Slim Dusty and Joy McKean’s daughter Anne Kirkpatrick will be one of the highlights of the 20th anniversary Camooweal Drovers Festival next weekend.
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Anne, her son Jim Arneman and some of their musical friends are on the road for a special series of Family & Friends concerts and are coming out to the Drovers Camp for the Saturday evening show on August 27.
Anne first appeared on stage, aged 10 in her parents' Travelling Country Family Show and went on to forge her own long and successful solo career releasing 14 acclaimed albums, winning six CMAA Golden Guitars, several Mo Awards and an ARIA 'Country Album of the Year' Award for her 1991 'Out Of The Blue' album. Anne was also inducted into the 'Australasian Roll Of Renown' in 2010.
She will be performing together and separately with Jim Arneman over the evening with special renditions of some Slim Dusty and Joy McKean's classics.
Also on stage will be Slim's longtime record producer and TCB bandleader, the legendary Rod Coe on the double bass.
Opening the show will be the duo 'Indian Pacific' which features Jim Arneman together with talented young Victorian musician/singer Flora Smith.
The weekend festival all kicks off at 5pm on Friday, August 26 with the street parade and charity mail race as well as charity auctions and a sausage sizzle.
There will be a dance on Friday night at the Shire Hall with live entertainment from Bandana and John O’Dea.
The fun on Saturday kicks off early with bronco branding at the Drovers Camp from 8am as well as live country music and the Queensland and the Outback—Beryl Green Art Exhibition by Sue Robinson.
On Saturday afternoon there is a race meeting at Cronin Park before the big night concert.
On Sunday there is more bronco branding, a poets’ breakfast, church service, whip cracking competition, live music, displays and stalls and a memorabilia shed.
A day pass for Friday or Saturday is $15, the concert costs $40 and the weekend pass is $70.