From the press release…
The 2006 GRASSY HILL KERRVILLE NEW FOLK COMPETITION will be held during the 35th Annual Kerrville Folk Festival on Saturday and Sunday, May 27 & 28, 2006. Out of 800 entries, thirty-two writer-performers will be invited to share two of their original songs. Six NEW FOLK WINNERS will be selected from the thirty-two and will return on Sunday, June 4 to perform 20 minutes of their original songs and receive a $250 Award from the Texas Folk Music Foundation, plus $150 from Vic and Reba Heyman and $50 from the Jim Ross Memorial Fund. They will also win a year’s subscription or renewal to Performing Songwriter Magazine. Other prizes may be added at a later date. All of these concerts will be staged at the Threadgill Theater in the Quiet Valley Ranch campgrounds, 9 miles south of the city of Kerrville on TX Hwy 16. All official New Folk guidelines MUST be followed. You can find the 2006 guidelines by visiting www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/newfolk.htm. Deadline for New Folk entries is MARCH 15!