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
Update 2023-10-29: Pictures.
Join us at the historic railroad station in Alapaha, Georgia, near Sheboggy Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River, the most upstream public landing on the WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail.
The Alapaha Station Celebration theme this year is “Alapaha Strong! On November 12 the celebration will deliver a parade and free entertainment.” Plus food vendors.
When: 9 AM, Saturday, November 12, 2022
Put In: Alapaha Station, 245 NE Railroad Street, Alapaha, Georgia 31622
GPS: 31.38103, -83.222412
![[2019 Alapaha Station Celebration]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-11-12--alapaha-station/20191109_091605.jpg)
2019 Alapaha Station Celebration
2019 was the last year the Alapaha Station Celebration was held, and WWALS was there for the sixth year running.
![[WWALS E.D. Gretchen Quarterman, Berrien County photographer Wenda Gaile Bailey, WWALS booth]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-11-09--alapaha-station-celebration/many.jpg)
WWALS E.D. Gretchen Quarterman, Berrien County photographer Wenda Gaile Bailey, WWALS booth
Yes, it’s back this year, at the historic railroad station in Alapaha, Georgia, near Sheboggy Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River, the most upstream public landing on the WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail. We will be back there. Stay tuned. WWALS at Alapaha Station Celebration 2022-11-12. Continue reading
![[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)