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HORSHAM COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL HITS THE RIGHT NOTE

Great entertainment was the keynote of success for the inaugural Horsham Country Music Festival that attracted an audience from across the Western District in provincial Victoria.

More than 2,000 country music fans, from the local community as well as Daylesford, Ballarat, Geelong, Portland, Bendigo, Swan Hill and Warrnambool, attended the three day festival which was held on both the banks of the Wimmera River at the Horsham Sound Shell and also at Roberts Place in the Horsham CBD between 4 - 6 April.

Twenty artists from around Australia performed, including: Laura Downing, Dave Prior, Stephen R. Cheney, Slim Connor, Cameron Mason, Floreena Forbes, Ann Conway, Rodney Vincent, Briana Lee and bush poet Neil McArthur.

There was also a Gospel segment commencing the Sunday morning event.

Shepparton group, Shady Deal, provided backing, whilst Allan Carrol was MC.

The Festival Committee received very positive feedback from the patrons and media and hopes it will become a regular annual event.

A date for the 2009 Horsham Country Music Festival will be announced in the next few months.

Lyall Wheaton

Festival Coordinator

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Aims and Objectives of Horsham Country Music Inc.

To encourage, develop and promote the interests of all artists in Australian Country Music.

To encourage, develop and promote Australian Country Music to regional Victoria.

Promote knowledge of, interest in, and respect for the heritage of Australian Country Music and Verse and the people who create it and perform it.

To organize and stage activities that will contribute to the maintenance and growth of Australian Country Music in Australia.

To showcase our region as a destination.

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