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25.01.2022 I will be at Stars in the Park at Bicentennial Park Tamworth from 7pm tomorrow (Monday)

24.01.2022 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw3Wea2uBH4

24.01.2022 Hey 5.30 this evening I will be at the Engine Room at the Locomotive Hotel. Wanita, Australia's Queen of Honkytonk and her Honky Tonk Bar Dwellers. Best gig happening in Tamworth tonight. See you there!!!! As always Love Wx

24.01.2022 Just had a hot chocolate a Sydney Airport. Feeling very excited

23.01.2022 Wednesday Evenings' Jam Session is by invitation only. See you at the Meet and Greet at Jakes at 3.00pm

23.01.2022 Gosh what a day yesterday was, so hot. I will fill you all in later but don't forget you can see me at Jakes at 3.00pm - 5.00pm for a Meet and Greet. Please remember tonight, even though it is listed in the gig guide. Is by invitation only. I would love to have you all there but the venue has limited seating, but please come and say hello at 3pm

23.01.2022 Well yesterday was great fun, I really enjoyed the show. Well done to the Kootingal Tennis Club supporting Westpac Helicopter Rescue with their fundraiser. A worthy cause and I was honoured to be asked to help out.

23.01.2022 Last Official Gig of Wanita and the Honky Tonk Bar Dwellers today at The Locomotive Hotel Engine Room 3.00pm - 6.00pm Today. We rocked yesterday and today we will rock louder. As always... Love Wx See more

22.01.2022 Don't forget I will be appearing at the Kootingal Tennis Club on Sunday for the Westpac Helicopter Rescue Fundraiser. Wx

22.01.2022 Hey guys, Check out this months Country Update magazine, and read about l'il ole me. Wx

22.01.2022 Som utlovat så kommer affischen/inbjudan till årets countryfest i Ingatorp ut här, flera dagar innan den når medlemmarna i SCC-Nytt. Även i år är det en exklusiv spelning samt ett härligt rockabillygäng som bokats. Wanita från Australien gör sin första och enda Europaspelning just i Ingatorp, och 10-årsjubilerande The High-Jacks står för rockabillysvänget. Notera också att medlemmar i Smålands Country Club har 50:- rabatt på inträdet. Så är ni inte medlemmar i föreningen ...innan så är det hög tid att bli det nu! As promised, the poster/invitation to this year's country music fest in Treviso out here, several days before it reaches the members of SCC-New. This year, it is an exclusive gig and a rockabilly gang that has been booked. Wanita from Australia makes its first and only European gig just in Treviso, and 10-årsjubilerande The High-Jacks stands for rockabilly friend get. Note also that members of Smålands Country Club has 50 discount on admission. So you are not members of the Association before so it is high time to get it right now! (Translated by Bing)

21.01.2022 Nästa helg är årets countryfest i småländska Ingatorp (ligger mellan Eksjö och Vimmerby). Vi får ett exklusivt europabesök med Wanita från Australien som kompas av Sthlm Honky Tonk Band med bl.a. musiker som varit/är i Rankarna eller lirat... Photo: Nästa helg är årets countryfest i småländska Ingatorp (ligger mellan Eksjö och Vimmerby). Vi får ett exklusivt europabesök med Wanita från Australien som kompas av Sthlm Honky Tonk Band med bl.a. musiker som varit/är i Rankarna e...ller lirat med t.ex. Red Jenkins. Som om inte det vore nog kommer Per-Erik Jonsson, Nina och de andra i High-Jacks också och ger oss en svängig country/rockabilly show. Allt detta + hamburgare och kaffe/kaka under kvällen för 250.- För de som är medlemmar i Smålands Country Club kostar det endast 200:- Notera dock att ni MÅSTE föranmäla er till detta. Helst senast denna söndag. En kanonkväll utlovas. See more

18.01.2022 Nearly time for Stars in the Park at Bicentennial Park Tamworth, if you do not catch me there, you can see me at the Meet and Greet at Jakes from 3.00pm to 5.00pm on Wednesday. Wednesday evening is by invitation only due to the limited space at the venue. Tuesday you can catch me at the Locomotive Hotel in the Engine Room from 5.00pm to 7.00pm. As Always Love Wx

