Land of the Beardies Festival
5th November to 13th November 2011
Terry Gordon
Country Music Comedy Entertainer
Born in Taralga, NSW, Terry was just five when his father took him to see 'Tex Morton's Wild West Show'. He decided there and then that he was going to be a Country Music Star and by age sixteen, he was playing guitar in a band; in his early twenties he was working as a solo performer on the Sydney pub circuit.
Constantly in demand for work, he has appeared on most of the major variety shows, as well as on specialised CM TV programs. In the mid-eighties, Terry had his own live weekly TV show on Tamworth's NEN 9. He was inducted into the Hands of Fame at Tamworth in 1981.
Terry Gordon was honored with the coveted award of Country Music Entertainer of the year 1993, not only as a tribute to his recent touring and recording success, but also as a mark of respect for his 30 continuous years as a multi-talented performer. Since beginning his distinguished recording career, he has released 25 singles and 20 albums.
His versatility as a balladeer, songwriter, bush poet, comedy performer and TV host has established Terry as one of CM's finest entertainers. During a career of continuous travel, he has crisscrossed the length and breadth of Australia literally dozens of times.
Terry has performed in all kinds of venues - from weatherbeaten tents to the most modern TV studios and entertainment centres. On stage he has worked alongside such local CM legends as Tex Morton, Chad Morgan, Slim Dusty and just about all the greats of the industry.
In 2005 Terry was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to Country Music.
Charmaine Pout
Charmaine started her music career as a small child and has progressed to being one of the highly popular and much travelled recording artist in Australia today.
With many awards to her credit and 7 albums she still remains very humble and her music is much sort after. her latest offering will make bush ballad fans sit up and listen to her clean clear vocals and want to have a copy of “I don’t work for a living...I wish” in their collection.
Charmaine attends many festivals around Australia and is always a favourite with the crowds. she has been inducted onto the Australian country music wall of honour for her contributions to country music and promotion of Australian artists as well as being a bush balladeer finalist several times during her career. her latest being a finalist in two categories of the Stan Coster Australian Memorial Bush Ballad awards 2011.
When Charmaine is playing in your area I'm sure you won’t be disappointed. I have great confidence you will enjoy her work.
Les Lane and Kylie Berry
Nick Baker
Melanie Dyer
Melanie Dyer is an 18 year old singer/songwriter from Mt Russell, NSW. Melanie graduated from Tamworth Camerata in 2006 & 2007 and is a 2010 graduate of CMAA Academy of Country Music. In 2006 Melanie was accepted into NSW Talent Development Project where she continued to develop her singing and songwriting. In July 2010, at just 16 yrs old, Mel became one of the youngest to ever graduate from TDP. Melanie’s career highlights so far include featuring as Soloist in NSW Schools Spectacular 2006, 2007, 2009 & 2010 at Sydney Entertainment Centre. Melanie performed her original song ‘Life on the Land’ in the 2007 production and ‘Please Wait for Me’ in 2010. Melanie will once again perform as a featured Soloist in this year’s production of School Spectacular. Most recently Melanie was commissioned by the NSW Department of Education to write and perform the Theme Song for the 2011 ‘Creating the Future’ Campaign. This original song ‘The Power’s in our Hands’ was performed by school students all across NSW during Education Week. Melanie has also been honoured to perform her original songs at Sydney Opera House, Sydney Festival Hyde Park, Convention Centre & Star City and Country Music & Folk Festivals around Australia & New Zealand. Melanie has just returned from Los Angeles, California where she travelled with the Australian Institute of Performing Arts. Mel spent her time in LA songwriting, recording, networking and further developing her talent.
VINCENT REDAL
Vincent began playing both the Flamenco and electric guitar when he was thirteen, a love for both which he continues to enjoy to this day. Originally from Sydney Vincent started out with the original band Breakfast in Bed, doing the pubs & clubs as well as touring up and down the east coast of Australia. The next couple of decades saw Vincent play in a number of bands and working with different artists.
Vincent will be playing his Flamenco and steel string guitars, with a mixture of originals and traditional material that have influences from Flamenco, Blues, Celtic and Latin and songs.