An Outback One Night Stand

Local high school rock gods Clear As Mud are hoping for a crack at the One Night Stand line-up.

LONGREACH Leader duo Anthea Gleeson and Tuppy McIntosh are keen to see the Western Queensland entry into this year’s Triple J ‘One Night Stand’ competition blow the judges away.

The national competition organised by broadcaster Triple J, aims at getting acclaimed Australian musical acts off the beaten track and performing for free in a town with a population under 20,000 – places which never usually see top-end entertainers.

This year, internationally applauded trio The Living End will be concert headliners on April 12, alongside blues man Xavier Rudd, Aussie hip-hop posse The Herd and DJ Kid Kenobi.

The first stage of the competition requires enthusiastic backing by local Council, which has been granted.

“Now what we really need are people’s signatures on the petitions that are placed around the Central West,” Ms Gleeson said.

“Petitions can be found in Longreach at IGA, Yummm café, Merino Bakery, Golden Gate Café, Dot’s Central Café, the Shell petrol station, Palmers BP and IFS, as well as in high schools in Winton, Blackall and Barcaldine.
“So there are no excuses - the petitions are everywhere!”

Longreach High School students have also volunteered to collect signatures at the Jarrod Moore Memorial Sevens Carnival this weekend in Longreach.

“This competition would be an extraordinary event for the people of the region and a fantastic way to complement the Year Of The Outback,” Ms Gleeson said.

“It is a free event, all ages, alcohol-free gig that would suit a young family or the most hardcore rock god.”

Part of the competition requires a drawing or model of an amusement park ride that best illustrates the Central West or Longreach.

“We believe the necessary creative genius is located somewhere in the region’s high schools,” Ms McIntosh said.

“So we’re asking all the visual arts, engineering, graphic design students, or anyone, to put their thinking caps on and come up with a design that represents our part of the world.
“It can either be a drawing, a 3D model, a multi-dimensional design using a computer program or something we haven’t yet thought of.
“The design that gets chosen to form part of the entry into One Night Stand will receive a $100 cash prize.”

The search is also on for a local band to perform as a warm-up act.

Local musicians are encouraged to get together or register their interest with Tuppy or Anthea at The Longreach Leader for their chance to perform alongside The Living End and The Herd.

The only downside to this competition is that the entire entry, including signed petitions, an amusement park ride design and a local band’s demo, has to be in Sydney by March 3.

“We are on a very tight deadline, so we need everyone’s support now,” Ms Gleeson said.
Entries for both the amusement park ride and local band/musicians can be delivered to the Longreach Leader office anytime before Friday, February 24.