[dcab-l] Hazel Dickens Song Contest Winners

For Immediate Release

   

 

            Inaugural Hazel Dickens Song Contest Winners Announced

 

 

February 15, 2015 – The winners of the first Hazel Dickens Song Contest have been selected:

 

1^st place: "Say What You Mean" by Gary A. Ferguson of Alexandria, VA

2^nd place: "Midnight Flight" by Nancy Cardwell Erdos of Madison, TN

3^rd place:  "Weeds Where the Flowers of Love Once Grew" by David Morris of Gaithersburg, MD and Chris Dockins of Burke, VA.

 

Honorable mentions:

"Baltimore Immigrants" by Karen Collins of Takoma Park, MD

"Tenth Day of September" by David Morris of Gaithersburg, MD

"Barre Angel 1918" by Tracy O'Connell of Newburyport, MA

 

Gary A. Ferguson will perform his song, "Say What You Mean," on the main stage at the DC Bluegrass Festival on February 28^th at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel in Vienna, VA.

 

The contest was judged by John Starling, Dudley Connell and Dede Wyland. Listen to the winning songs here.

 

The Hazel Dickens Song Contest wishes to congratulate the winners and thank all the contestants and judges for making the competition a success.

 

For more information contact Randy Barrett at 703-405-6230

 

The Hazel Dickens Song Contest honors the life and muse of one of bluegrass music's most beloved songwriters. All proceeds help fund the nonprofit DC Bluegrass Union in its mission to promote bluegrass music in the greater Washington area through performance and education.