Category: 2019

WoodyFest again sponsoring songwriter’s contest

WoodyFest again sponsoring songwriter’s contest

| April 1, 2019 | Reply

Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, SceneInTown.com The upcoming Woody Guthrie Festival, affectionately called WoodyFest, will run from July 10-14 this year in Okemah, Okla., which was Guthrie’s birthplace. One of the highlights every year is the songwriting contest, which draws songwriters from across the United States and beyond. The good news is, there […]

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Trey Rose Values His Time On The Voice

Trey Rose Values His Time On The Voice

| March 27, 2019 | Reply

First printed in The Paris News, 3.27.19, Story by Mary Jane Farmer, SceneInTown.com, Photo courtesy NBC Trey Rose, the professional name that Hugo native Jack Rosenthal III uses, watched his own blind audition segment on The Voice Monday night, at the same time that fans from all over Texas and Oklahoma were as well, and, […]

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Rusty Wier contest finale

Rusty Wier contest finale

| March 25, 2019 | Reply

Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Click on the link here to see all photos, and feel free to download any of them. No charge. Just enjoy. Flickr.com/photos/102233188@N08/albums/72157690569982813 The Rusty Wier singer/songwriter contest is now a memory, an echo of all the new and more familiar songs that multitude of songwriters brought to the […]

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Texoma’s own featured on national TV Monday night

Texoma’s own featured on national TV Monday night

| March 24, 2019 | Reply

Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer Two of Texoma’s musicians are vying to keep moving on in their respective national, televised and career-enhancing contests. Both shows are being televised Monday night, on different networks. Trey Rose, from Hugo, Oklahoma, is moving into the Battle Rounds on NBC’s ‘The Voice,’ And, from Van Alstyne, Austin […]

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Rusty Wier contest, Rd 3, Wk 2, 3.9.19

Rusty Wier contest, Rd 3, Wk 2, 3.9.19

| March 11, 2019 | Reply

Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Feel free to click on and download any of the photos, no charge. Link to photos Well, it’s coming down to hay-baling time. The 2019 Rusty Wier Singer/Songwriter contest completed it’s second week of the semi-finals Sunday (March 9, 2019) and the finalists have been chosen and announced, based […]

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