I’d just like to thank all the buskers for participating in the inaugural Australian National Busking Championships™  for 2012!

“Wow, shop it was amazing!” ” What a fun day!” “Fantastic variety!” “Such a friendly happy day!” ” It didn’t matter what kind music you were into..there was something there for everyone!”  “We came down town for a 5 minute look and we ended up staying all day!”

Not my words, information pills but just some of the many positive comments I’ve been receiving since the event. And people are already asking about next year! Well yes, of course we’ll have to do it again next year.

We’d love your input!

Not only would we love to see all the buskers coming back to perform next year but we’d love to get any helpful advice, ideas or suggestions and yes, even criticisms. After all it was the first one so there’s got to be more we can be doing to improve. Please leave a comment on this page or if you want to be less public just send me an email at allan@coomamusic.com.au.

The Australian National Busking Championships™ Compilation CD

We’ve already got some great suggestions that we’re considering. One idea that we’d like to go with is to put together a compilation CD of this years championships. If you’d like to be involved please email me back and I’ll see want we can do.  We would be selecting 10 to 12 tracks. All artists that are included in the CD will receive royalties from the sales of the CD.

OK, and yes , we need a better name for the CD. So we’re running a competition for a better name for the CD. A $50 gift voucher is the prize.

 

Clancy Music presents:

Handel’s Messiah 2012

Soloists: Elizabeth Shearer, about it Ellen Malone, Robert Shearer, Mark Brooker

Experience the splendor and majesty of one of the greatest works written by George Frideric Handel.

Cooma Concert:

• Saturday 24 November
• 4.00pm
• Cooma Multifunction Centre, Cooma Showgrounds

Cooma Tickets:

• Adult $15
• Concession $10
• Student $5

Get your tickets now at The Fabric Salon, 82 Vale Street Cooma NSW 2630

Young Concert:

• Sunday 25 November
• 4.00pm
• Young Town Hall

Young Tickets:

• Adult $15
• Concession $10
• Student $5

Get your tickets now at The Young Regional Conservatorium of Music, or M&M’s Music Studios, Shop 2/52-66 Boorowa St Young NSW 2594

Would you like to sing in the Messiah?

Places are available for singers in these performances. Choir workshops will be conducted at each of the venues on the days of the performances starting at 9.30am.

So if would  like to sing in the choir for either or both of the performances book your place with Rodney Clancy on 0408 488 749.

 

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, women’s health
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, view
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, capsule NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, ampoule
  NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, viagra buy
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, recipe
  NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, page
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello, and
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, recipe
  NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

Well Cooma was certainly a buzz with fun and excitement last Sunday with the inaugural Australian National Busking Championships TM. More than 100 musicians performed at 24 venues or “Busker Hot Spots” spread around the CBD of Cooma.

There were buskers from as far away as  Melbourne, about it
Sydney, prostate Newcastle, Canberra, Albury and the South East Coast, as well as many local musicians from Cooma, Jindabyne, Berridale, Nimmitabel, Bombala, Dalgety,and Bredbo. The variety of music was amazing. Blues, Country, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Folk and Classical styles were all being performed. The crowds were lapping it up.

Local businesses were delighted with the increased Sunday trade. The Rotary Food Van had their best day ever. The swim club run out of batter to make donuts. They sold out. The railway made almost $1000 selling devonshire teas and $5 train rides. All the eight cafes that were open in Cooma that day struggled to make enough coffees for many customers that had come down town for a quick look and then decided to stay all day.

Thank you all the wonderful people that sent in their photos of the day.

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Clancy Music presents:

Handel’s Messiah 2012

Soloists: Elizabeth Shearer, about it Ellen Malone, Robert Shearer, Mark Brooker

Experience the splendor and majesty of one of the greatest works written by George Frideric Handel.

Cooma Concert:

• Saturday 24 November
• 4.00pm
• Cooma Multifunction Centre, Cooma Showgrounds

Cooma Tickets:

• Adult $15
• Concession $10
• Student $5

Get your tickets now at The Fabric Salon, 82 Vale Street Cooma NSW 2630

Young Concert:

• Sunday 25 November
• 4.00pm
• Young Town Hall

Young Tickets:

• Adult $15
• Concession $10
• Student $5

Get your tickets now at The Young Regional Conservatorium of Music, or M&M’s Music Studios, Shop 2/52-66 Boorowa St Young NSW 2594

Would you like to sing in the Messiah?

