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THE 2010
SAVANNAH AREA YOUTH SONGWRITING COMPETITION
On Saturday, Oct.
9, 2010
at 2:00 PM will be the finals of the “Youth Song Writing Competition”
held at The First Presbyterian Church, 520 E Washington Avenue. This is the culmination of a contest between youth (under 20 years old)
from Savannah-Chatham County and Georgia counties adjacent to Chatham as
well as Jasper and Beaufort Counties in South Carolina. For the best
original song in the acoustic folk tradition. Winners divide $1,000 in
prizes from event sponsor, AMR Music. The first place winner is also
given the opportunity to present the winning song on Sunday, October
10th at the Festival’s grand finale.
Sept. 1, 2010 is the deadline for entries to the fourth annual Youth
Songwriting Competition at the Savannah Folk Music Festival. Start now
with original compositions and compete for $1,000 in prizes!
The 21th Annual Savannah Folk Music Festival, presented by the Savannah
Folk Music Society on October 8, 9 and 10, 2010, will feature the
finals of a Youth Songwriting Competition . The purpose of this
competition is to encourage young people from the greater Savannah area
to develop their skills in musical and lyrical expression, promote the
time-honored method of storytelling by song, and recognize outstanding
achievement in these efforts.
Any resident of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham or Liberty Counties in Georgia
or Beaufort or Jasper Counties in South Carolina, who has not reached
his or her twentieth birthday by the conclusion of the competition,
October 9, 2010, is eligible to participate. Only those who have won
first place in the previous years of competition are ineligible to
participate. Those wishing to participate must submit a song (original
words and music), written in the acoustic folk ballad tradition, by
September 1st, 2010 on cassette tape or compact disk. The songwriter may
accompany him or herself or have one or more other individuals provide
instrumental accompaniment. By “acoustic folk tradition” the competition
includes story-song ballads and excludes the use of back-tracks and
percussion. Only one entry per person per year, please.
From those entries submitted by the September 1st deadline, a panel of
judges will use common criteria to select a group of finalists. These
finalists will be notified and asked to perform their compositions at an
event, open to the public, at 2:00 PM on October 9, 2010 at the First
Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Avenue in Savannah. At this
event, judges will select the top three submissions. Third place will
receive a $200 gift certificate from event sponsor AMR Music. Second
place will receive a $300 gift certificate from AMR Music. The first
place winner will receive a $500 gift certificate from ARM Music and
will be invited to perform the winning composition the next day, October
10th during the Festival’s final event, “The Concert at Grayson
Stadium.” That concert features major folk performers including Karla
Bonoff, Otis Taylor, Sam Pacetti and Carl Jones & Beverly Smith. The Festival is financed, in part, by
the City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Department.
Those interested in participating or having questions may contact Hank
Weisman at the Savannah Folk Music Society by calling 912-786-6953 or
writing to SFMS at 1111 B Bay Street, Tybee Island, GA 31328.
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Old Time Country Dance
The second event on
Saturday is the “Old Time Country Dance” from 8:00 to 11:00 PM at Notre
Dame Academy gymnasium. Beginners and contra dance veterans are welcome
to have a great time. Not a dancer? The music alone is worth the visit!
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