Musicians win regional awards
Two musicians from the Peninsula area have won in regional music awards held at Gosford Council's Hub youth enterntainment venue at Erina on Friday, December 14.
Alyxanthe Hull of Ettalong won a Music and Mentoring Master Class while Savillian (Matt Savelberg) of Woy Woy was awarded a guest performance on the Musicians Making a Difference Stage at the 2013 Big Day Out.
Kelly Griffith of Terrigal took out the top prize and received the Singer-Songwriter prize.
Her song Born to Die was also awarded ninth place in the Youth Category of this year's National Songwriting Awards.
Hub youth centre coordinator Mr Steve Knee said that this year's competition "Discovered" was one of the biggest yet with strong participation from both entrants and audiences.
"We were blown away by the number of talented entrants this year, proving once again the number of talented young musicians we have living on the Central Coast.
"Competition was fierce and the judges certainly had their work cut out for them selecting a winner.
"The continued success of the competition would not be possible without the support of the public who come to cheer on our local talent and the sponsors who work so hard to make Discovered the great competition that it is.
"Discovered has continued to go from strength to strength and we are looking forward to an even bigger and better competition in 2013," said Mr Knee.
Discovered offered young aspiring singer-songwriters and talented vocalists between the ages of 12 and 25 years the opportunity to share in $10,000 in prizes to help kick start their career.
Media release, 19 Dec 2012
Steve Knee, Gosford Council