Uncategorized | September 12, 2007
The Western Folklife Center has chosen 16 songs as finalists in the Yellowstone and Teton Song Contest. The contest sought songs inspired by the life and landscape in this great American place. The finalists were chosen from a field of 139 songs written by 94 songwriters. The public may now listen to the 16 finalists on the Western Folklife Center’s website at www.westernfolklife.org and vote on their favorite song. The winner of the online voting will
receive the Audience Award and a new Gibson Songwriter Deluxe acoustic guitar valued at close to $3,000. Judges will choose among the 16 finalists for the grand prize of $1,000 and second prize of $500. Online voting will run through midnight, October 7, 2007. All awards will be announced October 15. Hal Cannon, founding director of the Western Folklife Center and Song Contest organizer said of the contest entries: “I am amazed by the breadth of music submitted, all expressing a love for this great place in the world. It is certainly a testament to the creativity of the rural West.”
The mission of the Western Folklife Center is to enhance the vitality of American life through the experience, understanding, and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.
FMI, contact Western Folklife Center Media, Eccles Broadcast Center, 101 Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112