Country music at Pearl Beach

An outdoor country music festival will be held in the Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach on Saturday, October 6.

The "Country Comes to Pearl Beach" Music Festival will be held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.

International country singer Frank Ifield will host the festival that will also feature The Bushwackers, an Australiana band.

Karen Lynne and Acoustic Shock Bluegrass Band and local performer and songwriter Krystel Keller will also feature.

Proceeds will go to Guide Dogs NSW/ACT to help train Guide Dogs and supply other vital services to the vision impaired community in NSW and the ACT.

Secretary of the Guide Dogs NSW/ACT Central Coast Support Group and organiser of the event, Ms Lynne Lillico, said that she encouraged everyone to come along and bring friends and a picnic rug.

"Consisting of over 40 members, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT's Central Coast Support Group have been voluntarily supporting Guide Dogs for over 25 years through fundraising raffles, shopping centre stalls, model dog collection boxes and other events.

"The Country Comes to Pearl Beach music festival is part of an ongoing events program for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, a non-profit organisation commemorating 50 years of service in 2007."

A raffle will be held on the day with a prize of two return tickets to Longreach, Queensland, along with accommodation and car rental.

Tickets to the festival, which is being held between 12pm and 4.30pm, are $33 for adults and $15 for children.

For more information, telephone 4344 2319.

Press release, 4 Sep 2007 Lynne Lillico, Country Comes to Pearl Beach