16.01.2022 With the cooler weather and a nice day off to relax (haha) you can catch me and the band at The Locomotive Hotel at the Main Bar from 3pm - 6pm today

15.01.2022 From today's Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 16 Thursday, April 3, 2014 http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au ONE of the biggest hits from Wanitas latest album was the first...Continue reading

14.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Just a reminder you can catch me in my first show of the Country Music Festival tomorrow at the "Engine Room" at the Locomotive from 5.30pm until 8.30pm. Friday I will be at the "Arena" at the Imperial Hotel 3.00pm to 6.00pm... Hope to see you there. For a full gig guide scroll down or check the TCMF website. Love Wx

14.01.2022 What a gig, I cannot believe all you wonderful people sat there in the heat to listen to me. Tomorrow we will be at the same place and the same time. The Imperial Hotel in the Arena from 3.00pm to 6.00 pm. Can't wait to do it all again.....BUT BETTER!!!!

14.01.2022 Countdown begins, this time next week I will be on a plane bound for Sweden

14.01.2022 Well I am all packed and heading of to Sydney airport tomorrow. I am so excited, I haven't been to Sweden before even though I have all ways wanted to. I cannot believe I was invited to their club.

12.01.2022 If you see a flash of red today running around Tamworth, it is Wanita, Australia's Queen of Honkytonk. But I will see you at the Locomotive Hotel at 5.00pm to 7.00pm in the Engine room. Don't forget the Meet and Greet at Jakes at 3.00pm tomorrow (Wednesday). Gotta Go

12.01.2022 Today there is an article in my home town newspaper The Edenhope West Wimmera Newspaper and The Swan Hill Guardian on Friday. Grab yourself a copy.

10.01.2022 OK Guys and Girls, if you missed me tonight, or just want another taste of Wanita, Australia's Queen of Honkytonk and her Honky Tonk Bar Dwellers head on over to the Imperial Hotel in the Arena from 3.00pm to 6.00 pm and same bat place, at the same bat time on Sumday. See You All Then Love Wx

09.01.2022 Beloved friends, with a heavy heart I want to tell you all that this morning at Chicago Ohara airport, while I was on my way to retrieving my luggage, someone ...stole my beloved Mohan Veena (pictured to the left of me). Security cameras showed a man pick it up and walk out. I've had that Veena more than 20years. There's hardly been a day that I haven't played it. I feel as though I've lost a good friend. I need everyone's help to find it. If you know someone in Chicago, tell them about it. Maybe it will surface on Craigs list or E-bay. Maybe in a music store or Pawn shop. There's no missing it. The Veena is in a Black Fibreglass Case with lots of stickers. And the Veena has 20 Strings, 2 layers of strings running parallel. It has tuning heads right down the neck. No other instrument looks like this. I'm grateful for any help. thanks Harry See more

09.01.2022 Taking a break during the TSA Songwriters Awards, I didn't win a piece of paper, a little plaque or even the raffle. But I did meet a lot of new fans and made a lot of new friends. Thankyou everyone

09.01.2022 With permission from Country Update Magazine I have reproduced an excerpt from their article. Apart from the kind words about me, this a quality magazine and I couldnt put it down. I suggest you pick up a copy every time you see it. I ask my fans to like their Facebook page and to put their website on your favourites page. They will keep you up to date. Love Wx Theres some classy work from all involved but nothing overshadows the personality of Wanita herself.Her emoti...ve vocals cover a broad range and within a few songs can stretch from the coy and sultry through teasing and taunting and even veering into vicious and vengeful, all in all she manages to unleash a veritable kaleidoscope of emotions whilst keeping you stepping around the sawdust covered dance floor. Here are their links https://www.facebook.com/pages/Country-Update-Magazine/173867559305159?fref=ts and www.countryupdate.com GET LIKING THEM FOLKS!!!

