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17th Annual Traditional Ballad Contest
March 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
$9 – $10
Young Musicians Traditional Ballad Singing Contest South Shore Folk Music Club
This year’s 17th Annual Traditional Ballad Singing Contest for contestants in grade 4 through age 25 will be held at 7 p.m. Friday March 15 at South Shore Folk Music club, located at First Parish Duxbury, 842 Tremont St., Duxbury. Club member Karen Haffner and Lynn Feingold, past president of the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston, organize this contest through South Shore Folk Music Club!
Contestants are asked to sign-up by March 8 so the night can be planned and to confirm the ballad they have chosen meets the criteria established for the contest.
Note the criteria: A ballad is a song that tells a story. A traditional ballad is so old that nobody knows who wrote it. Your song must be a traditional ballad from England, Ireland or Scotland such as Barbara Allen, Molly Malone, Jock o’ Hazeldean, The Golden Vanity, Mattie Groves, Clerk Saunders, Spencer the Rover, The Cruel Mother, Lord Randal, Henry Martin, John Riley, Ned of the Hill, Two Bonnie Boys, Young Waters, The Downie Dens of Yarrow, The Wild Rover and many others you may choose.
Every year there are some returning balladeers and some new musicians. Every contestant receives a cash prize or cash participation certificate thanking them for sharing their ballad and listing Karen Haffner and Lynn Feingold as contacts for future interest in traditional ballads.
If you would like to hear some wonderful young people sing traditional ballads and lift your spirits, come on down to the contest. If you have any questions, please email Karen at haffnerk@hotmail.com or text her: 517-875-2047. Or contact Lynn at 781-227-7500.
Visit www.ssfmc.org for details, poster and contest form. Follow us on Facebook: Traditional Ballad Singing Competition for Students.
Tickets are $9 M, $10 NM, Child $5
