The country music singers who played the Wytaliba Community Hall on Sunday are still going “wow” at the whole atmosphere there.
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The singer, Claire Anne Taylor, one of the two acts in the Small Halls Tour which played the venue, said: “It felt more like we were there in a party but that’s what made it so great”.
The hall is remote, in a dispersed but tight community in deep forest. Two acts played there on Sunday night as part of the Australian Festival of Small Halls, the 20th of 20 gigs in a tour stretching from Tasmania up to northern New South Wales, always in small and often remote venues.
“That’s what made it so special”, said the Australian artiste. “It was the last show of the tour and having it in such a really intimate place was special.”
She said the atmosphere was very different from usual concerts, with people gathered around the fire outside and kids playing on swings.
The producer of the show, Eleanor Rigden told The Examiner the response of a full house of about 100 people was “ecstatic”.
“We’ve never done anything that remote. We’ve played in remote towns but they’ve always been towns. Last night, there was no phone reception and barely a proper road.”
One member of the audience said it built into a crescendo. The hall is not large – between 50 and 100 people – but it was full. And the area is diffuse with homes dotted through forest, but it is a tight community which turned out in force.