Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds in south Georgia and north Florida through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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Third Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Everyone

7-10 PM, Saturday, August 22, 2020, Turner Center Art Park, 605 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601

Headliners will play, food truck and cash bar, finalists will play, silent auction and kayak raffle, judges will judge, prizes will be awarded, winners will play

M.C.: Scott James of Talk 92.1 FM Radio

Headliner and Sound: Dirty Bird and the Flu

Winners, headliner, judges, M.C., sponsors, and many others

Tickets:

$10 online now (children under 12 free)
$12 at the door
For VIP tables send email to song@suwanneeriverkeeper.org.

Flyer:

Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020
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Sponsors

Sponsor Opportunities

Songwriters

Song submissions are closed. Finalists, please remember to arrive by 5PM for sound check, and to send a stage plot if you will have more than one person on the stage.

2020 Official Rules

Publicity

Facebook event
2020-01-09: Videos: Finalist Sweet William Billy Ennis plays Choctaw Spirits of the Suwannee @ SuwRK Songwriting 2020
2021-01-01: Finalist Kathy Lou Gilman plays My Love, My Suwannee @ Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020

Kathy Lou Gilman two views
2020-12-17: Videos: Headliner Dirty Bird and the Flu at Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020
2020-12-09: Videos: Judges Play at Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020

Judges play
2020-08-25: Winners: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

Winners*: Brian Barker via zoom*, accepting for him, Scott Perkins*, Laura D’Alisera, Kathy Lou Gilman*, John S. Quarterman, Sweet William Billy Ennis*, Ronni Dillon (not present)
2020-08-22: Yes, today! Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

First Prize, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
2020-08-21: Songwriting Contest on Steve Nichols radio show 2020-08-18

Radio, History, Waterworks, Georgia Beer Co.
2020-08-19: Songwriting Contest on Scott James Radio 2020-08-18
2020-08-17: Georgia Beer Co., top-tier sponsor, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-13

WWALS President Tom H. Johnson, Jr., Georgia Beer Co. founders Jack Martin and Chris Jones, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman 2020-08-13
2020-08-07: Five Finalists Chosen for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
2020-07-21: Video: Final Deadline Today, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest on Steve Nichols Radio 2020-07-21

Suwannee Riverkeeper on Drive Time Radio with Steve Nichols with Georgia Beer Co. hat.
2020-07-15: Final Deadline: July 21, 2020, for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
2020-07-14: Headliner: Dirty Bird and the Flu; song deadline today, for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
Hahira, Georgia, July 14, 2020 — Our headliner is Dirty Bird and the Flu, “Funky-blues-soul-fusion born straight out of the South Georgia swamps and a charismatic front-man who catches comparisons of all the famous soul singers, Dirty Bird and the Flu is not your typical fare! Come see us live - no two shows are ever the same!”

Dirty Bird and the Flu
2020-07-09: Deadline Extended for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Deadline Extended to July 14, 2020
2020-07-08: Video: Save Our Suwannee –Jay Jourden; deadline today for your song for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

Jay Jourden Winning
2020-07-07: Video: Withlacoochee Watershed –Tom Hochschild; deadline tomorrow for your song for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

Playing
2020-07-05: On Scott James Talk 92.1 FM: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-07-06

Scott James Talk 92.1 banner
2020-07-02: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest on WKUB 105.1 FM 2020-06-23

Songwriting Contest on WKUB 105.1 FM
2020-06-30: Video: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest on Steve Nichols Radio 2020-06-23

Flyer
2020-06-28: Watching over the Waters: WWALS paddles, songwriting contest --VDT 2020-06-27,

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, Paddle Georgia from Spook Bridge, between Quitman and Valdosta, GA, Withlacoochee River, June 15, 2019.
2020-06-28: Video: Dear Ol’ Suwannee –Dick Grillo; send your song for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-08-22

Photo: John S. Quarterman for WWALS, Dick Grillo Singing 'Dear Ol' Suwannee' in Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2019.
2020-06-23: Judges selected, so send in your song: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Judges and banner
2020-06-22: Steve Nichols Radio: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020-06-23
2020-06-21: Video: Bring me home: two weeks to 2020 deadline, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS, of Scott Perkins singing "Waters of the Suwannee bring me home" at the 2019 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
2020-06-16: Outside in the Art Park, Scott James as M.C.: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
2020-04-26: Video: Sabrina Deetz; send in your song, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest,
You don't have to be as high-energy as Sabrina Deetz, but it helps!
Songs are coming in. Send in your song by the deadline of July 8, 2020....

Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS, of Sabrina Deetz singing Take me to the Suwannee at the 2019 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
2020-04-03: Video: Drift in your song, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS, of Norene Olsen singing Driftin Down the Suwannee
at the 2019 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
2020-03-30: Song submissions open April First (no fooling!): Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS, of Kyle Chamberlain and David Rodock playing Alapaha Laphogs
at the 2019 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
2020-03-29: Soon at last: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020

Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.,
of Laura D'Alisera and Patrick playing Gone at Last, by Paul Simon,
in Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2019.

Last year:

Songwriting 2019 Winners

Next year:

2021 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!

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Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2020
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2020 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
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Third Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

Sponsors

Levels of Sponsorship
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Sponsor Information
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PR

Outside in the Art Park, Scott James as M.C.
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Thanks to our top-tier sponsor Georgia Beer Company!
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Scott James, 92.1 Talk FM

Judges

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Deadline Extended to July 14, 2020

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Dirty Bird and the Flu

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Photographs by WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.,
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WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS), est. 2012, is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-for-profit charity.
WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Since 2016, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® is a project and a staff member of WWALS as the Waterkeeper Alliance® member for the 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia.