers Association. This award is
recognition of the contribution of Maureen and
the late Greg Gordon’s dedication to promoting
Australian Music and Bush Ballads.
The 2005 Stan Coster Awards
attracted record entries and the high quality
finalists. The winners were:
MALE VOCAL
Brian Letton ‘Leave Him In The Longyard’
FEMALE VOCAL
Laura Downing ‘Circle Of Sawdust’
NEW TALENT
Matt Manning “You’ve Go To Go West Young fella’
GROUP OR DUO
Lindsay Butler and Laurie Minson ‘When The Rain
Tumbles Down In July’
SONGWRITER
W. Crosbie and Jeff Brown ‘Fred Gutte’
COMEDY SONG
Tracy Coster ‘Lawson’s Loaded Dog’
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Tracy Coster ‘Coster Country’
BARRY THORNTON ENCOURAGEMENT
AWARD
Alisha Smith.
The Awards were followed by a
finalists and winners concert which featured
Jeff Brown, Brian Letton, Tom Maxwell, Ashley
Cook, Gaylene Jennings, Lindsay Waddington,
Keith Jamieson, Graham Rodger, Rita Schneider,
Leanda O’Brian, Tracy Coster, Matt Manning,
Lindsay Butler, Alisha Smith, Laura Downing with
the Lindsay Butler band backing. Closing
Saturday night special guest act was veteran
performers Peter Coad and the Coad Sisters.
The wonderful Sunday show
commencing at 10am, saw the best of Australia’s
bush balladeers and Australian artists
performing including Jeff Brown, Keith Jamieson,
Laura Downing, Graham Rodger, Owen Blundell,
Matt Manning, Terry Gordon, Tracy Coster, Ernie
Constance, Charmaine Pout, Tom Maxwell, Ashley
Cook, Anita Ree, Amos Morris, Shaza Leigh, Brian
Letton, and Lindsay Butler and the Butler Boys.
The background to this musical specatacular, saw
a record number of campers and caravans on the
grounds, Dingo Track Record’s Tex Morton Museum
Truck besieged by people looking at an amazing
array of memorabilia from Tex Morton’s lifetime,
the artist product area crowded, and the weather
perfect.
The afternoon closed at 6pm with
the grand finale led by the master of
entertainment Brian Letton.
The huge crowd swelled to fill
the front stage area waving Australian flags
when all the artists joined Brian on stage
singing ‘We’ve Done us Proud’ and a strong
patriotic emotion filled the air.
On behalf of the crowd, the
artists and the Bungendore Muster 2005, they
surely did.
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STAN COSTER
MEMORIAL BUSH BALLAD AWARDS
WINNERS 2005!