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MY
GRANDDAUGHTER:- (By Mrs. Morrison)
I WAS
VERY HAPPY TO SEE MY GRANDDAUGHTER, DENIESE, AND WAS PLEASED
THAT SHE HAD COME OUT TO SEE ME, ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS
COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK. SHE COULD HAVE STAYED IN TOWN, BUT I
COULDN'T GET IN TO SEE HER.
I WAS
VERY HAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT SHE DIDN'T STUTTER ANYMORE, AS
SHE USED TO DO. WHEN DENIESE AND HER FRIEND CAME HERE, THEY
SANG THE SONGS THAT I ASKED THEM TO SING, FOR BOTH MYSELF
AND THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS.
I LOVE
HER VERY MUCH, AS I USED TO LOOK AFTER HER OF A WEEKEND
WHILE LEN AND HEATHER WENT OUT. SHE USED TO HANG ROUND HER
GRANDFATHER LIKE A LITTLE DOG AND WOULD FOLLOW HIM UP AND
DOWN WHEN HE WAS PLOUGHING.
DENIESE
USED TO SING TO RAISE MONEY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS IN TAMWORTH
AND WAS NOTICED BY A FELLOW FROM MELBOURNE, WHO GOT HER TO
CUT HER FIRST RECORD - SHE HAS HAD AT LEAST SIX SINCE THEN.
SHE WAS IN UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME. DENIESE LEFT THE
UNIVERSITY AND COMMENCED TRAVELLING, TO DO SHOWS IN CLUBS
AND ALL SORTS OF PLACES, INCLUDING THE OPERA HOUSE. DENIESE
AND TWO OTHER FELLOWS PERFORMED AT ONE OF THE TURN OUTS THAT
MR. FRASER HAD, WHEN HE WAS PRIME MINISTER. SHE HAS BEEN IN
TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND HAS PERFORMED ON THE TOURIST
SHIPS. SHE HAS PERFORMED ALL OVER AUSTRALIA, HAS WORKED AS A
JOURNALIST AND ON RADIO.
I AM
PROUD TO SAY THAT SHE HAS WON THE BEST FEMALE PERFORMED AT
THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS FOR 1987. |
A
Grandma's Perspective
Wayne Horsburgh and I went to Moonbi
House Retirement Village to sing for Grandma and the other
residents during the Festival. Grandma wrote this for the
Village Newsletter. |
