SHOW #107
Another milestone for Canterbury Country,
on Thursday 14 May 2009 our
'9TH BIRTHDAY SHOW' featuring
the legendary LUCKY STARR,
CRAIG MORRISON
and KAYLAH ANNE,
plus surprise guests
THE NICKI GILLIS BAND and
from Melbourne, JETTY ROAD.

NICKI AND BOB WITH THE 9th BIRTHDAY CAKE
(Photo by Terry Phillpot)
Terry has made a special page of his outstanding photos of the 9th Birthday show - check it out by clicking on this link:
www.eyegraphics.net/cc

NICKI GILLIS, JULIAN SAMMUT, LUCKY STARR, BOB HOWE,
LEE & PAULA BOWMAN, KAYLAH ANNE, SIMON ROSS
(Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #106
Thursday 9 April 2009 we welcomed
'FAMILY, FRIENDS & FAVOURITES'
featuring
ALBY POOL, MELODY POOL and MAKAYLIE FOODEY

NICKI, MAKAYLIE, ALBY, MELODY, BOB  (photo by Allan Tomkins)

MELODY POOL (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #105
Thursday 12 March 2009 was our
'AWARD-WINNERS NIGHT'
featuring the presentation of the 2009
FRANK IFIELD INTERNATIONAL SPUR AWARD
plus performances by 2003 winner DONNA BOYD
2009 Country Duo TIARA Winners THE HARMONATORS
2008 Cooper's Golden Saddle People's Choice Award MATT FROST

FRANK IFIELD and RICHARD YOUNG (Galston Rotary) present the
2009 FRANK IFIELD INTERNATIONAL SPUR AWARD to NICKI GILLIS

LIZ & RAE (THE HARMONATORS), NICKI, MATT, DONNA

DONNA BOYD (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

MATT FROST (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #104
Thursday 12 Feb 2009 was our
'TAMWORTH RECOVERY PARTY'
starring
MARK LUCAS & the Dead Setters, GEMMA LUXTON,
BRYEN WILLEMS, and surprise guests
GEORGIA WHITE, DAN SKEED and RAE MOODY.

L to R: JOHN LEE, MARK LUCAS, NICKI GILLIS, JAKE LARDOT, CHRIS MEARNS,
GEORGIA WHITE, BRYEN WILLEMS, STEVE GUNNING, ALLAN TOMKINS

L to R: NICKI GILLIS, RAE MOODY, TOMI GRASO,
GEMMA LUXTON, BRYEN WILLEMS, DAN SKEED

JOHN LEE, MARK LUCAS (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

GEMMA LUXTON (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

THE FINALE... (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

THE FINALE...GEMMA, BOB, RAE (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

THE FINALE...BRYEN, NICKI (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #103
Thursday 11 Dec 2008, it was time for
'CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY'
starring
STEVE PASSFIELD, SHARNEE FENWICK, LIAM BREW,
and surprise guest TRAVIS LIST
Hosted by BOB HOWE and the Hillbilly Heaven band
with NICKI GILLIS

STEVE PASSFIELD (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

SHARNEE FENWICK (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

LIAM BREW (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

TRAVIS LIST (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #102
Thursday 13 Nov 2008 was our annual
'TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE'
featuring

Allan Tomkins and Briana Lee

Bryan Browne (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

Dwayne Elix (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

Jason Lee, Allan Tomkins, Dwayne Elix, Craig Morrison, Jack Pledge

Rusty Cochrane, Briana, Allan Caswell, Makaylie Foodey, Jason

Nicki Gillis, Steve Sullivan, Wayne Horsburgh, Dave Cook, Glen Skarratt

Hi-jinks at the piano as Darren Carr comes between Mr & Mrs Boyd!

...plus Sharnee Fenwick, Alby Pool, Melody Pool, Travis Collins, Scotty Greenaway, Mick Manley and more...

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SHOW #101
Thursday 9 Oct 2008 we presented
'THE NEXT CENTURY BEGINS' (Show 101)
featuring
TAMARA STEWART, LUKE O'SHEA, TORI DARKE and JASON LEE
Hosted by BOB HOWE and the Hillbilly Heaven band
with guest co-host DONNA BOYD.

LUKE, JASON, TAMARA, TORI, DONNA

TAMARA STEWART (Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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"...Hank was back for our
100th show..."

