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.
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
Here are videos of Tracy Horenbein, of Tallahassee, Florida, singing her song Wild and Free, and winning Best Americana, at the 2022 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
![[Wild and Free --Tracy Horenbein, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2022]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--songwriting-horenbein/MVI_0008-04-48-wild-and-free-01-15-wild-and-free.jpg)
Wild and Free –Tracy Horenbein, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2022
Thanks for playing, Tracy!
Update 2022-08-26: Wesley Vallotton accepted Songwriting Contest raffle kayak for Mala Vallotton 2022-08-24.
Hahira, Georgia, August 22, 2022 — Everyone had a good time, it was a successful fundraiser for WWALS, and here are the winners of the Fifth Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
The winners were chosen by judges J.J. Rolle, Kenji Bolden, and Joe Smothers. Continue reading
Thanks to Scott James for half an hour of radio time Thursday, mostly about the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest. The Contest is 7-11 PM today, Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the Turner Center Art Park, 605 N. Patterson St., Valdosta GA 31601.
For entry tickets and how you can get a raffle ticket for that Vibe Yellowfin 120 kayak donated by Georgia Beer Co., see:
https://wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20–songwriting/
Who’s going to draw the winning kayak raffle ticket? The one and only hippie, kayaking, radio Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson.
Which of the five Finalists will MC Chuck Roberts announce as winners Continue reading
Songwriters, don’t forget to send in your song to the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest by tomorrow, July 20, 2022! Really final deadline this time.
![[Movie: Intro: Suwannee Riverkeeper and WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-07-19--scott-james-radio-videos/MVI_0319-01-47-intro.jpg)
Movie: Intro: Suwannee Riverkeeper and WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.
Valdosta Mayor Scott James and Suwannee Riverkeeper talked about that and many other topics on his radio show this morning.
Here’s a Continue reading
Restarting a Hahira tradition. There will be live music from 12 – 10 p.m., food trucks, and vendors!
Hahira is between the Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, and the Hahira City Council in 2018 passed a resolution in support of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).
When: 12 PM, Sunset 7:43:00 PM, end 10 PM, Saturday, March 19, 2022
Put In: Train Depot, 220 W Main St, Hahira, GA 31632
Fee: The City of Hahira is charging a
$20 entrance fee,
or $10 for children ages 6-13.
Or WWALS members can volunteer at the WWALS booth.
We recommend you support the work of WWALS by
becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/#join
![[WWALS booth, Hahira Pick In]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-03-19--hahira-pick-in/many.jpg)
WWALS booth, Hahira Pick In
(WWALS booth pictures by Gretchen Quarterman from Hahira Honeybee Festival 2021-10-02)
We livestreamed the Fourth Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest over facebook live and zoom. This is the zoom video, for those who want to see how the whole thing went.
![[Musicians, others, and winners]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2021-08-21--songwriting-zoom/many.jpg)
Musicians, others, and winners
Yep, this is the whole thing, from soundcheck to teardown. In between, headliner Little Perks in Paradise plays, three judges perform as a band, then nine finalists perform for the judges, the judges pick winners, and the First Prize winner, Sweet William Billy Ennis, sings again.
Here’s the video: Continue reading
![[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)
![[Winners: Emmett Carlisle, Best Song from Outside; Tracy Horenbein, Best Americana; David Rodock, First Prize and Best Song from Inside; Kyle Chamberlain, Best Folk, Kevin Stephenson, Best Country]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-20--songwriting-winners/winners.jpg)
![[Mayor, Plaques, Sponsors]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-08-18--scott-james-radio-videos/many.jpg)