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Boondooma Music and Heritage Association secretary Judy Brandt and president Buddy Thomson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 26, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a musician dared to sing American country music at the annual Spirit Of The Bush Balladeers Muster at Boondooma, they’d most likely be booed (politely) from the stage …<\/p>\n

The 17th annual muster, held at the historic Boondooma Homestead property, is all-Australian all the way.<\/p>\n

The music and bush poetry starts at 7:30am each day and continues non-stop until 9:30pm.<\/p>\n

And it all has to be fair dinkum, dinky-di and true blue.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes someone will try to slip in an American tune, but they find out very quickly that it’s not appreciated,” organiser Buddy Thomson told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Buddy is president of the Boondooma Music and Heritage Association Inc, which runs the muster with the help of a committee and about 50 volunteers who come from “all over” to help.<\/p>\n

He said caravans and campervans started arriving for the 2017 muster on Wednesday (April 19) and most were planning to stay until the Muster broke up on Anzac Day.<\/p>\n

“We do all our own catering and we have camp oven meals at night,” he said.<\/p>\n

Buddy believed there were at least 800 people at the muster, with vans parked right around the grounds and up the back of the block.<\/p>\n

There was also no shortage of musicians, with 53 official entrants and 10 “walk-ups” providing a full week of entertainment.<\/p>\n

Visitors to the muster had plenty of other attractions to discover as well, including displays of vintage tools and machinery, sulky rides, a canteen, and stalls sprinkled throughout the grounds of the historic property.<\/p>\n

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Musicians on stage stick to Aussie bush ballads … or else<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cr Kathy Duff officially opened the Muster on Saturday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pam and Chic Somerset, from Toowoomba, with Margery Grimes, centre, from Boondooma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gil Norris, from Wondai, and Ray Smoothy, from Elgin Vale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Keven and Val Doessel, from Bundaberg, and Col and Joy Wells, from Mundubbera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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