Dwayne Elix and Bob Howe lead the finale...
Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics

'The 2008 HANK WILLIAMS Birthday Bash'
an all-star tribute to a legendary era of Country Music!
Presented by Canterbury Country on Thursday 11 September
at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club in Sydney, Australia
and featured DWAYNE ELIX and a host of surprise guests including
VICTORIA McGEE, TRACY KILLEEN, BRYEN WILLEMS,
THE HARMONATORS, AMI WILLIAMSON, KEL-ANNE BRANDT,
RONNI RAE RIVERS, CLETIS CARR, DONNA BOYD
MARK LUCAS & THE DEAD SETTERS, ALBY & MELODY POOL,
MURRAY HILL, SHARNEE FENWICK and many more...
The show was produced and hosted by
BOB HOWE, NICKI GILLIS & the Hillbilly Heaven band.

CLICK HERE for lots more photos and the set-list...

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SHOW #99
Thursday 14 Aug 2008 we presented
'BY SPECIAL REQUEST'
when a 10-piece line-up of BOB HOWE and the Hillbilly Heaven band with NICKI GILLIS played an entire night of the audience's favourite requests. Special guest musicians were Martin Louis (banjo), John Lee (fiddle), Gary Brown and RALPH P. WHITE (horns)

Back row: TOMI, ALLAN, RALPH, TERRY, DOUG, GARY, MARTIN, JOHN
Kneeling: NICKI, BOB          (photo by D.B.)

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SHOW #98
Thursday 10th July 2008 we presented
'FAMILY & FRIENDS'
starring TRACY KILLEEN, ROB WILSON and AMI WILLIAMSON plus surprise guest MERILYN STEELE.
Hosted by 3 'MO' Award nominees: BOB HOWE,
the Hillbilly Heaven band and special guest DONNA BOYD

ROB, MERILYN, TRACY, AMI, DONNA

AMI hits the beat! (photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

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SHOW #97
Thursday 12th June 2008 we presented
'SING ME A STORY'
starring PAT DRUMMOND, JAYNE DENHAM and KRIS CUMMINS
along with surprise guests LIAM BREW, fiddler SIMON WATTS and most of Jayne's band! Hosted by BOB HOWE and the
Hillbilly Heaven band with NICKI GILLIS

back: left PAT, KRIS, NICKI, Chris Komorowski
front: Beck Millard, JAYNE, Melodie Wilson, Ali Foster, LIAM

PAT DRUMMOND enacts THE SAO SONG with not one, but 3 Sao's!!!
(photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

JAYNE DENHAM in action (photo by Terry Phillpot Eyegraphics)

LIAM BREW (photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyegraphics)

