They came, they played, they sang, they busked and they certainly entertained.
The Australian National Busking Championships, combined with the Cooma Regional Championships had the Cooma CBD humming with tunes on Saturday as a plethora of highly talented musicians of all ages played from 10am through until the final songs at 6.30pm.
With spectators wandering the streets and stopping to watch artists across 28 hot spot busking venues, and artists trying to impress the judges as well as busk for gratuities from the public, it proved to be another hugely successful event for Cooma.
With buskers automatically qualifying for the national finals if they had won a regional event, and final places up for grabs courtesy of the Cooma Regional Championships, artists pulled out all stops to impress.
In the end there can only be one winner in each category, with the National Finals awarded as follows.
Open Age Category
1st - The Inadequates
2nd - Jackson Xavier
3rd - Stitch
4th - Tash Eloise
5th - Drew Blundell
6th - Alex Eldred
7th - Alejandro Aguanta
Secondary Age Category
1st - Finnegan August
2nd - Todd Haywood
3rd - Kesha Oayda
4th - Hanna Dunn
5th - The Gray Sisters
6th Finley Geach
Primary Age Category
1st - Tulli Oayda
2nd - Annabelle van Wyk
3rd - Gemma Ellis
4th - Will & Annie
5th - Gryff
Peoples Choice
1st - Drew Blundell
2nd - Stephen O'Brien
3rd - Snowy Strings
See below a gallery of various artists from the day and finals. All photos Steve Cuff.
