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AWARDS AND REVIEWS. Laurie won the “Reciter of the Year” award for 2007 at the National Folk Festival held in Canberra over the Easter weekend. The trophy is awarded for the best performance of a poem over the first three of four poets' breakfasts during the weekend. Laurie’s winning entry was selected from about 85 performances which included a wonderful array of poetry. He performed all original poems, including, “Wind in my Hair”, contrasting the fabulous old model cars with the ‘wussy’ latest models; “The Legend of Merkyl Crud”, a yarn about a modern day hero of the sea who ‘won’ the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and ; “The North Wind”,  a moving piece about dealing with grief by getting away from it all to Uluru and the Red Centre. Laurie's brother Ken, a Brisbane singer/songwriter, put a musical underlay behind 'The North Wind'  and this has frequently been played on "Australia all Over", the Sunday morning ABC program. This was in Macca's Top Ten for 2006.