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from
the EIGHTH YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:-
CAMILLE TE NAHU AND STUIE FRENCH, THE HARMONATORS, PETER PRATT, MICHELLE LITTLE, AMANDA EASTON, DONNA BOYD, VICTORIA BAILLIE, STACEY MORRIS, QUITE CONTRARY, KAREN LYNNE, MIKE CARR, TRAVIS COLLINS, WAYNE HORSBURGH, NICKI GILLIS, FRANK IFIELD, KIRSTY LEE AKERS, REBECCA LEE NYE, BILLY BRIDGE, VICTORIA MCGEE, DREW McALISTER, TAMARA STEWART, BRAD BERGEN, AARON PYE KIM MACKENZIE, ROGER CORBETT, KRIS CUMMINS, BOB HOWE, HILLBILLY HEAVEN, MICK MANLEY, ALLAN CASWELL, BRYAN BROWNE, JASON-LEE, JACK PLEDGE, GARY BROWN, SHARNEE FENWICK and her band, DWAYNE ELIX & THE ENGINEERS, JOE TRAVERS (with MAREE MONTGOMERY, GEORGE BRUNO and WILL DOWER), ALBY POOL, MELODY POOL, MAKAYLIE FOODEY, FRANK GRAY, STUIE FRENCH, DARREN CARR, LEE FORSTER, BRIANA LEE, ROB WILSON, TALL TIMBRE, BRYEN WILLEMS, GEMMA LUXTON, DWAYNE ELIX, ROSE CARLEO, MARK LUCAS & The Dead Setters, MURRAY HILL, ADRIAN PAYNE, SALLY (and Brian) BURGESS, TRACY KILLEEN, DALE HOOPER, DAVE COOK, GREG WILLIAMS, CASEY WATT, MERILYN STEELE, COUNTRY TO THE T, STEVE PASSFIELD, KELLY HOPE and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from
the SEVENTH YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:-
CAMILLE TE NAHU & STUIE FRENCH, DREW McALISTER, NICKI GILLIS, JAYNE DENHAM, ALBY POOL, ALISON HAMS, MARK TEMPANY, PETER PRATT, ROGER CORBETT, BARBARA BAILLIE, FRANK IFIELD, KAREN LYNNE, TRAVIS COLLINS, STACEY MORRIS, DONNA BOYD, AMBER LAWRENCE, SHELBY THORNETT, GLENN SKARRATT, AARON PYE, MARTIN LOUIS,TALL TIMBRE, KEL-ANNE BRANDT, JASON-LEE, MERILYN STEELE, BRYAN BROWNE, BRYEN WILLEMS, TRAVIS LIST, The Brookvalettes, JOHN LEE, LES SCOTT, MARY-ANNE BURTON, GARY BROWN, ALLAN CASWELL and CATHY CARR, LUKE O'SHEA, VICTORIA BAILLIE , ROD MOTBEY, ALLAN TOMKINS, CHARLEY BOYTER, SHARNEE FENWICK, MATT BROWN, BRIANA LEE, JOE TRAVERS with GEORGE GOLLA and GEORGE BRUNO, MAKAYLIE FOODEY, DWAYNE ELIX AND THE ENGINEERS, DUNCAN TOOMBS, GLEN BAIN, ROB WILSON, BOB HOWE, the HILLBILLY HEAVEN band, CAT SOUTHERN, SWEENEYKILLEEN, OWEN ALEXANDER, LESLIE AVRIL, THE MURRAY HILLBILLIES, HANK SASAKI, MARY HEARD, GREG WILLIAMS, CLETIS CARR, THE HARMONATORS, ALAN WHEATLEY, BILLY BRIDGE, REBECCA LEE NYE, KELLY COOPER, ROB WILSON, HORSWOOD, CAROL DONOVAN,DEAN JOHNSTON, TRACY LEE KILLEEN, EMMA HANNAH (with Becky and Rachel), STEVE GRAHAM, BEN CORBETT and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from
the SIXTH YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:-
PAT DRUMMOND, NICKI GILLIS, BROCK COLLEY MICHELLE LITTLE, BRYEN WILLEMS, ROGER CORBETT, LEE FORSTER, JACK PLEDGE, JODI & PAUL , BOSCO & JACQUI (Johnny & June - 'Cash On Delivery') THE 2006 FRANK IFIELD INTERNATIONAL SPUR AWARD, TRAVIS COLLINS, STACEY MORRIS, MIKE CARR, DONNA BOYD, WAYNE LAW, CHLOE GRAHAM, KAREN LYNNE and ACOUSTIC SHOCK, TRAVIS LIST, STEVE PASSFIELD, ALBY POOL and MELODY POOL, WENDI JACKSON and GLEN BAIN, SONS OF THE SOIL and ROSHANI PRIDDIS, BECKY WILLIS , THE LEES, LEANNE DOUGLAS, ALEX WATT, THE 'THE TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE', 'THE HANK WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY BASH' AMBER LAWRENCE, PAUL HICKS, SHARNEE FENWICK LEE FORSTER, SALLY BURGESS, TRACY COSTER, STRUM, MOLLIE McCLYMONT and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from
the FIFTH YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:-
CAMILLE TE NAHU and STUART FRENCH, WAYNE GOODWIN, SAMANTHA McCLYMONT, BILLY BRIDGE, REBECCA LEE NYE, STACEY MORRIS, TRAVIS LIST, 2005 FRANK IFIELD INTERNATIONAL SPUR AWARD, WAYNE LAW, ROB WILSON, GRAHAM G. TOOLE, KIRSTY LEE AKERS, LUKE KOTERAS, DONNA BOYD, SWEENEYKILLEEN, ALBY POOL, NICKI GILLIS, WAYNE HORSBURGH, MARK TEMPANY, ALISON HAMS, SMOKIN' JOE, CRAIG BYRNE, EMMA HANNAH (with Becky, Emmy & Rachel), BRIANA LEE, JAKE NICKOLAI, STEVE FORDE & The Flange, ALLAN CASWELL, PETA CASWELL, MOONSHINE (Mary Heard, Lisa Fry, Gary Brown, Les Scott), SARAH and EMMA ROBERTS, DWAYNE ELIX, CARTER & CARTER, MURRAY HILL, JENNY SHIMMIN and JIMMY RUSH, GREG WILLIAMS, DARCY LE YEAR, KATIE BRIANNA, JOSH CANNING, KAREN LYNNE, BRENT PARLANE, RONNI RAE RIVERS, PAT DRUMMOND, TRAVIS COLLINS, TALL TIMBRE (with Jake Lardot) and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos (and a snippet of video) from
the 2003/4 ROOTY HILL COUNTRY series, including:-
ANAM CARA (later to be renamed BELLA - Kate Ballantyne, Karen O'Shea, Lyn Bowtell), LESLIE AVRIL , THE TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE (Allan Tomkins, Mick Manley , Jeremy Barnes, Mark Kirk, Tall Timbre, Glen Bain, Steve Forde and The Flange, Dwayne Elix and the Engineers, Bob Howe, Allan Caswell, Debra Dicembre, Steve Sullivan, Gary Brown, Luke Richmond, Travis Collins, Dave Cook), DAVE GLEESON, CARTER & CARTER, SWEENEY~KILLEEN, Sara Storer, DARREN COGGAN, DONNA BOYD, JOHN STEPHAN, COL FINLEY, RIMSHOT featuring Chris Staff, LEE FORSTER, KATA HAY, the 2004 INTERNATIONAL FRANK IFIELD SPUR AWARD, GRAHAM G TOOLE, WAYNE LAW, WAYNE HORSBURGH, DONELLA PLANE, ROB WILSON, KIRSTY LEE AKERS, NICKI GILLIS, DENIESE MORRISON, BRYEN WILLEMS, DALE JUNER, GLEN HANNAH, CRAIG GILES, CAMILLE TE NAHU and STUART FRENCH, SALLY BURGESS, KATIE BRIANNA, BILL CHAMBERS, SALLY-ANNE WHITTEN, DANIEL THOMPSON, ALBY POOL, REBECCA LEE NYE, BILLY BRIDGE and HILLBILLY HEAT, FAITH JULIJA, LEANNE DOUGLAS, PETER PRATT, THE TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE (Briana Lee, Steve Passfield And Handpicked, Jimmy Rush) and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos (and a snippet of video) from
the 2004 SONGWRITERS: UP CLOSE & PERSONAL series, including:-
BILL CHAMBERS, DIANNA CORCORAN, LUKE O'SHEA, KIM MACKENZIE, FELICITY URQUHART, TAMARA STEWART, MICHAEL BRYERS, MARK LUCAS, MICHAEL CARR, DONNA FISK & MICHAEL CRISTIAN, DEBRA DICEMBRE, ROB WILSON, PAT DRUMMOND, STEVE PASSFIELD, REBECCA HENRY, HUNTER & SUZY OWENS, DARREN COGGAN, KIM CHESHIRE, ROGER CORBETT, BECKY WILLIS, ALLAN CASWELL, DREW MCALISTER, K'CRASHER, NICKI GILLIS and many more...

