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Marco Gliori is one of Australia’s premier performers of Bush Verse.
A full-time entertainer, his original and mostly humorous poetry and anecdotes, depicting contemporary Australia are delivered with a unique and distinct country flavour striking a chord with audiences of all ages, and from all walks of life.
Marco is highly regarded across Australia, having been awarded the Spirit of Waltzing Matilda Award by ABC National Radio, presented to him by the late great Slim Dusty, and in recent years was selected by The Australian Women’s Weekly as their modern day ‘Banjo Paterson’, a comparison that Marco immediately rejects.
And continue the tradition, he has. In his early days Marco toured with the Queensland and Victorian Arts Council’s Artist in Education Program for over a decade, connecting with the youth of Australia, face to face, celebrating this land and her characters, with an upbeat attitude, all the while building a fan-base amongst younger readers.
Those who have seen Marco presenting his after-dinner sports and corporate presentations, know there are many levels to his audience appeal. From the back bar of the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, to the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, his original poetry, comedy doggerel and yarns find themselves delivered on a diverse range of stages.
I spent the first part of the show watching some of the “hard heads” in the room. They were in stitches. Now I could relax and enjoy a fantastic showman and bush poet. I woke up on Thursday morning with sore sides (from laughing) and sore shoulders derived from pats on the back from people saying how refreshingly funny and entertaining you were. I would have no hesitation in recommending you to anyone running a conference, a sporting function, or simply as an after dinner speaker. (2011)
Stuart Stanton (Coaching and Development Officer NSWRL Academy)
In recent times Marco has hosted The prestigous AMIC Awards, performed at the Young Auctioneers Finals Dinner in Brisbane and was commissioned to write a poem for the 100 year anniversay of the Kidman Property 'Durham Downs', travelling west to present the poem and host the celebration dinner. In 2012 Marco will fly to Esperance WA where not only will he be after-dinner speaker for the SEPWA conference but will also be sponsored to visit district schools promoting the craft of Australian Poetry and Story-Telling.
Marco is host of The National Country Music Festival’s Bush Poets Program at Gympie, a member of the highly acclaimed Naked Poets Comedy Troupe, a popular performer and multi Award Winner at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and when he is not travelling lives on a picturesque Darling Downs Property with his wife Julie and their family.
'When the road is long and lonely and the sunset’s far-off gaze
Steers the weary workers home again, then I, like all the strays
Look out on the far horizon for the traveller’s next motel,
Some with carpet soft as Spinifex and flash pink doors as well;
Rated by the stars I find them, but the slickest I must tell
Is my swag beneath the heavens in The Million Star Motel.'