We’ve got a fantastic gig coming up at Melross Farm in Kangaroo Valley– check it out!
http://melrossfarm.com.au/barn-dance-at-melross#barn-dance
Community Dance @ Melross Farm, Kangaroo Valley
Honkytonk Team Building @ Pinnacle Events
We’re excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Pinnacle Events who to launch “Honky Tonk”! Pinnacle are one of the leading staff engagements & team building businesses in Sydney and provide a fantastic array of activities for bringing people together and Honky Tonk is hot of the press for anyone looking for something unique and different for their staff conferences or celebrations!
“An evening event that is sure to get the party started. Honkey Tonk presents a post dinner band formed to host corporate functions and get delegates on the dance floor. The band specialise in Country and Western whole group dances bringing to life Barn, Line, Square and Bush Dancing. The band has an extensive repertoire of Iconic Australian and Americana music performed with musicians of the highest quality and professionalism to deliver a night that your staff or guests will be talking about for years to come.”
Check it out at https://www.pinnacleteamevents.com.au/honkey-tonk.html
Themed Staff End of Year Christmas Parties
Looking for something different for this years staff or office Christmas End of Year Staff Party?
It’s time for you to dust off your boots and kick up your heels for a hoedown!
It’s cowboys & cowgirls, spit roasts, a mechanical bull and a country band who will keep everyone on the dance floor all night with called barn, bush and line dances as well as a whole lot of other toe-tapping music.
Swamp Dawkins will get everyone away from the bar and onto the dance floor- caught in the moment- swinging and sliding, twisting and twirling the night away for an amazing night to remember.
Here are just some of our amazing references!
“The band were amazing!”… “A fabulous night”… “Truly a night to remember”… “The guests raved about you!”… “Professional all the way”… “A sensational night”…”So easy to deal with”… “A huge success”… “You and your team were a delight to work with!”… “Professional and relaxed”… “Created a great atmosphere”… “Our company had a blast!”… “Extremely memorable”… “Outstanding”… “Thank you to Swamp Dawkins for making the evening a huge success!”… “The band worked brilliantly!”… “A night to never forget!”… “The fabulous Swamp Dawkins Band were exceptional!”… “The best finale dinner of the conference ever!”… “Phenomenal!”… “A highly professional line up of musicians with a keen interest in meeting their clients’ expectations and enhancing any occasion.”… “These guys are truly great!”… “Everybody was dancing all night”… “Terrific performance!”… “The atmosphere the band created was excellent”… “Couldn’t have asked for a better night!”… “The dance floor was packed!”… “I would highly recommend Swamp Dawkins to anyone!”
And yes- these are just some of the references we’ve had from corporates clients, event organisers & private clients for their staff parties, client events, milestone birthdays, weddings, community events and the list goes on.
So Dust off your Boots— and have a hoedown this year!
Bush Dances | Barn Dances | Hoedowns | Americana | Iconic Australian
Corporate Entertainment | Weddings | Private Parties | Crowd Activation | Festivals | Community Events
Corporate Clients
We’ve been doing an increasing amount of events for Corporate Clients– conferences, staff parties, weekends away. All of them fantastic nights that get people involved, up from their tables, away from the bar, and onto the dance floor. Here’s a list of just some of the corporate clients we’ve entertained:
Atlassian (Staff event)- Coburns Distillery (Opening event)
- Retail Apparel Group (Christmas Party)
- Phil Gilbert Motors (Christmas Party)
- Sportsnet Holidays (Bathurst Races & NRL Grand Final VIP groups)
- Penrith City Council (Australia Day Event)
- Beyond Events (Corporate Conference)
- Dungog Film Festival (Film Festival Entertainment)
- Commonwealth Bank (Staff Event)
- Amway Latin America (Sales Conference)
- OnStage Entertainment (Corporate Entertainment)
- The Goring Hotel (Client Entertainment/ Product Launch)
- Twenty3 Group (Stadium Australia Crowd Activation)
- Bob Wood Cruise Group (Cruise Ship On-Board Entertainment)
- Professional Housekeepers Association (NSW) (Annual Dinner)
- SureSearch (Corporate Weekend)
- Fairmont Resort (Corporate Conference)
- Eleanora Heights Golf Club (Summer Event)
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals/ iNova (Corporate Conference)
- PLC (Anniversary Celebrations)
- Wesley College (O-Week Program)
- Pymble Golf Club (Summer Entertainment Program)
- NSW Child Care Co-operative (Annual Conference)
- UTS Insearch (Student Event)
- Buick Car Club of Australia (Annual Rally)
- Broken Bay Diocese (End of Year Staff Event)
- Hartmann Medical (Corporate conference)
- Abbott Diagnostics (Corporate conference)
- G1 Productions (Event planner/ Corporate EOY Party)
Pymble Golf Club
Thanks to Pymble Golf Club who’ve been hosting us the last Friday of each month over Summer as part of their twilight golf/BBQ evenings for members and their guests. A fantastic setting to relax at the end of the week…
On the Radio again!
