Their quirkiness is their selling feature. That, and their punchy folk-pop style approach to music.

Speaking of Laura and Ryan Koch and their band, the . This is a 91原创 group that is one of 12 acts booked into a conference in the Cariboo next month.

Rural festival and art organizers from around the province come together for a four-day convention called . Each evening during the event, select performers 鈥� which this year includes the Kwerks 鈥� have a chance to impress the audience.

As Laura tells it, if they do a good job at that, they can hopefully secure some bookings for the next summer鈥檚 festival season and beyond.

Laura, the songwriter and leader of the Kwerks, said she鈥檚 anxious to get their faces, their voices, and their unique act out there for more people to see.

Now, as for her husband, Ryan, he鈥檚 the theatre buff and would be content to scrap the music and simply tour with a comedy routine.

But Laura said she isn鈥檛 interested in that idea, so he鈥檒l just have to be content doing it her way.

That why she鈥檚 glad their act was one of 12 picked from 160 applicants at this year鈥檚 Northern Exposure Showcase.

The Kwerks is a fairly new 鈥減roject,鈥� as Laura calls it, having only been in existence for two years.

And joking aside, the couple is happy with the 鈥渓oads of success鈥� they鈥檝e enjoyed thus far, pushing their music out to the public.

For instance, this summer they closed off the Canada 150 free concert series at the new outdoor amphitheatre at LEC, drawing what Laura called 鈥渁 huge crowd.鈥�

鈥淚t used to be really nerve-wracking to get up on stage and sing my own songs to people,鈥� said Laura. 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e having so much fun with it now. We can鈥檛 decide whether we like the music or the joking between songs better. We have a really fun time with the audience.鈥�

With only a small Lower Mainland contingent participating in the showcase, the Kwerks are the sole Fraser Valley act set to perform. The conference runs Oct. 12 to 15 in Wells and Barkerville.