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GREAT TIMES IN 2024!

GREAT TIMES IN 2024!

So much fun in Mitcheldean this year, not forgetting the first year of the Dick Brice song writing competition with so many great entries – so many thanks to everyone who helped make it a success. We’re already looking forward to 2025 – Cheers!

(All photos credit Eden Tanner)

The Dick Brice Songwriting Competition.
Winner Trevor Valentine song ‘The Sailor’s Dream’ Di Brice presenting the Cup.
Saturday Morris
Saturday Morris
Saturday Evening Concert
Social Dancing Saturday Evening
Sunday Folk Walk
THE DICK BRICE SONGWRITING COMPETITION

THE DICK BRICE SONGWRITING COMPETITION

Here are the details of a song writing competition in memory of our good friend Dick Brice – all songwriters please copy!

ENTRIES

• New songs, unpublished, any genre
• To be sung acoustically, by an individual or a group
• Any subject, but for the first year, themes to choose from in memory of Dick:
o Beer
o Community
o Forest of Dean
o Poetry
o Sailing

• Basis for shortlisting:
o Use of English
o Telling a story / carrying a message / sharing an emotion or a memory
o Musicality

APPLICATION

• By Friday 26th April inclusive
• Emailed to talktous@mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk , or delivered by hand to Mitcheldean Community Library (marked Dick Brice Songwriting)
• Sound or video recording of a performance.
• Printed copy of the lyrics with the songwriter’s / co-writers’ contact details.

2024 TIMETABLE

• Shortlisting by panel w/c Monday 29th April.
• Live performances in Mitcheldean Thursday 16th May
• Winner announced Friday 24th May.
• Winner’s details by the end of May to the Mitcheldean Festival programme
• Festival performance on Friday 19th July in Mitcheldean parish church when the Dick Brice Cup is presented.