At the 2018 Skillet Festival in Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, the froggy toss game was quite popular.
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WWALS at Hahira Honeybee Festival 2019-10-04-05
Join us at the 38th Annual Hahira Honeybee Festival, at the WWALS booth about water quality testing, water trails, paddle outings, holding polluters accountable, all to make sure that water in our area is swimmable, fishable, drinkable. Come help us spread the water word.
When:
10AM-6PM, Friday, October 4, 2019
9AM-6PM, Saturday, October 5, 2019
Where: West Main Street, Hahira, Georgia
Theme: “Teachers, changing our world one child at a time!”
Volunteer: You can help at the WWALS booth. Sign up on this form or send us email.
Event: facebook
Photo: John S. Quarterman, of Gretchen Quarterman making rain on the Enviroscape for a family, Honeybee 2018.
Thanks for the donation of the EnviroScape,
Savannah Barry
and Nature Coast Biological Station.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
WWALS booth at Berrien County Harvest Festival 2019-09-28
The third year we’ll be there, and the tenth year of the festival, in downtown Nashville, Georgia, between the Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers. Yes, we will be raffling a kayak, and talking about outings and advocacy, plus water trails, including the Alapaha River Water Trail and the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Plus volunteer opportunities, and we are seeking interns!
Gretchen Quarterman observes, last year, 2018.
When: 9AM to 3PM, Saturday, September 28, 2019
Where: Downtown Square and Farmer’s Market, 101 North Davis Street, Nashville GA 31639
Event: facebook
Come on down to Nashville, Georgia!
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
WWALS at South Georgia Pride Saturday 2019-09-21
Come on down to the South Georgia Pride Festival in Saunders Park in Valdosta this Saturday. At the WWALS booth you can play the froggy toss game and talk about our outings and advocacy, including how you can volunteer to help keep our waters clean!
When: Noon-5PM, Saturday, September 21, 2019
Where: John W. Saunders Park, 1151 River Street, Valdosta, Georgia
Event: facebook
![[Froggy Toss]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2018-09-15--soga-pride/20180915_132415.jpg)
Maybe we’ll do water quality tests on Sugar Creek. Continue reading
Pictures: WWALS at South Georgia Pride 2018-09-15
It was a fun time last year at South Georgia Pride. Join us at Saunders Park again this Saturday!
![[Gretchen at the booth]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2018-09-15--soga-pride/20180915_132408.jpg)
Maybe Barber Spring will be running. Maybe we’ll do water quality tests on Sugar Creek. Continue reading
Winners: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
Valdosta, Georgia, August 25, 2019 — Everybody had a good time before plaques were awarded for Best in each Genre, from Folk to Funk, at the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, before two finalists won the money prizes, at the Salty Snapper in Valdosta, Saturday afternoon.
Jay Jourden of Ponte Vedra, Florida, swept the awards, winning Best Newgrass Bluegrass, and $50 for Best Song from Outside the Suwannee River Basin, and the $300 First Prize, all for “Save Our Suwannee.” Jay promised to submit a new song next year, before he played it again for the very happy audience.
![[Jay Jourden Winning]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-08-24--songwriting-videos/jay-jourden-save-our-suwannee.jpg)
“Yes, Jay submitted the same song last year,” said Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman. “But this time he stopped in the middle, said he forgot some verses, and rattled off names of a whole bunch of rivers, all in perfect time. Naming rivers was one of the criteria, and it’s a great song: Save Our Suwannee!”
Dick Grillo of Live Oak, Florida, won both Best Folk/Country, and $50 for Best Song from Inside the Suwannee River Basin, for “Dear ‘Ol Suwannee,” and his cheering section demonstrated it was the loudest. Continue reading
Songwriting Contest on Scott James radio show 2019-08-23
Apparently we’re such an institution that Scott James thought tomorrow is our fourth or fifth Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, but actually it’s the Second Annual, 1-5PM, Saturday (tomorrow), at the Salty Snapper on Gornto in Valdosta, GA.
![[Agenda]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-08-24--suwannee-riverkeeper-songwriting-contest/Outside-Program-SuwRK-Songwriting-Contest-2019-0001.jpg)
Tickets are still $10 online, which gets you closer to the stage, or $12 at the door. The VIP tables of eight right in front of the stage are sold out, but you can still get individual tickets.
Here’s WWALS radio TV (YouTube) of Scott James and I discussing the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest on 92.1 FM WVGA this morning from the steps of the historic Lowndes County Courthouse.
![[Hat]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-08-23--scott-james-songwriting/hat.jpg)
You can listen to the video, although you’ll hear why Valdosta wants a truck bypass around downtown. So I’ve summarized below what we said. Continue reading
Thanks, Sponsors of Songwriting Contest!
Especially thanks to top tier sponsor Georgia Beer Company, and to all the rest, who are listed on this poster for the Contest this Saturday, 1-5 PM, at The Salty Snapper in Valdosta.
Tickets are still $10 online or $12 at the door. Seven headliners and finalists will play for three judges and you, with radio personality Chris Beckham as Master of Ceremonies, with prizes awarded, silent auction, kayak raffle, and food and drink.
![[Thanks Sponsors]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-08-24--suwannee-riverkeeper-songwriting-contest/Songwriting2019Sponsors-0001.jpg)
Pre-sales will sit closer to the stage. The tables of eight right in front of the stage are sold out, but individual tickets are still available.
Everything else about the Contest is here: Continue reading
Last year’s winner Laura D’Alisera headlines Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
Last year, Laura D’Alisera of Jacksonville, Florida, won both the $50 prize for best song from outside the Suwannee River Basin, and the $300 First Prize for best song. This year, she’s on the committee that selected the seven finalists who will play for the three judges and you this Saturday, August 24, 2019. But first, Laura and Joe Smothers will entertain you, so come on down, 1-5 PM, to The Salty Sanpper, 1405 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA, where radio personality Chris Beckham will be our M.C.
Photo: Sara Jay, of Laura D’Alisera winning the First Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest last year (2018).
Laura said her song is Continue reading
One Week to Second Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
Today is one week from hearing seven finalists play for three judges and you, in the Second Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, at The Salty Snapper in Valdosta, GA, 1-5PM, Saturday, August 24, 2019.
Radio personality Chris Beckham will M.C. Headliners Joe Smothers and last year’s $300 First Prize Winner Laura D’Alisera will play before the contestants. There will be copious snacks, a silent auction, and a kayak raffle, and yes, speakers about the WWALS advocacy for which this is a benefit concert.
Here’s last year’s winner in the Blues genre, as well as the winner of the $50 prize for best finalist from within the Suwannee River Basin, Mike Tappan of Valdosta, playing Capt. Curries Blues.
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