Country Music News - September/October 2004

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Danni Stefanetti Wins
The WA Young Performer Of The Year Award

September 3, 2004

Singer strikes a note at Burswood Theatre

A strong ambition to become the best female vocal guitarist in Australia helped young DANNI STEFANETTI of Sorrento to win the StarSearch WA Young Performer of the Year Award on Saturday 28^{th August at the Burswood
Theatre.}

With her “sensational” rendition of the well-known classic “Autumn Leaves”, she was voted the overall winner in Western Australia’s largest talent quest which has been staged over the past six years to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis WA.

Danni, who is only 14 years of age, won a trip for two to Melbourne and tickets to the musical The Producers, as well as a recording session of a demo CD of one of her original compositions. Other category winners in dance, vocal, instrumental and pop/rock bands also received recording sessions and portfolio photo-shoots.

She was the winner of the Vocal Solo Category, but the panel of judges voted her out of eight winners as the Overall Winner of the main award.

Danni was bewildered at hearing her name called out as the WA Young Performer of the Year and it took some time for her to realize that her dream of having one of her own compositions recorded was now a reality.

“I can’t believe it,” she said. “I want to have my own songs heard and it is so exciting to know that I can now record one professionally and with live musicians backing me.”

Danni’s recording session will be at Northbridge Sound Studios with John Villani producing it and she will be backed by Christian Dixneuf, who has been bass guitarist for many national and international artists, as well as Lee Bradshaw and Leia Corrie on keyboards.

Sonja Plummer of EXP Events Management will supervise the vocalising.

Danni has been writing songs since she began guitar lessons around age nine and has won many songwriting awards.

She recently returned as the only WA representative from the Tamworth Camerata - Youth Music School of Country Music where she had a wonderful opportunity of working with professional recording artists.

Her new triumph has given her greater confidence in her songwriting and performing.

Like last year’s Overall Winner, Daniel Hamill, who was a finalist on Pop Stars, she has a similar first name and the same driving ambition.

“I want to get on the Bert Newton show, if possible, when I am in Melbourne,” she said. “And maybe into the finals of Pop Stars too later!”

Over 750 entrants in Albany, Karratha, Port Hedland and Perth took part in StarSearch heats this year and 33 acts in dance, vocal, instrumental and pop/rock bands made up the program at the Burswood Theatre, performing for an enthusiastic and responsive audience.

“StarSearch is a wonderful opportunity for young performers seeking an opportunity to gain valuable stage experience and exposure,” said Alex Poor, Artistic & Production Director.

This unique event is designed to raise much-needed funds for Cystic Fibrosis WA to provide essential on-going services to the many people throughout Western Australia who are faced with the daily challenges of living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), the most-common, life-threatening recessive genetic condition within the Australian community.

One in 25 people carry the gene that causes CF and each year around 25 babies are born with CF.

StarSearch is sponsored by Community Newspapers, Burswood International Resort, Channel 7, GWN, Methodist Ladies’ College and Carine Senior High School.

Prizes sponsored by Harvey World Travel - Willetton & Leeming, Northbridge Sound Studios and Chris Huzzard Photography.

^{Applications are now available
for the 2005 Tamworth Camerata which will be held from
Saturday, 2nd July to Thursday, 7th July. Tamworth Camerata is open to
Performers and Musicians 18 years and under wishing to pursue a
career in the Country Music Industry. For further details please
contact the Tamworth Camerata office on 02 6765 4875.

^{For more information
please contact:

Cheryl Byrnes, Tamworth Camerata

Landline: 02 6765 4875

Mobile: 0428 413 809

www.thepub.com.au/camerata}}

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established in 1995 by a group of concerned individuals
who observed a great need for an association dedicated to
the developing and promoting of a rapidly growing segment
of the country music industry that until then had been
almost completely overlooked (country music performers who
were 17 and under). One of the many reasons YGCMA exist is
to promote country music and performers of country music
that have not yet reached the age of 18.

One of our goals is to get the young, serious
dedicated performers exposure that is needed, so that they
can start making an income as soon as possible in a career
that often cost more than it pays in the infant stage of
an artist career. Ask any parent of a minor pursuing a
career in country music, and they will tell you how true
this statement is.

Midwest Traditional
Country Music Star, Dustin Hunt, To Perform At The Ionia Country
Music Festival September, 18th.}

^{Dustin is A New Era Of Country Music, with
his voice, style and charisma, country is truely alive.
This talented young man from the Kansas City area will bring you an
evening of pure country entertainment and brings country back to life.
Dustin is one of Today's Best Traditional Country Artist. Don't Miss
this opportunity to see him perform one of the Best Country Music
Shows Around.

Dustin will also have available at this show his latest cd titled
"Reflections...Looking Back", which contains 12 of his self
penned songs. Which include some of his first recording, including
Pain and Memories which debuted on soundclick.com at #6 this past
month.}

^{Dustin has been credited as one of the best
international Hank Williams singers as well as holding his own style
with other artist songs as well as several of his own. This is A SHOW
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS! Be sure to be in attendance on Saturday,
September 18th to see this powerful show. If you would like more
information on Dustin Hunt, visit WWW.DH-MUSIC.COM.}

^{His father, Bill Hunt will be apart of this
show and is one of the best traditional country music artist that you
will ever hear. His smooth voice will take you back to the days when
one would hear Jim Reeves. He has passed all his talent on to his son,
when you hear Dustin, you will hear Bill, from Buck Owens to Johnny
Horton, THIS IS THE REAL THING, REAL COUNTRY.}

^{For booking information contact Dustin Hunt
at 913-306-3339 or E-Mail Billhunt@dh-music.com
. For festival information contact Curt Shoemaker at
785-786-3361.}

^{September 10, 2004

LISA O'KANE: "Peace
of Mind" (Raisin'Kane) Though promoted as some kind of
California cowgirl (she hails from rural Fish Camp, up near
Yosemite), O'Kane sounds more like a sophisticated chanteuse.
There's a banjo here, pedal steel there, harmonic phrasings on
"Long Gone" that would make Emmylou Harris twitter and
some Irish whistles at the end of this second, self-released album.
But the overriding listening experience is of O'Kane's sensitive
alto precisely illuminating the emotional specifics of literate love
ballads. You don't have to be a twanghead to like it.

-- Bob Strauss

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