At their annual general meeting in September, the club surprised Glenise Terry with a lifetime membership.
Mrs Terry said she moved to Gore to be closer to her family, without knowing many people, and it was a real estate agent who brought her along to the country club.
"[She] asked me if I liked music," Mrs Terry said.
"I said, yes, I like all music, and she took me into the Gore Country Music Club."
She said the lovely people of the club, took her and her husband Jack under their wing, including them in everything.
When the pair befriended Jim and Kath Mortimer, they all performed together as the Scratchin’ and Scrapin’ Band.
Now in her 80s, Mrs Terry said she was "lucky" she could still sing, warbling around the house as well as performing around Gore.
She was not always so confident in her voice, she said, it was Mrs Mortimer who would trick her in to singing on her own, to help build that confidence.
"We would sing together, but then all of a sudden she would stop singing and I’d have to carry on.
"Then I sort of got the bug."
Mrs Terry had grown up singing in the school choir, but that was different from getting up on stage and entertaining people.
She had improved over the years and the positive response from the local audience helped her to feel more assured.
Her two daughters also sang country and they used enter competitions with great success.
She remembers also singing with her daughter and granddaughter at a competition.
"I think we were the first three generations that ever sung at Gold Guitars one year," she said.
Country music club board member Philip Geary said Mrs Terry received the lifetime award for her long-standing service and contribution to the club.
It came as a warm surprise to Mrs Terry who continues to sing with the club, local venues and rest-homes.
"All ages get up and sing," she said.
"All different people ... and you learn your songs, you see, so hopefully I won’t get dementia."
