Love & War in Texas, just one of their unique decorations
Moving along, the Rusty Wier songwriting contest, third annual, kicked off its Round Two Sunday, (Dec. 30), with the first seven of 21 contestants who advanced from Round One. These were (in alphabetical order) : Scott Copeland, C.C. Cross, Matt Dunn, Chad Purdom (brother of last year’s second-place winner Brad Purdom), Jake Reeves, Mark Shelton, and Grady Yates.
Each performed four original songs, and these seven are not competing against just each other, but also against the remaining 14 still to sing in Round Two. Judges are Brett Dillon and Chip Campbell.
Round Two continues Sundays (Jan. 5 and Jan. 13) at 4 p.m. each of those Sundays at Love & War in Texas, Plano. The restaurant is at the northeast corner of U.S. 75 and Plano Parkway. There is no cover charge to attend these contests.