The Parkes Country Music Association (CMA) will stage its monthly roundup at the Parkes Services Club this Sunday.
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Craig Manderson of Dubbo will be the guest artist.
Commencing at 1pm, the muster will be open to any performers of any musical persuasion to come along and take part.
The many regular participants are also expected to be in attendance.
CMA members and friends will enjoy the comfortable surrounds of the Starlight Lounge and the social aspect, dance floor and musical entertainment provided.
New members are welcome to join the Association and become part of a very industrious country music club.
Craig Manderson has led the Orana CMA in Dubbo for the past few years and is passionate about his country music.
He sings some of the most enjoyable country cover songs and has been a frequent visitor to Parkes to perform.
However, he has not visited here in recent times.
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There certainly has been plenty of activity undertaken by the Parkes club in the past three to four weeks.
There have been two inter-club meetings involving the South Coast CMA here in Parkes and the Dubbo Orana CMA, combined with a walk-up muster in Peak Hill; and now, this July muster.
In August there will be a Festival Fundraising Concert and a regular monthly Muster, then another muster in September.
All this is a lead up to the annual Festival over the October long weekend.
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The muster in Peak Hill saw a large crowd in the auditorium of the local Services Club and some 28 individuals take part in the musical side of the day.
They came from Wellington, Narromine, Parkes, Cowra, Forbes, Molong, Lyndhurst and Peak Hill.
A contingent of the Dubbo based Orana CMA took part along side Parkes CMA members. It will be their turn to host the next such function, at the same venue, some months into the future.
Rather disappointingly there were no performers from Peak Hill who took the opportunity to be involved - apart from the Parkes CMA President, Robert Charlton and his three children who have been domiciled in the town for some time.
The muster was a most enjoyable and successful outing for the CMA and its members who took part.
It was the first of what could become a regular muster in Peak Hill dependent on local support and availability of a date on an already crowded annual country music calendar.
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August 15 will see the first activity towards the annual festival when a Fundraising Concert will take place at the Parkes Services Club.
Selected artists and musicians will take part, their time and talents given freely to support fundraising for the Festival Talent Quest.
Enquiries about the July muster or any of the functions mentioned can be directed to the CMA by ‘phoning the Secretary on 6862 1471 or the publicity officer on 6862 3593.
