Forget Christmas carols – the Kransky sisters are heading on tour this December, and they’re promising there’s no better way to celebrate the festive season.
According to Mourne, who performs in the trio with sisters Eve and Dawn, they started in music by listening to the radio, practicing songs in the lounge room in front of the fireplace.
“Eve was given a saw from our father when she was young – a musical saw. It was, of course, his carpenters saw before that,” she said.
“She started playing that, and I had an old guitar that was given to me by our neighbour, and I was playing that.
“Dawn studied at TAFE Toowoomba, and so she learned the tuba, and we learned the songs.”
After starting their career at the local RSL club in Esk, the Kransky sisters began touring, hitting big and small venues all over the country.
Mourne said that the three love nothing more than to perform, especially around the festive season, which sees them celebrate the holidays with new friends each year.
“It’s certainly an amazing thing, because now we get to, especially with our Christmas show, spend Christmas with hundreds and hundreds of people, which is so lovely,” she said.
This December, they’re bringing their brand-new Christmas show to Riverside Theatres.
“Our last show was ‘A Very Kransky Christmas’, and this one’s ‘A Cracker Kransky Christmas’, so it’s got new songs, and new stories in it of the latest things that have been happening to us of our travels on the road,” she said.
“We’re of course bringing our instruments, which are the toilet brush, the tambourine, the kitchen pot, the spatula, our biscuit tin, the tuba, the musical saw, the keyboard, and the guitar.”
Mourne said she’s most excited about the new setlist, which includes some of her own favourite songs.
“In this particular new show, we’re doing songs by AC/DC, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Tim Campbell, and even a few songs by Santa himself,” she said.
“I love the AC/DC songs, because they get you going!”
In the past, Mourne said she’s met all kinds of people at their shows, including a group of young people dressed up as
them, and a woman celebrating her 96th birthday.
Now, she can’t wait to meet everyone in Parramatta.
“We just love meeting the people in the towns, and we’re very much looking forward to coming to Parramatta to play there, it’s going to be wonderful,” she said.
If you can’t wait to get into the festive spirit, celebrate Christmas early with the Kransky sisters.
“It’s certainly a nice little party!” she said.
‘A Cracker Kransky Christmas’ will be on at Riverside Theatres on Saturday, December 16 at 2.30pm and 7pm. Tickets start at $52. For more information or to book, visit riversideparramatta.com.au.
Cassidy Pearce is Parra News' entertainment journalist and beauty columnist. She is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.