And, finally, the winner of Best Song from Inside the Suwannee River Basin for $50 and First Prize for $300: David Rodock, of Adel, Georgia, with Take Me to the Suwannee.
![[Take Me to the Suwannee --David Rodock]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--rodock/big/r1.jpg)
Take Me to the Suwannee –David Rodock
Here’s what he wrote about himself, Continue reading
Come to Valdosta Tree Fest and bid on the WWALS tree, which is decorated with seeds of native plants. Want to replant part of your lawn with native plants? Here’s a start. Or if you just want to start some potted plants.
That’s 10 AM to 5 PM, Saturday, December 3, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1702 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA 31601. There is no fee to get in.
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/508095037732873/
All proceeds go to WWALS, to support our advocacy and activities.
WWALS volunteers will be there to explain the tree and WWALS. Continue reading
The second headliner at the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2022 was Dirty Bird and the Flu, with a surprise guest appearance by Free Range Strange.
![[Rattle that Cage -Dirty Bird and the Flu]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--dirty-bird-flu/Rattle-that-Cage-Dirty-Bird-and-the-Flu.jpg)
Here’s a WWALS video playlist:
Videos: Dirty Bird and the Flu @ Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2022-08-20
https://wwals.net/pictures/songwriting2022
Thanks for playing, Flu!
And here are links to each video segment, mostly corresponding to songs: Continue reading
See Kyle “Bird” Chamberlain of Lake Park, Georgia, winning the Best Folk Song plaque for his song “Suwannee River and Me.”
I didn’t know there was a Hahira Veterans Day Parade.
Turns out that’s because there wasn’t one since the 1950s, until Friday. WWALS was invited to participate, so we did.
![[Hahira Veterans Day Parade, WWALS Booth, Inside]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-11-11--hahira-veterans-day-parade-pictures/many.jpg)
Hahira Veterans Day Parade, WWALS Booth, Inside
Among the many WWALS members who are veterans, Vanessa and Nick Kroening rode in the parade with their children Jonah and Primrose. Continue reading
Emmett Carlisle from Gainesville, Florida, won Best Song from Outside the Suwannee River Basin with Suwannee River Nights, at the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest. That came with $50 and a plaque.
![[Collage @ LCC 20 August 2022]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--songwriting-carlisle/many.jpg)
Suwannee River Nights by Emmett Carlisle @ LCC 20 August 2022
Thanks for playing, Emmett!
Continue readingMC Chuck Roberts introduced all three judges, and Kenji Bolden and Joe Smothers each played a song, at the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2022.
![[Judges Kenji Bolden and Joe Smothers @ Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, 20 August 2022]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--songwriting-judges/many.jpg)
Judges Kenji Bolden and Joe Smothers @ Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, 20 August 2022
Update 2022-11-13: Pictures: Hahira Veterans Day Parade 2022-11-11.
WWALS was invited to participate in the annual Hahira Veterans Day Parade. Some WWALS veterans will be in the parade; others are invited to help at the WWALS booth.
All WWALS members are also invited to help at the booth.
When: Gather 8 AM, launch 10 AM, end 11 AM, Friday, November 11, 2022
Put In: Downtown Hahira, between the Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, on the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Event: facebook,
![[WWALS at Hahira Veterans Day Parade]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-11-11--hahira-veterans-day-parade/many.jpg)
WWALS at Hahira Veterans Day Parade
Thanks, Sweet William Billy Ennis, for winning last year and returning this year to headline the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Kevin Stephenson of Valdosta, Georgia, won Best Country for his song, “It Don’t Get No Better Than This –The Alapaha,” 2022 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
![[Kevin Stephenson, It Don't Get No Better Than This]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--songwriting-stephenson/stephenson.jpg)
Kevin Stephenson, It Don’t Get No Better Than This
Thanks, Kevin! Here’s a WWALS video playlist: Continue reading
![[Festival, Tree, Ornaments]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-12-03--valdosta-tree-fest/many.jpg)
![[Suwannee River and Me --Kyle Chamberlain]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--chamberlain/Suwannee-River-and-Me-Kyle-Chamberlain.jpg)
![[Dying Man Blues --Sweet William Billy Ennis]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--billy-ennis-headliner-videos/MVI_2598-09-59-dying-man-blues.jpg)