THE MID-ATLANTIC SONG CONTEST 

MASC 39 Awards

Grand prize:  Teghan Devon — Our Garden

2nd place: Tony Denikos — Purple Hearts

3rd place: Jim Johnson —  Continental Divide

Director's Award: Christie Chirinos — Empathy  

Young Artist: Ava Della Pietra

MASC 39 Category Awards
(HM = Honorable Mention)

Adult Contemporary

Gold — Frozen — Jillian Matundan                  

Silver — Shot in the Dark (roll of the dice) — Louis Cate                 

Finalist — High Road — Juliet Lloyd                

Finalist — Moonrise — Karen Bridges and Clint Thomson     

Finalist — Sun and Valley — Christie Chirinos                      

Finalist — Wait — Madi Earl and Daniel Turley

HM — Hallelujah Just in Case — Karyn Oliver            

HM — Maria — Rick Landers                

HM — Springtime in My Heart — Will Diehl, Andrew Rollins and Anders Wihk

HM — What Do I Do — Chris Hardy

 
                        

Americana

Gold — Continental Divide — Jim Johnson      

Silver — Purple Hearts — Tony Denikos

Finalist — By and By — Lynn Swisher Spears  

Finalist — Digging for Gold — Siena Hertafeld 

Finalist — For the City — Sean Magwire

Finalist — Vagabond Wind — Andrew Wolf      

HM — I'll Keep the Bong — Tim White  

HM — Long Walk Home — Rob Gould  

HM — Yellow Flowers — Valeria Stewart and Kevin Dudley

Children’s

Gold — All the Right Vehicles — Chris Hardy and Katharine Hardy

Silver — Where Did Papa Go? — Bett Padgett

Finalist — Absolutely Awesome — Nicole Porter and Wyndham Garnett

Finalist — Betsy’s Garden — Lynn Swisher Spears    

Finalist — Shadows — Anna Dagmar    

HM — Safe Island — Nicole Porter and Wyndham Garnett

HM — Skin — Roderick Deacey  

HM — Robots Don't Tell Jokes — Kelli Caldwell   
      

Country/Bluegrass

Gold — Shade of Blue — Tedd Swormstedt and Victoria Banks         

Silver — All I'm Hearing Is Goodbye — Andrew Wolf and Elizabeth Wolf        

Finalist — Can I Get an Amen — Tedd Swormstedt, Brian White and Patrick Dodge

Finalist — Let's Have Each Other For a While — Miles Gannett                    

Finalist — Powder Blue — Allen Partlow          

Finalist — The Leaving — Lynn Swisher Spears                   

HM — Go Through the Motions — Lynn Swisher Spears  

HM — Kleenexes    — Michael "Max" McGee and Scott E. Miller            

HM — Queens of Country  — Tedd Swormstedt                             

HM — Was There a Song? — Paul Wolfe     

            

Folk Acoustic

Gold — Our Garden — Teghan Devon                  

Silver — Down a Gravel Road — Ron Fetner             

Finalist — Fall in New England — Jillian Matundan and Sue Horowitz      

Finalist — Was There a Song? — Paul Wolfe             

HM — Angels — Eric Ramsey     

HM — Delta Shuttle — Roy Gamse and Joseph DeNatale     

HM — My Favorite Parts of You — Kassie Wilson and Benjamin Wilson    

HM — Shadows — Anna Dagmar

HM — You Taught Me a Lesson   — Bryant Switzky   

HM — You're Not My Dream Come True — Paul Wolfe

                                               

Freedom Songs

Gold — Sunflowers — Will Diehl            

Silver — America — Domingos Muekalia Jr, Kavi Lybarger, and Natalie Filzen

Finalist — Purple Mountains — Eli Lev and Megan Leigh      

Finalist — Rumpelstiltskin — Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth         

Finalist — This is My Somewhere — Frank Martin                

HM — America — Anita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth     

HM — Mommy, Don’t Let Them Take Me Away — Roy Gamse and Shawnee Shaman      

HM — The Journey — Megan Fay and Nicolas Laget 

HM — This American Life — Denise Troy Paladino, Kristina Jean Gilbertie, and Kathleen Auburn

                                                                                                          

Gospel/Inspirational

Gold — Fill the Void — Lynn Swisher Spears   

Silver — Fighter — Hannah Tramonte and Allan Licht

Finalist — Last Prayer — Kevin Whalen and Sandra Lyerly

Finalist — Lay it All Down — Art Wong  

Finalist — When I Die — Sherry Stewart

HM — His Greatest — Jeremy Doss and Drew Middleton

HM — Just Up the Road — David Scott Weaver

HM — Mercy — Anna Dagmar    

HM — Redemption Road — John Rimel

                                                    

