Songwriting Contest Story/Poetry Writing/Telling Contest Pioneer Pentathlon
Songwriters!
$1000 Grand Prize
Scandinavian Heritage Festival/Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts
2010 Song Writing Contest
Saturday, May 29th, 2010, Ephraim, Utah
Purpose:
to bring to life in song the stories of the
pioneer settlers of Sanpete County
In song, tell a story from the online Saga of the Sanpitch (use any search engine to find it) or any other approved source (details & applications at www.upharts.org or www.scandinavianheritagefestival.com) and you could be a winner. Other approved sources, available at most Utah libraries, include: "A History of Sanpete County" by Albert C. T. Antrei & Allan Roberts, "Sanpete Scenes - A Guide to Utah's Heart", by Gary B. Petersen & Lowell C. Bennion, "The Other 49ers - A Topical History of Sanpete County" by by Albert C. T. Adtrei & Ruth D. Scow for the Sanpete County Commission, "The Shoulders On Which We Stand", editor Demont H. Howell, project chairman Golden G. Sanderson, and "These Our Fathers - A Centennial History of Sanpete County 1847 to 1947, by Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah.
Entry Deadline: Friday, May 7, 2010. $10 Entrance fee.
Finals Saturday, May 29th, at the Scandinavian Heritage Festival in Ephraim, Utah.
An example of a song written from stories in "The Saga of the Sanpitch"
Grandpa Had a Grandpa
Words & music by Clive Romney
Grandpa had a grandpa
Who loved him just like my grandpa loves me
They pitched hay together
Till the wagon was piled higher than they could see
On the ride back to the barnyard,
His grandpa said when Sanpete was brand new,
Stayin’ alive while drawin’ a livin’ from the land
Was as much as they could do.
Grandma had a grandma
Who loved her just like my grandma loves me
They baked bread together
In a wood-fired, cast iron homemade bakery
And while the loaves were coolin’,
Her grandma said those first long winter nights,
They were livin’ all in dugouts in a hill
And most all their cattle died
But grandma said the things they suffered didn’t beat them down,
It made ‘em stronger, kinder, wiser, too.
And grandpa said it made a bond between all the folks in town;
They shared respect for all that they’d been through.
Grandpa had a grandpa
And so did his before him, on and on.
I’ve got to talk to grandpa
Before his precious stories are all gone
‘Cause there inside those stories
Are secrets of how I came to be me
And of how to make the story of my life
A sweet biography
And how to make the story of my life
Be all that it can be.
Click on the PDF logo below to download the official rules.
Storytellers!
Cowboy (Pioneer) Poets!
$250 Grand Prize
Scandinavian Heritage Festival/
Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts
2010 Story/Poetry Writing and Telling Contest
Saturday, May 29th, 2010, Ephraim, Utah
Purpose:
to bring to life, in story and poetry, the stories of the pioneer settlers of Sanpete County
Retell a story from the online Saga of the Sanpitch (use any search engine to find it) or any other approved source (details & applications at www.upharts.org or www.scandinavianheritagefestival.com), and you could be our winner!
Entry Deadline: Friday, May 14, 2010. $10 entrance fee.
Finals Saturday, May 29th, at the Scandinavian Heritage Festival in Ephraim, Utah.
Click the Word logo to download the official rules and application.
An example of a cowboy (pioneer) poem written from a true pioneer anecdote:
The Pioneer Pentathlon
(Family-friendly pioneer athletics for fun or competition)
The Pioneer Pentathlon is composed of games played by the pioneers. Participants may, if they wish, adopt the name and persona of a pioneer ancestor or some other ancestor, and dress “in period” for the competition. Families may compete as families by entering each participating family member into each event in their own age/body category and then combining and averaging their scores.
The first Pioneer Pentathlon will take place Saturday, May 29th, at the Scandinavian Heritage Festival in Ephraim!
Pentathlon Events:
• Bare Foot Races (on grass)
• Stick Pull
• Hoop Roll
• Jump at the Mark (standing broad jump)
• Hoops & Graces
Click on the PDF logo to download the official Pioneer Pentathlon flyer.
Intermountain Living History Re-enactors Conference
Friday, April 30th, and Saturday, May 1st, at the American West Heritage Center, Wellsville, Utah.