Canterbury Country

bulletA continuing series of monthly Country Music shows that go under the banner of 'Canterbury Country'. On the second Thursday of each month, 8pm at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club. Check the main page to see who the guests will be each month, and make a regular date for some good music.

Enjoy the photos below from the FOURTH year of 'Canterbury Country'.

All photos from the shows are © Bob Howe unless otherwise credited.

4th BIRTHDAY cake SHOW #49
Thursday 13th May 2004 we celebrated with our
'4th BIRTHDAY SHOW' which starred...

CAMILLE TE NAHU & STUART FRENCH, BROOKE LEAL,
AMBER LAWRENCE and DAVID & LUKE WRIGHT
CAMILLE TE NAHU, Chet Raynor Te Nahu-French, STUART FRENCHBROOKE LEAL, AMBER LAWRENCE, CAMILLE TE NAHU
above left: CAMILLE TE NAHU, Chet Raynor Te Nahu-French, STUART FRENCH
above right: BROOKE LEAL, AMBER LAWRENCE, CAMILLE TE NAHU

left: Amber with David & Luke Wright
and Josh Grundy
below: Birthday surprise guests...
Josh, Gary Brown & Lachlan Davidson


SHOW #48
Thursday 8th April 2004
'Keeping it Real'
Back-to-Back bands...dancing shoes at the ready!
Mark Punch
THE BLUEMOONS had the joint a-jumpin':
above: Mark Punch on guitar
below left: Michael Vidale on slap bass
below right: Mark Collins on banjo & percussion

Michael Vidale Mark Collins
THE MURRAY HILLBILLIES
THE MURRAY HILLBILLIES
Gary Brown, Murray Hill, Allan Tomkins, Les Scott
The view from the seat of drummer Robbie Souter
The view from the seat of Murray Hillbillies' drummer Robbie Souter.

It was cake and a few tears for the THE HILLBILLY HEAVEN BAND as we wished a fond farewell to our extraordinary pianist, accordian player and friend Naomi Coggan as she headed for the greener pastures of Wagga Wagga with her family.
THE HILLBILLY HEAVEN BAND April 2004Naomi Coggan
    Bob, Tomi, Naomi, Allan, Terry.        Mmmm......white chocolate cake!



SHOW #47
11th March 2004 - 'PATSY CLINE ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE'
The music of Patsy, Tammy & Loretta
starring
KEL-ANNE BRANDT, DENIESE MORRISON and LOTS of surprise guests
including Donna Boyd, Dale Juner, Sweeney Killeen, Bryen Willems, Nicki Gillis,
Katie Brianna, Amber Lawrence, Doug Boyd and Nigel Beetson!
Donna, Kel-Anne, Naomi, Deniese, Katie and (front) Nicki
Donna, Kel-Anne, Naomi, Deniese, Katie and (front) Nicki
Nigel Beetson and Dale Juner

 

Left:
Nigel Beetson and Dale Juner

 

 

 

Below:
Back: Naomi
Middle: Amber, Tracy Lee, Nicki, Bryen
Front: Kel-Anne, Nikki, Katie

Naomi, Amber, Tracy Lee, Nicki, Bryen, Kel-Anne, Nikki, Katie


SHOW #46
February 2004
'THE TAMWORTH RECOVERY PARTY' with ALBY POOL (Country Legend) plus
DREW McALISTER (Gympie Muster Maton Guitar New Talent Award Winner)
and a crowd of surprise guests including...
DAVID WRIGHT and LUKE WRIGHT

 

Hohner Harmonica Champion 2004
DAVID WRIGHT blowing up a storm with his brother LUKE WRIGHT on guitar.
DREW McALISTER, DEBRA DICEMBRE and the WRIGHT BROTHERS

 

Singer-songwriters
DREW McALISTER,
DEBRA DICEMBRE
and the
WRIGHT BROTHERS
DREW McALISTER

 

DREW McALISTER
onstage
in fine form...
DAVID SLEISHMAN and LUKE O'SHEA

 

Medicine Wheel
drummer
DAVID SLEISHMAN
and singer-songwriter
LUKE O'SHEA
(guest guitarist PHIL
not pictured)

The Murray Hillbillies
Gary Brown, Rod Coe and Murray Hill of THE MURRAY HILLBILLIES.
(Rob Souter obscured, Les Scott not pictured)

David and Luke meet...David and Luke!
David and Luke meet...David and Luke!

