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- 2008 Tamworth Festival Dates
Friday January 18th to Sunday, January 27th.
The Festival Countdown will run from Friday, January 11th to
Thursday, January 17th.
CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia, - 26th January 2008-
Information Centre - 02 6767 5300
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Nominations NOW OPEN for 11th
Annual TIARA Awards
If you are an Independent Country Music recording artist who has
released a totally self-funded commercial release CD in less than
two years and you are 18 years and over you are eligible to enter in
the 2008 award categories.
Please remember to complete a separate form for each category:
Male Vocal
Female Vocal
Group Award
Bush Ballad
Barry Thornton Memorial Instrumental Award
Vocal Collaboration
Duo
Gentleman Geoff Brown Memorial Award
Michael Cowdroy Memorial Songwriting Award
The awards presentation evening will held on Tuesday 22 January
2008.
Organisers have confirmed that the awards will return to its
traditional evening format in 2008.
You can download the Entry Form and entry rules from
www.tiara-awards.org .
Entries close 5pm on 26 October 2007
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The 2008 Tiara awards will be
held at the Regent Theatre, Tamworth on
on Tuesday the 22nd of January at 8PM. Tickets available soon
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Sunny Sweeney is an emerging
singer-songwriter from East Texas who is scheduled to be in Tamworth
next January 2008 as part of the Honky Tonk Explosion Tour being
being organised by John Lomax III and Bill Chambers. Other US
artists will include Dallas Wayne and Becky Hobbs.
Click here for Artist Report
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Becky Hobbs will also be performing at the
Tamworth Country Music Festival,
Tamworth, Australia !
Believe it or not, this will be the Beckaroo's first trip to Oz.
She'll be performing on the Tamworth Country Music Train
http://tamworthcountrymusictrain.com.au
as well as performing a few choice gigs in town.
Stay tuned...more details later!
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TAMWORTH TRAIN ENTERS NEW
ERA
The Country Music Express train to Tamworth has entered a new
era with the train's interior undergoing a major makeover -
tailor-made for fans of live music and train travel.
Director of Cross Country Express, which runs the popular annual
trains to Australia's premier Country Music Festival each January,
Arthur Smith, has taken out a 14 year lease on 19 private carriages.
Over the next few months these will be completely refurbished to
meet the needs of people travelling on the train.
The Cross Country Express previously leased the historic Southern
Aurora on an annual basis.
"In the past we have been limited in what we could offer passengers
by the heritage requirements of the train," Mr Smith said.
"The new carriages mean that we can create on board septic systems,
an improved lounge area to create more performance space and seating
for passengers wanting to listen to live music and even toilets at
the end of each saloon carriage."
"Not only will these improve the quality of the Tamworth Country
Music Festival experience but also enable us to offer more train
tours throughout the year."
Mr Smith said he believed the improvements would increase the
popularity of the train which has been a sell out for its annual
trip to the Tamworth Country Music Festival over the past two years.
And with the train more than half full for the 2008 journey, he is
confident it will be a sell out again by September this year.
The Country Music Express Train to Tamworth is the only train
journey of its type in Australia.
Passengers enjoy ten days of world class Country Music provided by
eight artist hosts on board the train and it becomes their motel
while stabled in Tamworth, with 24 hour air-conditioning.
Mr Smith said the train offered a unique experience to passengers
and word of mouth has ensured many repeat bookings.
"With motel accommodation booked out in Tamworth for the Country
Music Festival, our train offers an affordable alternative to see
one of Australia's iconic festivals," he said.
The Country Music Express offers passengers a la carte dining en
route, fully licensed saloon bars and free nightly entertainment
while stabled in Tamworth.
Mr Smith said the leasing of the new carriages also means an
expansion of his unique holiday experiences. Cross Country Express
is also offering the first ever St Patrick's race Train from Sydney
to Broken Hill next March.
And if the four day St Patrick's train goes well, plans are also
underway for the running of the first ever Cross Country Express to
Darwin in 2009.
People interested in booking any of the tours can phone 1300 780
660.
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Country Music Tours - Melbourne to
Tamworth
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Dave Ovenden, of Country Music Tours &
Travel in Melbourne, is currently putting the finishing touches to
his 2008 Country Music Special to Tamworth, which he says will be
his biggest and best yet in 32 years. Sticking with his proven
formula of using the best Coach (Cobb & Co) and the best
Accommodation available, he has expanded the time from six to ten
days, departing Melbourne on Saturday 19th January and arriving in
Tamworth at lunchtime on Sunday 20th, after an overnight motel stay,
including breakfast at Coonabarabran. After settling in at the Best
Western Sanctuary Inn, the rest of the time in Tamworth is virtually
free, right up until departure day on Monday 28th arriving back at
Melbourne at 7am on Tuesday 29th. Dinner and breakfast daily at the
Sanctuary Inn is included as is a ticket to The Starmaker Grand
Final Concert, also dinner at the Dallas family Gully Grub Barn on
Monday 21st, a couple of small district tours in the mornings, a
ticket to the Jayco Golden Guitar Awards Concert and a night at a
country pub, the Oasis, on Sunday 27th, the last night before
departure on Monday 28th Jan 2008. The inclusive price for all this
is a more than reasonable $1995. For further details you can contact
Dave on (03) 9465 0501 or fax (03) 9464 4992 email cmtnt@bigpond.com
or send him a letter to P O Box 199, Thomastown, Vic 3074.
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