Winner J. Robert (Houghtaling) “Florida Fiddler”
2nd place Lee Paulet “The Campfire Jam”
3rd place Al Scortino “Mr. Singer”
Winner Stan Geberer “One More Florida Song”
(Audio unavailable but see lyrics below)
ONE MORE FLORIDA SONG By Stan Geberer
Orange blossoms in the spring, Made many singers sing
Everglades in the fall, Summer rains made the sawgrass tall
Who’s gonna sing about the Florida Sand, When all those singers no longer can
Who’s gonna write one more Florida Song, One where everybody wants to sing along…oh…
And if those singers were still here, Maybe they’d sing about the small key deer
Or sing about Florida’s whispy sky, In the winter with the clouds so high
Who’s gonna write one more Florida song, Who’s gonna write one more Florida song
Or maybe they’d sing time is so short, How to save God’s earth you got to go to court
And how it seems we can hardly win, But their songs made us try again and again
Who’s gonna write one more Florida song, One where everybody wants to sing along
Now the sky is a wintery blue, Over the pines and the cypress too
And a new song in the air so still, Sing it for ‘em if you will
Lets sing about the Florida sand, Lets sing about it while we can
Lets sing one more Florida song, Now everybody sing along
Lets sing one more Florida song, One more Florida song
2nd place Brad Boone “State of Harmony”
3rd place Mem Semmes “My Dunnellon” (performed here by her son Jon Semmes)
Winner Boomslang “Since You Can Fit New Jersey Into The Everglades, This Year Looks Like They’re Going To Try”
Here’s a sampling of his Peters Road Swamp Blues Band performance at the Florida Folk Festival in 2008
2nd place “Ballad of Hamilton Disston” Ron Litschauer
3rd place (tie) The Bridge of Lions
3rd place (tie) The Spirit of Florida
3rd place (tie) Florida Calling
Winner- Ken Skeens “Empty Chair”
2nd Place Ken Skeens “Paw Prints In The Sand”
3rd Place Ken Skeens “This Is My Florida”