Backstage traffic jam
With so many surprise guests, there was a traffic jam backstage!
L to R: Alby Pool, Allan Tomkins, Debra Dicembre, Terry Phillpot,
Drew McAlister, Naomi Coggan, David & Luke Wright
(Alby's guitarists Brad Rose and Rusty Crook,
plus TALL TIMBRE with Jake Lardot not pictured)


SHOW #45
January 2004
'KICKIN' COUNTRY'
KIM MACKENZIE
THE TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS
KIM MACKENZIE and STEVE PASSFIELD


KIM MACKENZIE
rising star from Queensland
(above left)

THE TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS
from Darwin with Michael Vidale
(pictured above)

and STEVE PASSFIELD
pictured left with
KIM MACKENZIE



SHOW #44
WAYNE HORSBURGH, SWEENEY~KILLEEN and NEVILLE ANDERSON

 

December 2003 we presented
'HILLBILLY HOLIDAYS
& YULETIDE YODELS'

which starred
WAYNE HORSBURGH
plus
SWEENEY~KILLEEN
and
NEVILLE ANDERSON

Wayne launched his new CD,
An Aussie Ozark Christmas with Wayne, and Ralph P. White blew in to play with the Hillbilly Heaven band.
Ho Ho Ho!

Merry Christmas to all
and Peace on Earth.



November 2003 we presented 'SOUL FRIENDS' which starred
CAMILLE TE NAHU & STUART FRENCH, DANIEL THOMPSON and LEE FORSTER.
LEE FORSTER, CAMILLE TE NAHU, DANIEL THOMPSON and STUART FRENCH
Above, L to R: LEE FORSTER, CAMILLE TE NAHU, DANIEL THOMPSON and STUART FRENCH.
DANIEL THOMPSON with guest musicians SEAN RUUD and DUNCAN TOOMBS
DANIEL THOMPSON with guest musicians
SEAN RUDD (left) and DUNCAN TOOMBS
CAMILLE TE NAHU and STUART FRENCH onstage.
CAMILLE TE NAHU & STUART FRENCH onstage.

SHOW #43
Thursday October 16th 2003 was our 3rd
'TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE'
which starred Rob Wilson, Alby Pool, Dwayne Elix and The Engineers, Allan Caswell, Briana Lee, Debra Dicembre, Jeremy Barnes, Gary Brown, Tall Timbre with Jake Lardot, Peta Caswell, Travis Collins, a special appearance by the baileys and a surprise appearance by the Craigs In Stereo - Craig Giles and Craig Byrne.
Briana Lee, Crystal Bailey, Charlene Bailey and Peta Caswell
Above, L to R: Briana Lee, Crystal Bailey, Charlene Bailey and Peta Caswell.
Rob Wilson, Dave Cook, Dwayne Elix, Alby Pool and  Jake Lardot
Above, L to R: Rob Wilson, Dave Cook, Dwayne Elix, Alby Pool and Jake Lardot.

SHOW #42
September 2003, Canterbury Country presented...
'THE HANK WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY BASH'
The Finale which starred Dwayne Elix, The Murray Hillbillies, Leslie Avril, Donna Boyd, Kim MacKenzie, Sweeney~Killeen, Andy Anderson, Mark Lucas, Bryen Willems, Jonnie Russell, Bob Howe and the Hillbilly Heaven band....
*Hank Williams CD prizes courtesy of Universal Music!*
backstage
Kim MacKenzie says come to the show on Thursday 16th Oct 2003
Kim MacKenzie was excited about the next show...


SHOW #41
Donella pulls the reins in on Rob!
August 14th 2003
'HUNTER VALLEY PTA'
Country Stars from the North
starred
DONELLA PLANE,
ROB WILSON
and ANGELA HAYDEN

Pictured left:
Donella pulls the reins in on Rob!
Pictured below: Rob and Donella on the Canterbury Country stage.

Thanks to Terry Phillpot (Eyeball Photographics) for this month's photos.

