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: http://dcbu.org/hazel-dickens-song-contest/
For more information, contact info@dcbu.org.
Mike Marceau
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: http://dcbu.org/hazel-dickens-song-contest/
For more information, contact info@dcbu.org.
Mike Marceau
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