How you can hear new songs about our rivers while munching on a buffet
with a cash bar at the
First Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest,
1-5PM this Saturday, June 23, 2018,
at the Salty Snapper, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602.
“Finalists will play, and will be judged. The prizes will be awarded, and of course the acknowledgment of the sponsors.”
Plus a buffet of snacks prepared by the Salty Snapper,
including some vegetarian,
all for $10 in advance online,
and there will be a silent auction and kayak raffle tickets.
Gretchen Quarterman was on the radio with Steve Nichols, WVGA 105.9FM
(I was scheduled, but the flu said otherwise; I’m better now).
Gretchen said you don’t need to write a song, just come listen
to the finals this Saturday afternoon, with
judges
Cindy Bear from Jacksonville,
Dan Crews from Live Oak, and
J.J. Rolle from Valdosta
Plus the Outings Committee has organized a paddle 9AM Saturday morning
from Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Landing,
just across the railroad tracks from the Salty Snapper,
so you can paddle to the songwriting contest.
Steve Nichols remarked:
“As a kid, I used to go down that stretch of the river with my friends.
When I say as a kid, I was in high school in the early eighties.
It would be fun for me to do that trip as a nostalgic trip,
and going back and look at that beautiful stretch of river right there.”
Gretchen said the water is high so probably there will be no dragging,
and the river is different every time.
She showed the metal Sheboggy Boat Ramp signs Phil made to sell
so people maybe won’t keep stealing them off the GDOT signposts
for their man cave or woman cave.
Videos: Gretchen Quarterman about Songwriting Contest on Steve Nichols radio 105.9FM WVGA 2018-06-18
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS).
I’ll be on the radio Friday morning; stay tuned for a post about that.
Tomorrow morning, 8:30AM, Tuesday, June 19, 2018,
I’ll be on the radio with Steve Nichols, 105.9FM,
talking about the
Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest
coming up 1-5PM, this Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Salty Snapper, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602.
When Gretchen was on his show last month,
he said he wanted to hear more, so tomorrow morning it is.
Coming up tomorrow, Thursday, May 31st:
it’s the
Wild & Scenic Film Festival at Mathis Auditorium in Valdosta.
WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman noted
you can still buy tickets online or at the door.
Today in the newspaper of record for the biggest city in the Suwannee River Basin,
Amanda M. Usher, Valdosta Daily Times, May 29, 2018,
Watershed Coalition to hold film festival
VALDOSTA — The WWALS Watershed Coalition will host the
Wild and Scenic Film Festival, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at the Mathis
City Auditorium.
The festival will feature 13 films from national filmmakers, one of
which will focus on coral reef restoration and another on the
Chattooga River.
Gretchen Quarterman, executive director, said one of the purposes of
the festival is to observe the 50th anniversary of rivers reaching
the designation status by Congress in 1968.
“We’re trying to raise awareness of the rivers in the Suwannee
Basin, which is our area, so that people will appreciate them
more,” Quarterman said….
WWALS Executive Director
Gretchen Quarterman said “I’m here this evening to invite y’all and everybody present
to come to a Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Thursday, May 31.”
Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter wanted to know time and place:
7PM at Mathis Auditorium. Gretchen added, “And we’re going to have a
silent auction, and a raffle, and fun stuff. Please come.”
The
Sixth Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race,
this Saturday April 28th, at Reed Bingham State Park between Adel and Moultrie, GA.
You can just paddle, or you can join the
people seriously training for the
There are prizes in a wide range of categories
(solo, double, male, female, ages, etc.).
![[Thanks, Savannah Barry!]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2018-05-17--enviroscape/shot0001.jpg)
