2010 Songwriting Contest

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Pros and Prose (sponsored by Calgary Folk Club)

Performed live May 9 at the Ship & Anchor Pub Noon - 4 pm

First place ($3000 + performance at the Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary Folk Club + $500 & in-studio session at Mix 97.7)

Walking Home - Tim Buckley

Second place ($1000 + $500 & in-studio session at Mix 97.7)

Honey Bee - Chloe Albert

Third place ($750)

Misbehave - Dan Vacon

Best Performance ($500)

Spanish Wedding in Space - Jay Crocker

Discretionary prizes

When He Played Bojangles - Jim Peace
You Take the Cake - Heather Blush
Long Winter - Jessica Heine
Dad - MYROL
Still Not You - Drew Gregory
Walk - Natasha Platt

Beaver Tales (sponsored by Edmonton Folk Music Festival)

Performed live May 8 at the Ship & Anchor Pub Noon - 4 pm

First place ($2000 + performance at the Calgary Folk Music Festival + in-studio session at Mix 97.7)

Poundmaker - JR Shore

Second place ($750 + in-studio session at Mix 97.7)

Bootlegger's Bride - Bob Remington

Third place ($500)

Fossil - Jay Bowcott

Best Performance ($500)

Black Gold - Berna-Dean Holland

Discretionary prizes

Eastern Shores - Paul Cresey
Francis the Pig - Jim Malmberg
Not in My Backyard - Corry Ulan
Ballad of Tom Sukanen - Michael Platt
Written in My Name - Cori Brewster

Sonic Youth (sponsored by Burnswest Corp)

Performed live May 1 at the Ship & Anchor Pub Noon - 4 pm

First place ($1000 + performance at the Calgary Folk Music Festival)

Daughters - Painting with Ella (Emily Guthrie, songwriter)

Second place ($500)

Just Look What Sam Livingston's Done - Mathew Wilkins

Third place ($250)

Looking Glasses - Lucas Chaisson

Best Performance ($250)

Last Remark - Painting with Ella (Brittany Turville, songwriter)

Discretionary prizes

Ode to a Pitchman - Random Task Collective
Fortune Teller - Abby Bohna
Carnivale - Painting with Ella (Robyn Newman-Wilson, songwriter)
Without Blinking - Kayla Patrick

(Not) Grateful (You're) Dead

Performed live May 8 at the Ship & Anchor Pub 2-3 pm

First place ($1000)

Played Out Again - Joanne & Haley Myrol

Second place ($500)

Courage Mr. Cowsill - Suzi Martin

Third place ($250)

3 Men of the Merchant Marine - JR Shore

Eye Candy

First place ($1000)

Hat - Racoon Bandit, Adam Perry, Dir. 

Second place ($500)

The Indie Queens are Waiting - Dan Magnan, Trevor Smith, Dir. 

Third place ($250)

Delicious Goodbye - Metal Messiah,  Bailey Kerluke, Dir. 

http://www.youtube.com/group/CFMFsong2010

The finalists - Sonic Youth

Ode to a Pitchman - Random Task Collective
Carnivale - Painting with Ella (Robyn Newman-Wilson, songwriter)
Fortune Teller - Abby Bohna
Last Remark - Painting with Ella (Brittany Turville, songwriter)
Don't Say You Love Me - Alexandra Adamoski
It Was Me - Susie Forsyth
Looking Glasses - Lucas Chaisson
Turns - Terez Goulet
Daughters - Painting with Ella (Emily Guthrie, songwriter)
Stuck in a Rut - Rory Hayes-Anderson
Life, The Never Ending Song - Sarah Clark
Hold On - Charlotte Command
Without Blinking - Kayla Patrick
Hadn't, Had To - Regan Giannakouras
Coming Home - Lauren Payne
Just Look What Sam Livingston's Done - Mathew Wilkins
Better Than You - Lauren Adamoski

The finalists - Untapped Newcomer

Poor Little Eloise - Leah McCartney
Shit That Matters to Me - Jenny!
I Can't Bear To Look At You, Even if Painted (Nao te posso ver, nem pintado) - Jared Klok
This Bell - Clea Foofat
Marching in Place - Christopher Austman
Foolish - Tasmin Wilson
Old Yellow Moon - Liam Trimble
Engineer - Josh Durdle
Not Such a Mystery to Me - George Iosifelis
Don't Let the Door - Lloyd Beaule
Left Open - Joshua Smith
See the Revolution - Glenn Dixon
Sick in the Head - Michelle Lee
Chug, Chug, Chug - Kelley Toews
La #### NIKITA - FOONYAP and the Roar
Going Home - Mike Unrau
Dreaming Binge - Evan Freeman
By Our Pond - Forrest and David McGregor
Wonder - Jen Smith
Them Say - Tatenda Mambo

The finalists - Beaver Tales

Poundmaker - JR Shore
Bootlegger's Bride - Bob Remington
Francis the Pig - Jim Malmberg
Not in My Backyard - Corry Ulan
Black Gold - Berna-Dean Holland
Fossil - Jay Bowcott
Ode to the Lincoln - Laurie Fuhr
Little Bit O' Change - Paul Shippy
Written in My Name - Cori Brewster
The Loss of the Dutchess of Fife - Ange Sande
I Ain't Never Gonna Be a Cowboy - Alison Demeter
Eastern Shores - Paul Cresey
Ballad of Tom Sukanen - Michael Platt
Ballad of the Famous Five - Carolyn Harley
Athabasca Roll - Audio/Rocketry

The finalists - (Not) Grateful (you're) Dead

Cadillac Spaceship (aka Hank's Not Dead, He's an Alien!) - Laurie Fuhr
The Mourning After - Michael Yates
Played Out Again - Joanne Myrol
3 Men of the Merchant Marine - JR Shore
Nightowl - Miranda Martini
Take the Money - Teresa Riley
Across the Crossroads - Audio/Rocketry
Me and Merle - Victor Salas
Courage Mr. Cowsill - Suzi Martin

The finalists - Pros and Prose

Spanish Wedding in Space - Jay Crocker
Misbehave - Dan Vacon
When He Played Bojangles - Jim Peace
Walking Home - Tim Buckley
You Take the Cake - Heather Blush
Long Winter - Jessica Heine
Smooth...Like Crunchy Peanut Butter - Stu Wershof
3 Chords and the Truth - Mike Gunn
Honey Bee - Chloe Albert
Still Not You - Drew Gregory
Atlantis - Andrew Sparacino
The Greatest Hometown Hero (Bret Hart) - Tanner Hothe
Dad - MYROL
The Apple Pie Song - Rhea March
When It Comes to You - Bil Hetherington
Come On People Die - Shea Alain
In The Night Time - Scotty Hills
Hopeless - Ryan Bourne
Hanging From a String - Cort Delano
Walk - Natasha Platt