08.01.2022 Hey check out this page on the ABC the last picture is of me http://www.abc.net.au//2014-tamworth-country-music/5219058

08.01.2022 Hey Everybody this is the interview I gave for the Swedish magazine before my gig there. Wanita to the Country party! Wow, also this year we get a foreign act o...n our party in Ingatorps bygdegård. This year it is none other than WANITA Australias Honky Tonk Queen, who visits us. This will be her first and only gig in Europe and of course her only gig in Sweden! You can read the invite at the last page on this magazine. Now, let us present Wanita. Wanita grew up under simple circumstances in the little town of Penola in southern Australia. The town has about 1.000 residents and lies about 40 miles south east of Adelaide, in one of Australias better known wine districts. She grew up in a small house next to the Murray river together with her brothers and sisters. (sic) Wanita tells us that her musical interest started at an early age: My musical interest was awakened when I was about four years old. Every day before I went to pre-school I played records, it became a ritual that I followed all through my studies. I noticed how every song was like a fairy tale, began to memorize the lyrics and thus was my love for country music born. What did you listen to? What influenced you? Just about anyone whos authentic and has an original style, no matter if its country, blues, jazz or rocknroll. Im thinking of artists like Patsy Cline, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams and George Jones. I got my first guitar when I was 13 and learned to play it the same day. One year later we moved from Edenhope Victoria to Swan Hill, and it was there my musical career began. In less than two years I had won over 30 talent contests around the Victoria region. It led to professional work and that I got to open for and/or perform with other local artists. 1988 Wanita visited the Tamworth Country Music Festival, which is one of Australias biggest country festivals (she appeared there this year in January). Its nowadays a 10-day long festival with over 800 artists. She got to perform there that very first year and she says: It was there that I learned how important it is to be professional if you want to succeed in this business. You gotta work hard to make it. The next couple of years Wanita toured around Australia learning more and more about performing. Ten years later she had a repertoire of over 1.000 songs, and through her experience she was also asked to judge talent contests (while also participating in and winning some on her own). She made her album debut in 2001 with Swingin Rockin Honky Tonkin and ten years later came her follow-up Wanita & Her Honky Tonk Dwellers Live. Wanitas big breakthrough came last year when she released her third record The Original Wanita. A 13-song CD with many autobiographical songs such as A Letter to Mom and Too Country for Country. The record got lots of praise, both in her native country and abroad. It was mentioned as CD of the month in British Country Music People, and some of their writers also had her on their best of the year-list when 2013 was summarized. And lets not forget that we at SCC-Nytt also hailed the record with Lars Thell giving it the highest grade and stating it as among the best music Ive heard this year. When we asked Wanita what shes most proud of she says: Im most proud of being called one of the best in country music here at home in Australia. Are there any certain highlights in your career this far? That was an easy one! Getting to come to Sweden. I would never thought that Smålands Country Club would welcome Australias Queen of Honky Tonk to play for them. Sweden is a country Im always admired, especially for its nature. Its so different from Australia, and I cant wait to see it with my own eyes. When we ask her what we are to expect from her first performance in Europe at Ingatorp in April she states: You are to expect the unexpected and bring your dancing shoes! I guarantee that youll get a real good presentation of Australian country music at its very best. Swedish music is often played in Australia, not necessarily country, but I feel that our countries share an appreciation for good music. Im really looking forward to visiting your beautiful country and to perform for you. I cant wait to meet you! Kisses from WANITA! Wanita will be backed by Sthlm Honky Tonk Band, that consists of very well known pickers: * Floda Lomaeus bass (Alf Robertson, Rankarna among others) * Hessy Eriksson drums (Western Satellites, Barfly among others) * Mats Rosén steel (Rankarna, Lonnie & the Lonesome Riders among others) * Bosse Nilsson fiddle (Red Jenkins, Svengmans Collage among others) * Rolf Wetterskog guitar (Tennessee Five among others) See more

07.01.2022 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv7wWl7htxs Courtesy of Jørgen Petersen

04.01.2022 Wanita & The Honky Tonk Bar Dwellers with Mark Thomas/Steel Guitar - Slim de Ville/Guitar - Eddie Fisher/Drums - Chris Ellis/Bass - Jason Tyler/Keyboard - Gordon Sheard/Guitar - Locomotive Hotel, Tamworth Country Music Festival - Friday 24. Jan. 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPu7SYGETuM

01.01.2022 Hey Guys and Gals. Last night was FAN TAS TIC. So don't forget to head on over to the Imperial Hotel in the Arena from 3.00pm to 6.00 pm. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE... Love Wx