HAHIRA – Georgia Beer Firm provides a perk to the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest with a raffle prize.

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Sponsors of the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest get a further perk, in addition to entry tickets, and different advantages. Georgia Beer Firm has donated a Vibe Yellowfin 120 kayak, value greater than a thousand {dollars} retail. WWALS draw raffle tickets for that kayak on the Contest, August 20, 2022, on the Turner Middle Artwork Park in Valdosta, GA. Every $100 money sponsor donation will get a type of raffle tickets.

“Sponsoring the Contest is an effective way to assist the work of WWALS, from paddle outings, water trails, and water high quality testing, to opposing trash, mines, and toll roads.” stated WWALS Govt Director Gretchen Quarterman, “However there’s a cap of 30 tickets, so get your sponsorships in early.”

Comply with this hyperlink for sponsorships and far more in regards to the Contest, together with track submission type, contest Guidelines, and, quickly, entry tickets:
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“We have already got one $500 sponsor,” stated Angela Duncan of Azalea Metropolis Music Academy, and Chair of the WWALS Songwriting Contest Committee. “And naturally we’ll settle for extra sponsors, even when all of the kayak raffle tickets are taken.”

“Songwriters, keep in mind to ship in your track! There’s at all times room for a brand new track in regards to the Suwannee River, or different rivers within the Basin or Estuary!” stated 2018 winner and 2019 headliner Laura D’Alisera, now a member of the WWALS Songwriting Contest Committee.

We can have on-line voting on the songs submitted, which the Committee will keep in mind when deciding on finalists.

Finalists will play on the Contest, 7-10 PM, Saturday, August 20, 2022, and judges will choose on the Turner Middle Artwork Park, 605 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31601. There shall be meals and a money bar, as you watch and hear, and you may browse the artworks on the Turner Middle. There may even be a silent public sale, in addition to a variety of buttons, stickers, hats, notecards, indicators, shirts, and posters on the market (it is a fundraiser for WWALS Watershed Coalition).

So that you’ll know what you’re supporting, there shall be talks about WWALS advocacy, from water high quality testing to opposing trash, pipelines, and mines, to selling water trails and a Troupville River Camp.

You wouldn’t have to be a songwriter to come back take heed to the finalists. Judging of finalists will keep in mind integrity, historic worth, and/or current worth of the waters, originality of lyrics and music, and efficiency, plus further credit score for naming essentially the most rivers (springs, and many others.) in a manner that exhibits their worth (even simply itemizing them counts), and storytelling: making a narrative relating to the historical past and/or attributes of the Suwannee River Basin.

“We had a blast and heard some nice music from the group final yr, and we’re trying ahead to some fantastic submissions for 2022!” stated Josh Duncan, a Choose final yr, and Scribe of the Committee.

Except the novel coronavirus pandemic is over by August and everyone seems to be vaccinated, we’ll implement masks when persons are near different individuals not of their social gathering, and we’ll take a look at temperatures on the entrance with an infrared thermometer. Tables shall be spaced for distancing.

“I’m joyful to offer sound assist once more!” stated David Rodock, of Soiled Chook and the Flu, and Committee member.

“And I’ll be offering sound gear,” stated Jen Anders.

About WWALS: Based in June 2012, WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit instructional charity. WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the floor waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, amongst them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, by way of training, consciousness, environmental monitoring, and citizen actions. Since December 2016, John S. Quarterman is the Suwannee Riverkeeper®, which is a workers place and a venture of WWALS because the member of Waterkeeper® Alliance for the Suwannee River Basin.