Rob Wilson on the Canterbury Country stageDonella Plane on the Canterbury Country stage

SHOW #40
July 2003:
'SOUTHERN UPRISING'
starred, from Victoria
DONNA FISK & MICHAEL CRISTIAN (right)
T.I.A.R.A. Vocal Duo of the Year
BRENT PARLANE (below, with sons)
Golden Guitar Winner
KEITH GLASS
Independent Country Music Award Winner
plus
JOHN STEPHAN
rising star
and surprise guest Nattasha Crestani
(below right)
DONNA FISK and MICHAEL CRISTIAN
BRENT PARLANE and sonsJOHN STEPHAN and Natasha Crestani


SHOW #39
June 12th 2003 - 'GOLDEN GUITAR WINNERS'
starring CARTER & CARTER- Vocal Duo of the Year
TRAVIS SINCLAIR - New Talent of the Year
plus from the USA SALLY BURGESS - NACMAI Female Entertainer of the Year
Sally Burgess, Travis SinclairDavid Carter, Merelyn Carter, Travis Sinclair
  Sally Burgess, Travis Sinclair            David Carter, Merelyn Carter, Travis Sinclair


All photos from the shows are © Bob Howe unless otherwise credited.

Where did all the other photos go...?

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from the THIRD YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:- DARREN COGGAN, CARTER & CARTER, BRYEN WILLEMS, AUDREY AULD, BILL CHAMBERS, KEITH GLASS, PAT DRUMMOND, KAREN LYNNE, ALLAN CASWELL, THE TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS, CRAIG GILES, BILLY BRIDGE, DONNA BOYD, WAYNE HORSBURGH, KAREN O'SHEA, JOSH CANNING, ROB WILSON, GRAHAM G TOOLE, EDDY LOW, PETA CASWELL, ROB LUCKEY, SWEENEY~KILLEEN, ROGER CORBETT, TERRY MURRAY & GILLIAN EASTOE, HUNTER AND SUZY OWENS, 'The TOMKINS SHOWCASE and ALBUM LAUNCH', 'The HANK WILLIAMS Birthday Bash', BROOKE LEAL, CRAIG BYRNE, SALLY BURGESS, LESLIE AVRIL, DALE HOOPER and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from the SECOND YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:- Keith Glass, Mick Hamilton, The Mighty Guys, Linda Maree Miller, Hillbilly Heaven, Karen Lynne, Acoustic Shock, Nick Charles, Wayne Goodwin, Naomi Coggan, Camille Te Nahu, Josh Canning, Audrey Auld, Wayne Law, Frank Ifield, Craig Giles, Brooke Leal, The Murray Hill Billies, Peta Caswell, Bryen Willems & Wendy Costello, Tim Wood, Karen O'Shea, Lee Forster, Wayne Horsburgh, Judy Anne Barnes, Angela Hayden, Leslie Avril, Lyn Bowtell, Duncan Toombs, Dale Juner, Alby Pool, Catherine Britt, Donella Plane, Ben Conicella, Dale Gardner, Chad Plane, Jack Pledge, Dwayne Elix, Geoff Mack, Joel Oakhill, Allan Tomkins, Paul Lines, Allan Caswell, Mike Moore, Mary Heard, Les Scott, Darcy LeYear, Pru Clearwater, Daniel Thompson, Roger Corbett, The Crosby Sisters, Brent Parlane, Raebekah Roycroft, and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from the FIRST YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:- Hillbilly Heaven, Craig Byrne, Teri St. Neil, Donna & Doug Boyd, Gary Fredricks, Wayne Horsburgh, Judy Anne Barnes, Mary Heard, Terry Murray, The Frank Ifield Awards, Wendi Jackson, Don Spencer, Karen Lynne, Kel-Anne Brandt, Michael G. Carr and Nikki Bennett, Leslie Avril, Alby Pool, Catherine Britt, the Feral Swing Katz, Lyn Bowtell and the Southern Steel band, Nicole Brophy & Jodi Moore, Wayne Law, Darren Coggan, Peta Caswell, Frank Ifield, Paul Fisher, Keith Glass, Dwayne Elix, Felicity, Daniel Thompson, Brooke McClymont, Leesa Gentz (with Kristy Gentz and Tameaka Fairfull), Brent Parlane, Tamara Stewart, Chris Staff, Col Finley, Rosemary Rae, Darcy LeYear, Tracey Faith, James Gillard, Jill French, Audrey Auld, Brendan Marolla and Brooke Leal and many more...

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