What a great month of May! We were so blessed with cooler weather. Perfect for our outdoor festival stages. But before we talk of that, lets recap our March-April events.
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| Alexis Tapp |
And the winners are:
Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year - Alexis Tapp
Song of the Year - Shoulda Coulda Woulda by Wayne Willingham
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- Thanks to our judge Jamey Shannon who had a hard job. The scores were
very close.
For a list of the competing songs go to the Best Songs of the Meeting Page: https://bestsongsofthemeeting.blogspot.com/2022/03/
See the replay on Youtube: https://youtu.be/biSYiLJVXV8 
The
2023 Hall of Fame ceremony was held on Saturday, April 15 at Love
and War in Texas, streamed live to Facebook. Inductees are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Sly and Family Stone (Dance to the Music), Roger
Miller, Jim Collins (Damn Strait), Selena Gomez and Buddy Magazine's Ron
McKeown and Stoney Burns, plus Dallas Guitar Show's Jimmy Wallace, Mark Pollock, and Charley Wirz. DSA members (Ian Dickson, Wayne Willingham and Rio King) and Rising Stars under 18 ( Taylor Alyne, Claire Causey, Chloe Rae, Lavada Burns, Junia Rodriguez, and Kayden Turner) performed inductee songs with the BYOB band (Pam and Len Musgrove, Gregg Ballew, Sue Schildt, John Summers and Stan Woodward. https://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
We also managed and performed on the City Line Stage for 3 days at the
Wildflower Arts Festival - May 20-22 - City Line Stage - YouTube link:
Wild DAWG deep sea fishing adventure in
Port Aransas June 15 - 18 will be an awesome weekend. Join our Facebook
Wild Dawg group and posting some photos and videos. If you have been on
this trip you will want to join and post to share your photos of your
past trips. Also, if you plan to go next year, this is a great way to
connect for info. https://www.facebook.com/groups/486583939901589
APRIL - Our special event for April was the DSA Hall of Fame 2023 -
The
2023 Hall of Fame ceremony was held on Saturday, April 15 at Love
and War in Texas, streamed live to Facebook. Inductees are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Sly and Family Stone (Dance to the Music), Roger
Miller, Jim Collins (Damn Strait), Selena Gomez and Buddy Magazine's Ron
McKeown and Stoney Burns, plus Dallas Guitar Show's Jimmy Wallace, Mark Pollock, and Charley Wirz. DSA members (Ian Dickson, Wayne Willingham and Rio King) and Rising Stars under 18 ( Taylor Alyne, Claire Causey, Chloe Rae, Lavada Burns, Junia Rodriguez, and Kayden Turner) performed inductee songs with the BYOB band (Pam and Len Musgrove, Gregg Ballew, Sue Schildt, John Summers and Stan Woodward. https://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
MAY - We were busy in May with two outdoor festivals. Our members performed for 4 days on several stages for the
Deep Ellum Community Arts Fair - May 26 - 29. DSA Members performed. See all performances https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2QmQKUl70-0kMD48nrt13pDklxuLD190
We also managed and performed on the City Line Stage for 3 days at the
Wildflower Arts Festival - May 20-22 - City Line Stage - YouTube link:
JUNE - Brings the opening of the DSA 2023 International Song Contest and our Young Songwriters Song Contest. See below for details and the link.
REGULAR EVENTS
The FIRST THURSDAY VIRTUAL MEETING WORKSHOP is
held monthly and features a guest speaker and song critiques. It is
streamed live to facebook. See below
for details and the Zoom meeting link.
Our virtual open mic is still occurring every Wednesday 7 - 9. Join us via the Zoom meeting number. 617 432 0082 or just watch on the Dallas Songwriters Facebook page as we stream live. Some of our members, who are home bound or from out of town depend on this weekly opportunity to share their songs. The hosting duties are shared by Bill Martin, Allen Larson, Seth Ginsberg, Keith Dodson and Barbara McMillen. June 7, 14, 21, 28
Third Thursday Songwriter Spotlight streams to YouTube. 7-9 featuring Michael RJ Roth (2021 DSA SC GP runner up with Gone, Gone, Gone) June 8
Love and War wants you to perform at our 4th Thursday open mic 7 - 9. Rickey Gene Wright hosts with a songwriters round format. Come out and sign up with RGW. June 22, July 27, Aug 24
Quick look events page: https://dallassongwriters.blogspot.com
DOWN THE LINE
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Sunday, July 23 - Columbia Lodge 66 presents the 5th Annual Blue Christmas In July - A perfect Sunday afternoon blues event for charity including a BBQ Brisket, Chicken, Sausage Dinner + potato salad (bring a side) and a show with Texas Slim and Gregg A Smith to benefit the Larry Tutson Toy Drive at Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm Street, OBA.
$15 at the door. $10 with toy donation
Bobby Wilbanks' and Gregg Smith's Birthday.
Aug 5 - DSA Pool Party - Good times again at Joe Miltons. Bring a pot luck dish.
Aug 12 - SonsStock - Mini Woodstock - period Music and craft booths at Sons of Hermann Hall. DSA members perform. An invite to perform will be sent out through the membership google group. The performance will be gratis and will include originals and a minimum of two songs from the Woodstock playlist each set. This event benefits Hermann Sons Columbia Lodge. Here is the link to the Facebook event page. https://fb.me/e/212cSTC3l
