{"id":160365,"date":"2016-10-10T23:24:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T13:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=160365"},"modified":"2022-09-19T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T07:27:42","slug":"cherbourg-welcomes-top-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/10\/10\/cherbourg-welcomes-top-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherbourg Welcomes Top Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zona Hussey-Smith, from the South Burnett & Cherbourg On Show committee, with Ration Shed chairperson Aunty Sandra Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rabbitt family representative Annette Rabbitt with \u00a0Cherbourg Elder Aunty Ada Simpson who read out a family tribute to Angus Rabbitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 11, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg’s inaugural Yhurri Gurri festival was a key part of the South Burnett & Cherbourg On Show long weekend … and if the performers have their way, it won’t be the last!<\/p>\n

The music and arts festival – Yhurri Gurri means “welcome” in Wakka Wakka – was organised at the last moment by Cherbourg radio station Us Mob as a tribute to musician Angus Rabbitt who died earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Support came swiftly from the music community, with a string of top performers joining local acts on stage.<\/p>\n

Roger Knox, known as the Koori King of Country, performed his hits as well as a stirring version of Mac Silva’s “Malabar Mansion”.<\/p>\n

He also joined Mop and the Dropouts on stage for “Mother’s Eyes”, a song that Angus Rabbitt used to perform with the band.<\/p>\n

Roger added his own touch by singing a verse in Gamilaraay.<\/p>\n

Local performers Muddy Flats, Deadly Wayz, Steven Hart and Lillian Gray joined the line-up.<\/p>\n

Talented up-and-coming Moree musician Billy Pitt (William Craigie) also performed on stage.<\/p>\n

Heading the line-up was veteran performer Chad Morgan, who kept the audience laughing through his “silly” songs, but when he swapped his silly hat for a standard cowboy hat he kept his listeners spellbound with the “song that took him 50 years to write”, the “Ballad of Bill and Eva”, his Wakka Wakka and Kullilli ancestors.<\/p>\n

Out on the oval, the Wakka Gubbi dancers performed in the centre of a circle of onlookers.<\/p>\n

There were also art lessons for the children, and even a few mini boomerangs being tossed.<\/p>\n

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Cr Kathy Duff and mayor Keith Campbell with Chad Morgan, centre … Cr Duff was almost “out-pinked” by the Sheik of Scrubby Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chad Morgan sang some of his well-known joke songs before changing to a “serious” hat to perform the “Ballad Of Bill And Eva”, his song about his Kullilli and Wakka Wakka family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Wakka Gubbi dancers performed traditional dances at the beginning and end of the festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wakka Gubbi dancers doing the Yarraman (horse) dance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunty Grace Stanley, from Murgon, with grand-daughter Gracie Stanley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Artist Venus Rabbitt was running some art classes on the oval<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Andrew Beckett, from Bullroarer Studios, was handling the sound mixing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunty Lillian Gray enjoyed her turn on stage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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QUT students Aeysha Cowburn, Remi Kamo, Sam Fisher and Victoria Fleetwood were amongst a large group of uni students helping out on the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell, Aunty Sandra Morgan, Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff, Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien and Cherbourg mayor Arnold Murray … Cr Duff presented The Ration Shed Museum with a copy of the South Burnett World War I Honour Roll, “We Will Remember Them”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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