Our fifteen finalists
We’ve totted up all the scores from the public and we now have our fifteen finalists, as revealed yesterday at the end of the Junior Final. Our finalists, ordered by song number, are: Song 11. Global Warming by 3.0L Capri AKA Phil JonesSong 16. Westward Ho by The PeekiesSong 17. This is a Broadcast by …
Congratulations to our junior winner, Cleo!
Well done to 7 year old Cleo, whose beautiful song ‘We Used to be Besties’ claimed the title of Stroud Song Contest Junior Winner 2020 last night. You can watch Cleo’s beautiful ballad below. We hope Cleo will keep writing and performing in the future. We’d love to hear more of her songs. Thanks to …
Announcing our judges
This year, as well as the public vote, we have enlisted the help of a selection of local luminaries to be on our panel of judges. The public vote will go towards 50% of the final scores, with votes from the judges deciding the other 50%. Our judges are people who we know to be …
Closed for entries
Oh my very goodness! We have reached our closing date and we have an incredible 49 songs going forward into the competition! We will update soon with details of how it’s going to work this year. But for now we just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble …
Closing date on Monday
We will not be accepting entries after Monday 7th September. We’re excited to be moving into the voting phase of the contest soon but there’s still a couple of days left for more songs and we always love to receive them! Please join us on Facebook and Twitter and help spread the word ❤
Bank holiday bangers
The bank holiday weekend has been very fruitful and we’re now up to 18 songs! Head over to the entries 2020 page to listen to heartwarming reflections on local life; a tale of perestroika; a message from outer space; harmonious folk and driving rock. We love all the songs and are so thrilled to be …
More new songs!
We’re up to 13 entries now and we’re feeling very lucky to have so many super songs to share with you. Head over to the Entries 2020 page where you can hear a touching tribute to the sadly departed environmental champion, Polly Higgins (song 7); a delicate plea for our future (song 8); a heartbroken …
Stroud, you’re doing us proud.
We’ve had some really creative song submissions so far. Check out our entries page to hear, among others, a song about the experience of trying to hold music sessions online via Zoom (song 1); a song inspired by the local elver men and women who work the banks of The Severn (song 3); a thought-provoking …
Last year’s grand final
We’ve collected together some videos taken by Chris West at last year’s grand final (thanks Chris). It’s been so nice to see all the brilliant performances again. What a great night! If you want to relive those warm, fuzzy moments too, please watch the video!