BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR CHAS DE WHALLEY Well oh well oh well oh well! Not only is The Stroud Song Contest (SSC) back again for a fifth glorious year, but, if the first handful of entries is anything to go by, then the songs themselves are going to be even better than ever! Always quick off …
We are excited to announce that The Stroud Song Contest is back for another year of fun! From tomorrow, we will be open to submissions for this year’s feast of local songwriting talent. Our live Grand Final will again be held in the marquee at the Crown & Sceptre, on Saturday 2nd September, and this …
Stroud Song Contest 2022 reached its conclusion on Saturday evening with teen band Portobello claiming the coveted trophy. Congratulations Portobello, you were fantastic! The crowd loved them, the judges loved them, and we think a bright future awaits them. Check out Portobello on Facebook. Also competing for the trophy were 11 other brilliant finalists including …
It’s the night we’ve all been waiting for, where we get to see the following songs performed live. Join us from 7 to watch the show and vote for your favourites!
Congratulations to Phoebe for winning the Junior Stroud Song Contest 2022! We caught up with Phoebe this week to present her with her glittering trophy. Well done Phoebe and keep up the brilliant songwriting!
The Junior Final will be revealed on Youtube at 6pm today. Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RqvIol978 to find out who has won the junior contest! Update: Sorry but the 2022 Junior Final is no longer available. We don’t leave the junior videos live permanently but you can still hear all the songs in the 2022 song …
Well, this is it folks. The public vote closed last night and the scores are all in from our judges. We’ve crunched the numbers, allocating 50% to the public and 50% to the judges. Here are the final results from the public vote for the adult songs (Junior results announced next week). Public Vote Results: …
Take it from last year’s winners, The Many Coated, you won’t regret sending us your song and joining in the fun. Closing date Saturday 30th July!! Click to watch …
We loved Lisa Fitzgibbon’s song The Death of Florence Tuck which we were lucky to have in last year’s song contest, and we’re thrilled that she has sent us another song this year from her ‘Down in the Valley‘ project. Rosie’s Reply was written in collaboration with Adam Horowitz and you can find out more …
Kicking off the fun for 2022, our first submission is the rallying cry to ‘Do the Prawn’ from Joe Poulton. Joe tells us: The Prawn is a dance craze or fad performed on television show Britain’s Got Talent, aired on 17 May 2014. The basic move is the Prawn Wave which (Catronia Wightman, Digital Spy) …