*CLICK HERE* to see all the photos from
the FOURTH YEAR of Canterbury Country, including:-
CARTER & CARTER, TRAVIS SINCLAIR, SALLY BURGESS, DONNA FISK & MICHAEL CRISTIAN, BRENT PARLANE, KEITH GLASS, JOHN STEPHAN, NATTASHA CRESTANI, DONELLA PLANE, ROB WILSON, ANGELA HAYDEN, 'THE HANK WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY BASH' (Dwayne Elix, The Murray Hillbillies, Leslie Avril, Donna Boyd, Kim MacKenzie, Sweeney~Killeen, Andy Anderson, Mark Lucas, Bryen Willems, Jonnie Russell), 'TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE' (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, The Baileys, Craig Giles and Craig Byrne), CAMILLE TE NAHU, STUART FRENCH, DANIEL THOMPSON, LEE FORSTER, WAYNE HORSBURGH, SWEENEY~KILLEEN, NEVILLE ANDERSON, KIM MACKENZIE, THE TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS, STEVE PASSFIELD, DREW McALISTER, DEBRA DICEMBRE, the WRIGHT BROTHERS, LUKE O'SHEA, THE MURRAY HILLBILIES, 'PATSY CLINE ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE' (Donna Boyd, Dale Juner, Sweeney Killeen, Bryen Willems, Nicki Gillis, Katie Brianna, Amber Lawrence, Doug Boyd and Nigel Beetson), THE BLUEMOONS, BROOKE LEAL and many more...

*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...