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October 3, 2009 5:00 pm
Shenandoah Valley Acoustic Roots Festival
and Songwriting Contest
Performance at The BB&T Center for the Performing Arts
One East Main Street, Luray, VA
Tickets for the Festival are $12 Adults, $10 Seniors, $6
under 18 years old
Cash bar will be available in our "Vault" during the 5
pm show and wine & beer will be available on the plaza from 2:30
pm to 5 pm
Congratulations to the top ten
finalists of the first Shenandoah Valley Acoustic Roots Songwriting
Contest! The competition was extremely close, and there were many
fine songs submitted, but our preliminary judging panels had to narrow
it down to ten. Here they are, listed alphabetically, with their town
and state, and the name of their song.
Judith Avers, Weirton, WV “Raining”
Laura Busey, Yellow Springs, WV, “Misty
Waters”
Michael Thomas Cash, Maurertown, VA
“She”
Con Burch, Fort Valley, VA, “Maybe
Someday”
Denise Jordan Finley, Pine Plains, NY, “My
Father’s Train”
Lara Herscovitch, Durham, CT, “Not
Enough”
Barbara Martin, Staunton, VA, “Blue
Storm”
Kipyn Martin, Shepherdstown, WV, “More
Than I Can Give”
Bryan Elijah Smith, Dayton, VA, “The
Other Side of Town”
John Whitehead, St. Paul, MN, “Amarillo”
Judging and Performing at the
Acoustic Roots Festival will be award-winning songwriters Chuck
E. Costa and Beaucoup
Blue, along with
Pops Walker. Also judging the contest will be Cheryl Mansley with
RiverHouse Concerts and Doug Wandersee with WMRA radio station.
Pre-festival activities
will start at 2:30 pm on the BB&T Center
plaza. It will be an free opportunity for the public to listen to the
finalists and network with other songwriters. Food, beer, wine &
soft drinks will be for sale on the plaza.
Tickets for the 5 pm event are
available on line at InstantSeats.com or local outlets
Luray Apothecary, Page County
Chamber of Commerce, Luray Copy Services, McKim & Huffman, Stanley
Pharmacy
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