Places are available for singers in these performances. Choir workshops will be conducted at each of the venues on the days of the performances starting at 9.30am.

So if would  like to sing in the choir for either or both of the performances book your place with Rodney Clancy on 0408 488 749.

 

And the winners are….

Open Section:

 The Australian National Busking Champion 2012

Mike Martin (Candello,
NSW)

 Open Runner-ups –

• Paul Longley (Jindabyne, NSW)

• Numeralla Fingerplunkers (Numeralla, NSW)

Secondary Section:

 1st Prize: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta (Cooma)

 Secondary Runner-ups –

• Matthew Ventura (Cooma)

• Hannah Newell (Bombala)

Primary Section:

 1st Prize: Kayla & Maddie Gay (Jindabyne)

 Primary Runner-ups –

• Amos Walker (Nimmitabel)

• Oliver Djurkoviv (Canberra)

Peoples Choice: Vendulka & Vasek Wichta

Over 100 Musicians To Compete In The Australian National Busking Championships visit this serif;”>â„¢

On Sunday 4th November, drugstore Cooma will be alive with the sounds of over 100 musicians vying for the title of Australian National Busker Champion as well as over $2000 in prize money. The Australian National Busking Championships ™ is an inaugural event for Cooma and will coincide with the annual Snowy Ride which brings over 4000 visiting bike riders to the region.

The Australian National Busking Championships ™ will be quite unique event as it is a celebration of music in all its rich and wonderful variety. All sorts of different styles of music will be performed at this event including, Folk, Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz, Blues and Classical.

As well as many of our own local talented musicians such as, Vendulka & Vasek Wichta, the Numeralla Fingerplunkers Bluegrass Band, Stypa, Cooma Harmony Chorus, Manny Aigner, Brodie Buttons, Mike Waddell, there will be more musicians are coming from all over, including, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Albury, Bega, Bombala, Jindabyne, Cadello and Cobargo.

This event is presented by Cooma School of Music with the active support of the Cooma-Monaro Shire Council through the Cooma Visitors Centre. “We are very excited about this new music event. In the future, we can see this unique concept growing into a major festival of national prominence for Cooma,” said Mr Spencer, the event organizer. “We are also delighted with the very positive response from our local businesses to our request for them to ‘Host A Buskers Spot’.”

During this event the buskers will be performing all around the CBD of Cooma. Venues include, Cooma Monaro Railway, Cooma Café, 40 Café, Target Country Cooma, Woolworths Cooma, Cooma Visitors Centre, Alpine Hotel, Cooma Hotel, The Lott Foodstore, Kettle & Seed Café, Roses Restaurant, Snowy Camping World, Cooma Colour Print, Judonna’s Icecreamery & Café, Leo Percys Newsagency, P D Murphy, Naaz Indian Restaurant, Cooma Mitre 10, Pages of Life Bookstore, Pizza House, Pha’s Thai Kitchen, Moontree Health Food and Centennial Park.

The buskers will be assigned various locations around Cooma. They will be asked to move every half hour to a new busking spot. It is hoped that this will provide a variety of locations for the buskers and also a variety of performances for the public. Roaming judges will be assessing these performances during the day. The results will be announced later in the afternoon, before the “Finals Concert” which will be held in Centennial Park at 5pm. The buskers will be judged in 3 age groups, Primary School age, Secondary School age, and Open. The prize-winners for the age categories will be selected by a panel of judges at the “Finals Concert.”

 The People’s Choice Prize will also be awarded. This will be an chance for the public to decide which busker they liked the best. Specially printed “Busker Dollars” will be availabe free from the Cooma Visitors Centre. People can then cast their vote by placing their “Busker Dollars” into the hat of their favourite busker. At end of the day the busker will the most “Busker Dollars” wins the People’s Choice Award. A free ticket to a lucky draw will also be given to each person who picks up their “Busker Dollars” from the Cooma Visitors Centre. The prize for the Lucky Draw will be a Greg Bennett acoustic guitar valued at $429.

 The Australian National Busking Championships will be a great day of music, fun and excitement. It’s great family entertainment and it’s all free. So come and enjoy all the music on show in Cooma on Sunday 4th November. You might even win a beautiful guitar!

Spread the word!

 

 

For more information:

Allan Spencer
Cooma School of Music
Shop 2 Parkview Arcade, pharm
123 Sharp Street
Cooma NSW 2630
www.coomamusic.com.au
Ph: (02) 6452 6067