Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, Kansas
September 1721, 2008
| WINNER: Steve Mason Song About PI |
Category: Humorous |
ALTERNATE: Mike Yoder Up on the 2nd Floor |
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| WINNER: Butch Moore Your Father's Love |
Category: Songs for Children |
ALTERNATE: Seth Bate Alligator Wrestler |
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| WINNER: Don Vogler Winfield Morning/Laken |
Category: Songs of Winfield |
ALTERNATE: Butch Krause Pirate Song |
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| WINNER: Kenny Cornell I'll Remember |
Category: None of the Above |
ALTERNATE: Steve Mason East Lawrence Waltz |
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| WINNER: Harry Hewlett Little Boy in Church |
Category: Religion/Spirit |
ALTERNATE: Geoff Oelsner Morning Branches |
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| WINNER: Mike Yoder Guilty |
Category: Colorful Characters |
ALTERNATE: Bryan Masters 2 Flat Top Guitars His web site |
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| WINNER: Geoff Oelsner Tupelo Moon |
Category: Love Songs |
ALTERNATE: Jim Rea Katie May |
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| WINNER: Regan Brown Stranded in Oz |
Category: Feeling Blue |
ALTERNATE: Daniel Boling Here His web site |
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| WINNER: Jeff Hames Folklore His web site |
Category: Instrumental |
ALTERNATE: Philip Banaszak Cowlesville Covered Bridge |
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| WINNER: Bryan Masters Small Town Kid His web site |
Category: Feeling Good |
ALTERNATE: Bert Gale Can't Remember Why |
| WINNER: Butch Ross I Like Singing Folk Songs His web site |
Category: Humorous |
ALTERNATE: Tony Wenterdorf Looking for Lids |
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| WINNER: Daniel Boling Mama's Words His web site |
Category: Songs for Children |
ALTERNATE: Roy Culbertson We Can Weah |
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| WINNER: Mickey Hoy Midnight Train of Winfield |
Category: Songs of Winfield |
ALTERNATE: Ian Barwick Why Can't the Moon Be Full Tonight |
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| WINNER: T.R.Ritchie Somewhere to Begin His web site |
Category: None of the Above |
ALTERNATE: Larry Mangum Where's the Outrage? |
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| WINNER: Geoff Oelsner Sacred Hoop |
Category: Religion/Spirit |
ALTERNATE: Ron Fetner We Have Come |
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| WINNER: Charisse Kahler Across the Border Her web site |
Category: Colorful Characters |
ALTERNATE: Kenn Amdahl Jim Donelin |
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| WINNER: T.R.Ritchie Barefoot Waltz His web site |
Category: Love Songs |
ALTERNATE: Daniel Boling Over Yonder |
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| WINNER: Hannah Hamlin Cotton Candy |
Category: Feeling Blue |
ALTERNATE: Olivia Smiley Soldier's Lullaby |
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| WINNER: Don Alder Belgian Jacques-o-late His web site |
Category: Instrumental |
ALTERNATE: Steve Mason Sally Smacked Me with Founder, Vinland Reel, Dancing on the Edge |
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| WINNER: Wil Huckabay South Park Train Yard |
Category: Feeling Good |
ALTERNATE: Tony Wenterdorf Free Your Musical Spirit |
The WINNERS and the ALTERNATES for this years 2005 NewSongs Showcase at the Walnut Valley Festival were chosen from well over 200 entries from a host of top notch judges from all over the country.
Only two songs per category were selected. These esteemed judges (who will remain anonymous) are professionals in the 'folk/bluegrass industry', award winning songwriters, nationally known folk DJ's, music teachers, professional musicians and producers. They all agreed that the competition was tough this year!

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