Swingin' Utes Festival (July 2013)

Back in July 2013, Buchanan Park (aka The Rodeo Grounds) was swingin', with the likes of Australian Country Music artist Troy Cassar-Daley and the Queensland Youth Orchestra Big Band. 

The Swingin' Utes Festival is a collaboration between the Queensland Music Festival and James Morrison, Australia's renowned Brass musician.  The festival itself travelled around Queensland and was a free event.

For some weeks prior to the event, around 200 young children would practise a few songs  in their own school choir - to perform on the night.  Each school Choir performed a couple of songs and then the big finale was all 200 children being ushered through the Rodeo shutes to stand shoulder to shoulder to perform a song written specifically to celebrate Mount Isa's 90th Birthday this year.  There is a small movie at the end of the blog for you to hear just how fantastic they all were.  I was one of the very proud mums sitting right up the front watching!!

It was a full day of activity for the young ones and they all did a fantastic job. 

The Stages are all set

Release the children for the practise run

Standing shoulder to shoulder

Troy, James and the Queensland Youth Orchestra entertaining the crowd

James Morrison - Brass Instrument Officiando 

Troy Cassar-Daley swapping his country boots for his swing suit

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