WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman says all the festival materials are in the tent, ready for Florida Folk Festival Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
![[Suwannee Riverkeeper tent, raffle kayak, and carrilon]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-25--florida-folk-festival/many.jpg)
Suwannee Riverkeeper tent, raffle kayak, and carrilon
Except of course the raffle kayak, with the carrillon visible behind it, at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, Florida, on the banks of the Suwannee River. Continue reading
2023-07-11: Chuck Roberts returns as M.C. for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest plus WWALS River Revue.
Submissions are open for the 2023 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
$300 First Prize, and $50 each for best song sent in from inside the Suwannee River Basin, and from outside.
Plus plaques to each best song per genre.
All finalists get videos posted on YouTube, and a one year WWALS membership.
WWALS President Sara Jay Jones said, “Musicians, song submissions are open! Don’t wait until the deadline to send in your song.”
Here’s the entry form:
https://forms.gle/ZPbfnnLj5ruum5xk6
WWALS Development Director Veronica Oakler said, Continue reading
Update 2023-05-22: Send in your song for the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2023-09-22.
Hahira, Georgia, May 9, 2023 — WWALS is incorporating the 6th Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest into the inaugural WWALS River Revue. This indoor fundraising dinner to benefit WWALS Watershed Coalition will be held 6-10 PM, Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, Georgia.
Follow this link for tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more:
https://www.betterunite.com/WWALS-wwalsriverrevue2023/
WWALS Development Director Veronica Oakler said, “Raise a glass to clean water and support our work to protect the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River basin with an evening of food, drink, and entertainment. We’ll have speakers, songs, and a silent auction.”
WWALS President Sara Jay Jones said, “Musicians, song submissions are open! Don’t wait until the deadline to send in your song. Here’s the entry form:”
https://forms.gle/9P7GCKDyF2hvVWGr6
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman said, Continue reading
Update 2023-05-25: Ready for Florida Folk Festival 2023-05-25.
WWALS will have a booth at the Florida Folk Festival on Memorial Day Weekend in White Springs at the Stephen Foster State Park.
The festival is a three-day celebration of the music, dance, stories, crafts and food that make Florida unique.
We need volunteers for this three day event. The event requires that we submit the names of our volunteers by May 15th. If you are interested in helping at this fun event, please let me know ASAP so that I can get you on the list. Plan on a 4-6 hour shift of hanging around and talking to people about clean water. When not volunteering, you may attend the festival events.
When: 6:30 PM, Friday, May 26, through 6 PM Sunday, May 28, 2023
Put In: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, Florida, on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Continue readingAnd, 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
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.”
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
Thanks, Sweet William Billy Ennis, for winning last year and returning this year to headline the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
![[Songwriting Flyer 2023]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-22--songwriting/big/Songwriting-Contest-Flyer-Color.jpg)
![[WWALS River Revue]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-22--songwriting/WWALS-River-Revue.jpg)
![[WWALS Booth at a previous Florida Folk Festival and Carrillon at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-26--fl-folk-festival/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)