THE
STAN COSTER MEMORIAL AUSTRALIAN BUSH BALLAD
AWARDS 2006
On Saturday 4th February 2006 the Festival of
Australian Country Music (more widely known as
the Bungendore Muster) will turn 21 and will
play host to the 9th Stan Coster Memorial
Australian Bush Ballad Awards.
Once again these awards have attracted
nominations from the very best “Australian
country artists” this country has to offer, and
once again these awards have proven that the
Bush Ballad is thriving and is a major component
of today’s “modern” country music industry.
Announcements and presentations to the
successful artists will take place on Saturday
evening 4 February 2006 on the Greg Gordon stage
and will be followed by an unbelievable journey,
song by song, through this magnificent land of
ours that only the magic of the story teller,
the Bush Balladeer, can take you on. The songs
and stories you will hear will paint a picture
of an Australia you will never want to leave,
some of the characters that you have met during
your travels will be brought to life again, you
will feel for the people on the land as they
endure hardship and heartache, you will laugh at
the bush humor and share a secret tear in
sadness. You will no doubt come to realize that
the balladeers of today and the Australia they
write about are not so different to Henry Lawson
and Banjo Patterson and the Australia they wrote
about.
These awards are the only true celebration of
the Bush Balladeer and the music of Australia
and an experience never to be forgotten.
The Stan Coster Memorial Australian Bush Ballad
Awards consist of 7 categories: Male Vocal;
Female Vocal; New Talent; Instrumental or Vocal
Group or Duo; Album of the Year; Comedy Song of
the Year; and Songwriter.
Thank you to all the artists, who supported the
2006 Bungendore Stan Coster Memorial awards, by
nominating.
It is your support that enables us to maintain
the awards each year.
Congratulations to you all on some wonderful
material, and good luck with your current CD/s.
The 21st Muster will be held on the 1st weekend
in February —Thurs 2nd to Sun 5th 2006.
ARTISTS APPEARING MAINSTAGE INCLUDE:
Saturday arvo: Warren Mahoney, Brian Young, Slim
Connor, George Royter, Drover Showcase featuring
Melissa Bajric and Bob Easter, Taryn Trautsch,
Winner of the NSW/ACT Showcase Rebecca Hogan,
Star Maker Winner 2006, A.B.B.A. Star Quest
Winner 2006, Gail and Lindsay Hammond and the
Charley Boyter Muster Band.
Saturday night Awards presentations feature
performances from all awards finalists, backed
by The Lindsay Butler Band. The evening closes
with Peter Coad & The Coad Sisters.
Sunday — Terry Gordon and Owen Blundell, Brian
Letton, Keith Jamieson, Alisha Smith, Ashley
Cook, Graham Rodger, Terry and Jenny Bennetts,
Jeff Gibson, The Toe Sucking Cowgirls, Leighton
B. Watts, Laura Downing, Shaza Leigh, Ian Quinn,
Tom Maxwell, Amos Morris, The 2006 A.B.B.A. Star
Quest winner, and the Lindsay Butler Backing
Band and others to be confirmed.
For more information contact: Maureen Gordon Ph:
(02) 62 62 380224. P.O. Box 460, Bungendore NSW
2621.
See You there! - Bungendore Committee
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STAN COSTER
MEMORIAL BUSH BALLAD AWARDS
WINNERS 2006!