[dcab-l] Fw: Deadlines Soon: Earlybird Festival Tickets and Hazel Dickens

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Mike Marceau     

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Visit us on dcbu.org, Facebook, or Twitter $25 Tickets Through December 30th This year's DC Bluegrass Festival is a one-day event on Saturday, March 28th, featuring performances on stage and open jamming. It all kicks of at noon with the Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Contest, which will be open for entries soon -- watch for our announcement. The Festival's location is The Falls Church Episcopal, at 115 E. Fairfax Street, Falls Church VA 22046, convenient to food and drink in walking distance. A food truck will be on hand as well. Your ticket buys a full afternoon and evening of music from our artists, who will perform two sets each: Multi-award winner Claire Lynch, IBMA Momentum Award winner Man About a Horse, and The Gina Furtado Project, who are grabbing attention in our area and beyond. Earlybird tickets are on sale now: Visit Eventbrite to secure yours. And check the dcbluegrassfest.org for news and updates. Submit Hazel Dickens Entries by January 5th The Hazel Dickens Song Contest for 2020 is open for entries for just 3 more weeks. First, second and third-place winners receive cash prizes ($500/$250/$100) and will be announced on February 16, 2020. And our 1st place winner is invited to perform the winning song at the Festival. The contest pays tribute to one of bluegrass music's most beloved songwriters. From hardscrabble beginnings in West Virginia coal country in 1935, Dickens moved to Baltimore, MD, as a young woman to find factory work and quickly connected with local musicians. She started performing throughout the Baltimore/Washington region and was soon recognized for her singular mountain singing style and her gift with a lyric. Hazel wrote of coal miners, unionization, hard times, feminism and much more. She died in 2011. The contest category is bluegrass, including gospel, and the entry fee is $30 per song. Complete entry rules, judging criteria, and instructions for submitting your songs can be found here. For more information, contact info@dcbu.org. The DC Bluegrass Union is an all-volunteer registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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