On Sunday, 29th September, The Entrance came alive with the vibrant sounds of the Australian National Busking Championships (ANBC) Central Coast heat. Memorial Park and its surrounds, including the Boardwalk, Plaza, Marine Parade, and Fairground, were filled with the talents of local buskers, while families enjoyed the popular Pelican Express little blue train rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Memorial Park stage hosted the finale concert of the buskers that had been selected during their morning performances by the judges and the audiences to be finalist for the prize giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people who were new to the event stayed for the concert of the finalist performers to see if the busker they voted for with busking tokens they purchased from the Rotarians won the \u2018People\u2019s Choice\u2019 Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c It was a great day with heaps of local talent and the finale concert was where all the performers stepped up their performances for a great show\u201d <\/em>said a Rotary Club spokesperson, \u201c the People\u2019s Choice is my favourite award because people are voting for their favourite performer and supporting local charity Central Coast Kids in Need by buying the fundraising tokens to vote<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The National Champions, and the winners of our inaugural event, The James Brothers were joined by Rhia Norcott, DJ with Coast FM, and Allan Spencer the founder of the Australian National Busking Championships to undertake the formal judging for the three other categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each category winner, including the People\u2019s Choice automatically gains an invitation to compete at the National Finals in Cooma on Saturday 30th<\/sup> November for the opportunity to become this year\u2019s National Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adult Winner<\/strong>– Coral Renee <\/em> \u2013 a previous participant with us last year \u2013 website is www.coralrenee.com<\/a> <\/em>and socials are instagram.com\/coralrenee<\/a> and facebook.com\/coralrenee .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adult runner up<\/strong> \u2013 Denim Duo<\/em> \u2013 Mitchi Renegen and Megan Jane, who also placed second in the People\u2019s Choice #denimduo<\/strong> for social media rather than having a dedicated page to direct people to both our individual pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mitchi Renegen www.facebook.com\/buskerman<\/a> www.instagram.com\/mitchi.renegen<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meagan Jane www.facebook.com\/meaganjanemusic\/<\/a> and www.instagram.com\/meaganjanemusic\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 \u2013 17 years Winner<\/strong> \u2013 Maverick Leslie- fitch<\/em> Maverick Leslie-Fitch – YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Runner u<\/strong>p – Layla Forsythe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n U12 \u2013<\/strong> Winner<\/strong> Belle Norman – <\/em>https:\/\/spotify.link\/aDDXYCYngDb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n People\u2019s Choice Winner \u2013 <\/strong>Maverick Leslie-Fitch: <\/em>Maverick Leslie-Fitch – YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Runner up<\/strong> – Kassidy Lalor: <\/em>Kassidy Lalor (@kassidylalor_) \u2022 Instagram photos and videos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The event was supported by a CC Council grant for event infrastructure, Bendigo Bank community Banks Central coast, sponsored the prizes, along with Simply stunning Syles and Kuoch Chemist. Coast FM, Gosford Signs, Kwik Kopy Gosford, and BAX Audio were partners for the event on the day, including promotion and a live broadcast from the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Allan Spencer filmed and loaded up quite a few of the busking and final concert performances to the ANBC YouTube, so you can google if you\u2019re interested to view or revisit their music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, 29th September, The Entrance came alive with the vibrant sounds of the Australian National Busking Championships (ANBC) Central Coast heat. Memorial Park and its surrounds, including the Boardwalk,…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/Winner-group-shot.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastover55\/feed\/podcast\/coffee-with-a-coastie","embedCode":"2024 Australian National Busking Championships Central Coast Showcases Local Talent<\/a><\/blockquote>