Judges select Top 10 songwriters from Central Region contest
Judges in Birmingham listened to 40 contestants perform Friday at the Birmingham Museum of Art for the Central Region Songwriters Contest. The list was narrowed to the top 10.
Those songwriters will perform again Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Pepper Place in Birmingham where a panel of three judges will select the regional winner.
The winner will join the three other regional finalists on Tuesday, July 25 at the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield for the grand finale.
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Singer Kimbra is $50000 richer towards boosting her career after winning the 2011 Vanda and Young Songwriting Contest. The New Zealand-born musician, who is yet to release an album, received the honour for her song Cameo Lover ahead of the 4000 entries
Judges in Birmingham listened to 40 contestants perform Friday at the Birmingham Museum of Art for the Central Region Songwriters Contest. The list was narrowed to the top 10. Those songwriters will perform again Saturday
Joseph Baldwin, right, won the Huntsville preliminary for the Year of Alabama Music Songwriters Contest, and was the first finalist for the overall contest. / CONTRIBUTED Dozens of Alabama songwriters, including a handful from the tri-county area,
Baldwin is a finalist in the Year of Alabama Music Songwriters Contest, and the finale concert is July 25 at the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield. Cost: Free; tickets required. Pre-sale tickets available at WC Handy Music Festival office at the

The judges pointed out that Johnny could have won the whole contest if he just wrote a decent song this week. I bet even if he wrote a generic, lackluster song, Nick would have been eliminated. Johnny was surprised and knew he was writing his best
Judges select Top 10 songwriters from Central Region contest ...
Judges in Birmingham listened to 40 contestants perform Friday at the Birmingham Museum of Art for the Central Region Songwriters Contest. The list was narrowed to the top 10.
Those songwriters will perform again Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Pepper Place in Birmingham where a panel of three judges will select the regional winner.
The winner will join the three other regional finalists on Tuesday, July 25 at the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield for the grand finale.
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John Lennon Songwriting Contest
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