In a series of free family concerts, ARIA and 21-time Golden Guitar winner, Sara Storer, together with her singer-songwriter brother Greg, will perform at the Inverell Town Hall on Sunday.
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Proudly supported by Arts North West, The Yulgilbar Foundation and the Saraton Theatre, the show will start at 6pm with a barbecue at interval.
The concept behind the concerts is simply to provide members of the local communities with an opportunity to enjoy a night off from the horrendous fires and drought conditions that people in Northern NSW have been coping and battling with for a long time.
Sara and Greg Storer have first-hand knowledge of the hardship suffered by regional communities having been raised on their family farm in the Mallee district of Victoria.
Greg is still a working farmer while Sara is well known for her award-winning songs about the challenges faced by farming and rural communities.
Many of Sara and Greg's songs are astute commentaries on the devastation that fires, floods and droughts can bring to working families.
"Greg and I are thrilled yet humbled to be invited to perform for families. It's rare that many hard-working people get an opportunity to simply get out and be distracted from their day-to-day routine that lately has seen them battling bushfires and praying for rain. We promise to sing as many fun and uplifting songs as we can."
Sara's latest album entitled Raindance, has garnered seven Golden Guitar nominations in the Australian Country Music Awards held in Tamworth in January 2020.
Chair of The Yulgilbar Foundation Samantha Baillieu, said: "The Yulgilbar Foundation have heard and witnessed the pressing demands and stresses of the drought and recent fires in NSW.
"We saw the need for some light relief and happily Sara and Greg Storer were available to help. We hope to achieve a night off for farmers, fire fighters and local communities to just be together in a fun environment."
The Yulgilbar Foundation's area of focus is rural, regional and remote Australia and more specifically on education, environment, capacity building and Alzheimer's research.