HipHop/R&B/Urban

Gold — Good Grief — Jill Koshiol and Brandon Redmon       

Silver — Like the Rain — Sophia Golding                   

Finalist — Go Get It — Jay Uuu and Jireh Bey 

Finalist — Grateful — neonvid

Finalist — Hey, Hey — Luke Denver

Finalist — You Lift Me Up — Megan Fay, Cordelle Glass, and Nicolas Laget

HM — Free Your Mind — Michael C. Jennings and Charles C. Carter

HM — My Wings of Love — James McDowell            

HM — While Black — Roy Gamse and Jendog Lonewolf
           

Instrumental

Gold — Goodbye to All That — Matthew Holsen

Silver — How Will I Know? — Seth Kibel

Finalist — ʻAuwai — Dave "Kawika" Fiely

Finalist — Mila's ay ay Eyes — Michael Potts

Finalist — Russian River Flow — Michael Potts

HM — Dante’s Groove — Michael Jennings

HM — Ko'olau Slack — Dave "Kawika" Fiely

HM — Nobody Lives There Anymore — Matthew Holsen

HM — Ophelia's Path — Matthew Holsen

HM — Rosemarie's Heart — Michael Potts

Lyrics Only

Gold — Revelation Blues — Charles McCullough       

Silver — Maybe Later — Roderick Deacey       

Finalist — Cheap as a Kiss — Michael R. J. Roth and Eric Ramsey

Finalist — He so Ergonomic — Lynn Swisher Spears 

Finalist — Was There a Song? — Paul Wolfe  

HM — Contradictions — Victor Kittila     

HM — Go — Greta Ehrig  

HM — Let’s Get Closer — Allen Partlow

HM — Putin Goes to School — Roy Gamse     

HM — Roses Are Dead — Lindsay White

 

Open

Gold — The Cars in My Mind — Jacob Rubin   

Silver — I Wish I Knew You — Chris Hardy      

Finalist — Naked — Makena Tate Shlens        

Finalist — Oh Sierra — Megan Leigh Burtner and Bryan Kotsher

Finalist — Wildly Forgettable — Susan Rowe   

HM — Fall in New England — Jillian Matundan and Sue Horowitz

HM — Christmas Tonight — Ava Della Pietra   

HM — Mercy — Anna Dagmar    

HM — Rumble on the Mountain — Arnold Brendan Osei

Pop

Gold — All in My Head — Alaina Pamela and Michael Kim-Sheng

Silver — Shot in the Dark (Roll of the Dice) — Louis Cate               

Finalist — An Honest Man  — Adam Roberts

Finalist — Dreamin' About You — Katie Cone, Andrew Ripp, and Nick Schwarz

Finalist — Empathy — Christie Chirinos

Finalist — Like the Rain — Sophia Golding                

Finalist — Sending Out Signals — Aaron Lowenberger                   

HM — Frozen — Jillian Matundan                    

HM — Move On — Madi Earl

         

Rock/Alternative

Gold — Open Road (Saver Tooth Llama) — Louis Cate                 

Silver — Shine — Ryan Minton, Michael Dasher, and Steven Curtis Johnson

Finalist — 2 Straws & a Chocolate Shake — Louis Cate                 

Finalist — Different Hues — Eric Selby            

Finalist — Wherever We Are — Chris Hardy              

HM — Burn This House Down — Karen Bridges and Clint Thomson     

HM — The Blind Lead the Blind — Patrick Garrity                

HM — Under His Eye — Kirsten Hazler 

HM — We’re Building Something New Here — Robert Bullock        

  

Video

Gold — Ghost Light — Juliet Lloyd                             

Silver — Cahokia Winds — Kevin Lucas                    

Finalist — Holding On — Andrew Sanders, Kevin Toqe, and Hope Toqe

Finalist — Thoughts and Prayers — David Scott Weaver

Finalist — We’re On Fire For Choice — Lynne Revo Cohen

Finalist — Who Cries for You — David K. Chong                            

HM — Loving the Astronomer — Seanie Blue, Steve McCormick, Peter Fox and Sandra Bishop

HM — Namaste Papi — Seanie Blue, Helena Protopapas, Sandra Bishop, and Peter Fox

HM — This American Life — Denise Troy Paladino, Kristina Jean Gilbertie, and Kathleen Auburn

Best Comedy — Cryptobro — Louisa Hall and Annie Nardolilli                    

Best Animation — Hey Pluto — Marsha Goodman-Wood                           

Best Story — True Believer — Alan Xtra, Tungsten Lungs, and Moxie Grim

Vocal Jazz/Blues

Gold — Robert Johnson in 1972 — Seth Kibel 

Silver — Key Lime Pie — Mike Frankē and Larry Sakayama

Finalist — Are You Out of Your Mind? — Oren Levine

Finalist — Dying Man's Blues — Jim Johnson  

Finalist — Gershwin's 7th Symphony — Seth Kibel    

Finalist — Lena and Sara — Jon S. Patton      

HM — Doing — John Peiffer       

HM — It Must Be Me — Matthew D. Banks      

HM — It Won't Take Words — Anna Dagmar   

HM — The Workhouse — HM — Karl Stoll

HM — Wednesday’s Blue — Lynn Swisher Spears and Wendy Lee Shadburn

HM — You're So Cool! — Elizabeth Stone