Festival Fun

<p>Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.</p><p><br></p><p>Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle's sheep station Overflow Station.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(71 71 71 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In 'Festival Fun' the mayor of Chance the ubiquitous Mel Bell decides that this small town on the bank of the Darling needs a cultural event. To 'liven up' the town. The townsfolk decide to have a music festival Miss Aphrodite organises the school kids to perform and the whole population of the Overflow gets involved. There is a lot of singing and practising on new instruments - some like the lagerphone - created in Dad's shed. The music leans towards country but with a good smattering of corny old ballads.</span></p><p><br></p><p>At the conclusion of this book there is an Outback Facts section which the Australian country music scene there some poems about ukeleles and the all-important Outback Jokes section.</p><p><br></p><p>These chapter books were developed for 7-10-year-old independent readers who are starting on their first chapter books. They are high interest easy language level. </p>