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\"Terry<\/a>
Festival organiser Terry Mackrell, from the South Burnett Gas Guzzlers, with an immaculately restored Chevy pickup, one of more than a dozen vehicles he brought along to the Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Thea<\/a>
Thea Applebee, from Nanango, with her dad Glen’s 1965 Chevy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 20, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second annual Waterhole Rocks festival drew an enthusiastic group of rock’n’roll fans to Nanango Showgrounds at the weekend.<\/p>\n

They had come to enjoy dancing, music, classic cars and 1950s memorabilia, and the Festival organisers didn’t let them down.<\/p>\n

The dance floor was packed on Friday and Saturday nights; many visitors also also took up the opportunity of free rock’n’roll dance lessons throughout the three-day festival to ensure they had the all the right moves down pat.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, there were driving games on the Showgrounds’ main arena to watch as well as a wide range of classic vehicles on display.<\/p>\n

Many of these were supplied by the South Burnett Gas Guzzlers, which also stages its own successful “Raising Hell” car show in Maidenwell each July.<\/p>\n

A number of guests also took the opportunity of inexpensive camping at the Showgrounds to make a full weekend of it, arriving late Friday afternoon and departing late on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Nanango Show Society president Les Schloss and co-organiser Terry Mackrell said they felt the attendance was about the about the same as last year.<\/p>\n

“Everyone has told us this Festival has a really great atmosphere so we’ll be pressing on with it in 2014,” Les said.<\/p>\n

He said everyone involved was taking a long-term view of the event.<\/p>\n

The Nanango Country Music Muster started with an audience of 500 in 2002 and now attracts more than 3500 people every year.<\/p>\n

“It takes awhile for events to find their feet. But we’ve had a very positive outcome this year and that’s given us encouragement for the future,” Les said.<\/p>\n

\"Waterhole<\/a>
Rock’n’roll dancing and 50s\/60s music were another major theme of the Festival and the dance floor was rarely empty; when bands weren’t playing, guests took free dance lessons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"John<\/a>
John and Judy Baker travelled from Ferny Grove to operate a memorabilia stand at the Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jessica<\/a>
Jessica Wicks, Marilyn Newton and Danielle Turmaine were kept busy helping out at the bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wayne<\/a>
There were lots of rarely seen cars on display, such as this 1939 Willy’s hotrod … owner Wayne Streeting, from Kingaroy, said he’d spent about $35,000 in parts for it but all the hours was purely a ‘labour of love’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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