SHOWCASE

Dallas Songwriters Association members showcase on the outdoor Songwriter Stage. Come out and support us.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Dallas Songwriters Saturday Night at the Crosswalk

OCT 11 HARRY HEWLETT, ALLEN LARSON, GIGI GOSTAS

OCT 25 BUCK MORGAN, JOE MILTON, SHANE ANDREWS

The first Dallas Songwriters Saturday Night at the Crosswalk is Oct. 11 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Angela's at the Crosswalk in downtown Plano. Harry Hewlett will host. His featured artists will be Allen Larson and Gigi Gostas.

THE DSA WILL HOST TWICE-MONTHLY SHOWCASES ON THE 2ND AND 4TH SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH in a cool venue in a neat part of DFW. Buck Morgan will be the host of 4th Saturdays at the Crosswalk, which on Oct. 25 will start an hour later at 8:30 because of Feastival Downtown Plano, which ends at 8. Should be a fun night with lots of pedestrians dropping by to hear featured artists Joe Milton and Shane Andrews. More on Feastival here: http://visitdowntownplano.com/events/

Each 2nd (Harry) and 4th (Buck) Saturday the showcases will unfold this way: The hosts will take the first half-hour, the first featured artists get an hour, and the closing featured artists get a half-hour. So, the 2-hour showcase, divided into minutes, is 30-60-30.

DSA members can play both featured slots. You may play the half-hour first, then play the hour slot another night, or in reverse order. And you may do both for the 2nd Saturday and the 4th Saturday.

Even better. Angela's is open until 11 pm on Saturday nights, and we've been encouraged to play later than our 9:30 end time. We look forward to extending playing opportunities to DSA members and their talented friends somewhat after our official 2-hours. These After Show Time performances will be word of mouth only, and DSA members will have priority. We want to have fun and enjoy this flexibility, but we also must be aware of our responsibility to entertain dinner guests at the Crosswalk. Our mission is to provide DSA members quality performance opportunities, to show off our talent, to attract new members and to attract good crowds to the Crosswalk.

The DSA has a lot of talented members. Truth is, we have talent hat Harry and I haven't even met. So, while we're reaching out to many of our established performers, you should also contact me about your desire to play.

You must have a full 30 minutes of original material for the half-hour and hour slots. If you don't, please come for our After Show Time, and you should be able to get a couple of songs in. However, no guarantees, and the Crosswalk may pull the plug on After Show Times if they come off as completely unpolished.

MORE IMPORTANT, if your new to DSA, you can show off your talent to Harry, me and other Board members by playing 3rd Thursday DSA Open Mic this Thursday at Dunn Bros, off Beltline in Addison, or 1st ThUrz Dallas Songwriters' Open Mic Oct. 2 at Half Price Books off Northwest Hwy. Both are from 7-9.

Saturday, March 8, 2014

April 4 - 6 - Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Dallas

DEEP ELLUM ARTS FESTIVAL




















 free to public in the heart of downtown Dallas



2014 DSA TX SONGWRITER STAGE
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014


Singer Songwriter Stage (Main & Malcolm X )
Start Time
Performer / Group Name
Genre



11:00
Harry Hewlett (30 minutes)
Country / Americana
11:30
Phillip Wildman (30 minutes)
Country
12:00
Duke MacBoagin & the Chilla Tenders
Americana / Swamp Grazz
1:00
Tim Spitzer (30 minutes)
Rock
1:30
Dan Roark (30 minutes)
Americana / Folk
2:00
Jeff Rodgers (30 minutes)
Americana
2:30
Danny Zagotta (30 minutes)
Americana
3:00
Buck Morgan (30 minutes)
Americana
3:30
Allen Larsen (30 minutes)
Americana  
4:00
Jordy Searcy Band
Pop
5:00
Julie Jean White (30 minutes)
Southern Americana
5:30
Gigi Gostas (30 minutes)
Country
6:00
Aaron Shook Band
Country
7:00
Michael Brandenberger (30 minutes)
Blues / Jazz
7:30
Bob Fisk (30 minutes)
Folk / Blues/ R&B/ Swing
8:00
Steve Sullivan & Texas LeReaux
Americana / Blazz
9:00
J.R. Byrd Band
Pop
10:00
Chin's Mojo
Indie Rock
11:00
ENDS

SATURDAY, April 5, 2014


Singer Songwriter Stage (Main & Malcolm X )
Start Time
Performer / Group Name

11:00
The Yaga Yagas
Soul / Jam / Pop
12:00
Ian Dickson
Americana
1:00
Grady Yates
Americana
2:00
Barbe McMillen & Paul Zander
Americana
3:00
Bobby Montgomery (30 minutes)
Country
3:30
Joe Milton (30 minutes)
Americana / Rock
4:00
David Byboth (30 minutes)
Americana / Folk
4:30
Jerialice Arsenault (30 minutes)
Holy Folk Rock
5:00
Merry And The Mood Swings
Pop / Rock / Blues
6:00
Lisa Byrn & The Smokey Bottom Boys
Americana
7:00
Mark Wayne Glasmire
Americana / Country
8:00
Bad Mountain 
Americana
9:00
Cliff Munroe Band
Americana
10:00
Mr. Troll
Country/ Folk/ Hippie/ Blues
11:00
ENDS

SUNDAY, April 6, 2014


Singer Songwriter Stage (Main & Malcolm X )
Start Time
Performer / Group Name

11:00
Hard Country Band
Country / Americana
12:00
Trevor Dahlen (30 minutes)
Americana
12:30
Cat McGee (30 minutes)
Folk Rock
1:00
Mark Deffebach Trio
Folk / Bluegrass/ Americana
2:00
Sugar Daddy & the M&M's
Jazz / Blues / Americana
3:00
Tony Ramey
Country
4:00
Texas Storm Riders
Texicana
5:00
Aaron Rose Band (30 minutes)
Britpop / Alternative Rock
5:30
Shane Andrews (30 minutes)
Acoustic Rock
6:00
Brown & Wild Reister
Folk / Country / Blues
7:00


8:00
ENDS