Where I grew up in the bush, a million years ago, bush bands didn't exist. We had regular dance bands - piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums, etc., but just one of each instrument, not a 'big band' sound. Anything that smacked of a "bush" sound was referred to very derogatively as hillbilly music; that included performers like Tex Morton, Smokey Dawson, Slim Dusty, etc., and anything with guitars and/or banjos in it.

Come to think of it their names don't sound Australian do they??!!!

The dances we did then were mostly couples dances such as waltz, Pride of Erin, gypsy tap, there were no set dances done. The Lancers and First Set (which I really like dancing now) had long gone from Tamworth when I was young and lovely.

Cheers

JennieG who is having breathing trouble with smoke from the fires and we are nowhere near them