Thanks to 2BS Bathurst for taking the time to interview me to talk about our upcoming gig at the O’Connell Pub! We can’t wait to get back to O’Connell again– we played there last year for their 150th Anniversary and it was a cracking night— looking forward to another one like it! Thanks to Michelle from the pub for inviting us back! And thanks to 2BS for supporting the event and especially for playing my song on your show!
CCCC NSW Conference at Glenworth Valley
We play for a many difference groups in many different settings– indoors, outdoors, barns, boats, bars and everything in between. But last Saturday was close to unbeatable as far as a serene setting goes with a wonderful group of people to match.
Community Child Care Co-operative of NSW invited us to play at their “Ignite” conference. Set in beautiful Glenwoth Valley (Horse Riding) centre, the program was aimed at introducing outdoor elements to child care programs and we were invited to entertain everyone on Saturday night and to get everyone who came– from NZ and up North- Nelson Bay- to the South Coast and Central West of NSW mixing with each other.
The setting of the open paddock, bonfire, tents, and mountains around the base of the valley was a perfect backdrop for us to play and everyone had a fantastic night.
Thanks to CCCC NSW for inviting us to play– it was a very memorable night!
At the Menzies Hotel with the Professional Housekeepers Association
Many thanks to the Professional Housekeepers Association for having us along to your Hoedown night at the Menzies Hotel! We had a ball– you’re a fantastic crowd and it was a pleasure being part of your night! For anyone out there looking for the way to do a themed Hoedown night for your company or organisation– this was how to do it! Everyone was dressed for the part and the dance floor was jam packed all night. A great way to celebrate an end of financial year, Christmas, or any other occasion.
A night by the Harbour Bridge on the MSC Orchestra Cruise Ship
A memorable night aboard the MSC Orchestra playing to their passengers and guests to celebrate St Patrick’s Day and welcome everyone to beautiful Sydney.
Our brief was Australian music with a special request for “I still call Australia Home” and something worthy of St Patrick’s Day celebrations – many of the passengers were from Europe and wanted a taste of Australia, and the rest of the passengers were Australian and were in the mood for a taste of home.
We took a musical trip through Australian music – the Easybeats from the 60’s, AC/DC from the 70’s, Men at Work from the 80’s, Paul Kelly and INXS from the 90’s (give or take a few decades in that list!) and slipped in some bushdancing in the middle with an Irish jig to keep St Patrick smiling.
It’s proving to be a great formula – mixing well known songs done in our own Swampy style with bush, barn and square dancing to get everyone involved. When people book Swamp Dawkins for their events they have an idea or a theme in mind, but the key aim of the event is getting people on the dance floor and enjoying the party – that’s what we do!
Thanks to all the passengers and crew from the MSC Orchestra for having us look after you and welcome you to Sydney! Check out our photos in our gallery or on Facebook.
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Phil Gilbert Motor Group Corporate Hoedown
We had a lot of fun with the cowboys and cowgirls at Phil Gilbert Motor Group for their end-of-year hoedown! Many thanks to Simone for inviting us to celebrate with your team – you organised a fantastic night and it was pleasure playing for you, meeting your team, and helping you all dance the night away!
Great also to meet up again with John ‘The Bullman’ running the mechanical bull. We’ve done a few functions where John has run the ring and it’s always a lot of fun. If you’re looking for a mechanical bull for your next event check out John The Bullman!
The party was at Dooley’s Catholic Club at Lidcombe and was a great venue for a hoedown in the function room upstairs. The room was dressed with red, black and white cow-print themed balloons and the tables were strewn with red and white tablecloths with cowboys and horses – great theming Simone!
We really enjoyed meeting the team at Phil Gilbert – everyone was so friendly and just a pleasure to be around. Big thanks to Drew for the video footage as well.
Thanks again for having us play and we look forward to another hoedown down the track! Check out our photos in our gallery or on the Swamp Dawkins Facebook page.
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