Category Finalists

The songs listed below have been selected as finalists in the first round of judging. These songs have been forwarded to the second round judges for ranking. The winner in each category will receive $100 and be eligible to win the Grand Prize.

All prizes and certificates will be awarded at the LASC Songwriting Competition '93 Awards Banquet on November 6, 1993 . The banquet begins at 8:00 p.m.

Bluegrass

76 Song For A Fiddler's Lady

Greg T. Trafidlo Bedford, VA

92 Silver Line Sun & A Pale Blue Sky

Dave Cartmill La Grange, KY

95 United We Fell

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

164 Bluegrass Perfume

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

165 The Corner Of 7th & Love

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

270 Take Me With You

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

310 Foxfire

Greg T. Trafidlo Bedford, VA

409 Telluride

Carolyn Boone-Smith Moneta, VA

Blues/R&B

96 I Only Take What I Need

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

98 The Long Gone, Dead Wrong, Sad Song,

Miss You Blues

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

169 Include Me Out

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

187 Cheap Talkin'

Rita Provost Los Angeles, CA

333 With All The Power Of My Heart

Ron Troutman & Dean Olawsk

Los Angeles, CA

335 Can't Get There From Here

Ron Troutman & Dean Olawski

Los Angeles, CA

363 Whereever My Blanket Unrolls

Earl Meyers Louisville, KY

377 Take Me The Way I Am

Karen Metcalf Louisville, KY

412 Just Like A Man

Cori Connors Farmington, UT

419 No Good News

Terry Lambert Santa Rosa, CA

Children's

51 Poor Poor Polly Pelican

Loretta Sadler Harrodsburg, KY

79 I'm Running Away From Home

To Join The Circus

Rebecca Holtzman Bronx, NY

104 Hoppy-Toad

David Michael San Francisco, CA

105 Kids-R-Kool-N-Skool

Earl Meyers Louisville, KY

106 That's What Makes The World Go Round

Earl Meyers Louisville, KY

118 Meow Meow

L. Rochelle West Hollywood, CA

201 Ants In My Pants

Iris Ann Hirsch Columbia, MD

202 Birthday Wishes

Iris Ann Hirsch Columbia, MD

203 Monster In My Bedroom

Iris Ann Hirsch Columbia, MD

416 Ride A Blue Pony

Cori Connors Farmington, UT

Country

59 Soft As A Prayer

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

62 The First Snow In Nashville

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

65 Another Lifetime Or Two

Louie Cate & Ambrosia Shepheard Alexandria, VA

97 Prairie Rose

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

197 Have You Seen The Man I Used To Be?

Don Westerlee Nashville, TN

216 I'll Just Promise To Remember To Forget

Lana Puckett & Kim Person Yorktown, VA

245 I'm Not Married To Your Mother

Luther Zachary Marietta, GA

272 Take Me With You (When You Go)

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

427 Damned Old Cowboys

Rob Tiger Hayesville, NC

439 Solitaire

Eric T. Johnson Lithonia, GA

Folk

55 Requiem

Louie Cate & Dawn Degeare Alexandria, VA

215 Cornstalk Pony

Lana Puckett & Kim Person Yorktown, VA

217 Some Things Never Change

Lana Puckett & Kim Person Yorktown, VA

218 Farmer Of Love

Lana Puckett & Kim Person Yorktown, VA

233 The Way Love Goes

Freddy Bradburn Marion, NC

271 Chasin' Down The Wind

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

287 A Spot In Eternity

Marlin Eades Evansville, IN

356 The Fall Of Kingdom Come

John Caudill Louisville, KY

415 Gallaghers Well

Cori Connors Farmington, UT

434 The Prostate Blues

David F Peters & Jody West Brasstown, NC

Gospel / Contemporary Christian / Inspirarational

56 Reservation To Heaven

Louie Cate & Billy Harris Alexandria, VA

68 All Of Thee Above

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

87 The Presence Of The Lord

Steve Swanson Livonia, MI

99 All Heaven Broke Loose

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

153 The Power Surge

Gloria Ramsey & Bob Phillips Conyers, GA

171 So I Know

Louie Cate & John Bowen Alexandria, VA

219 Christmas Love

Lana Puckett & Kim Person Yorktown, VA

304 He Walks With Me

Jake Jacobs Frankfort, KY

361 You Love Me Lord

John A. Barfield Lexington, KY

411 The Builder

Cori Connors Farmington, UT

Jazz

26 Cricket's Song

Vernon Carne Lawrenceville, GA

27 Bebow

Vernon Carne Lawrenceville, GA

28 Jobimata

Vernon Carne Lawrenceville, GA

29 Carried By The Winds

Vernon Carne Lawrenceville, GA

30 Skyride

Vernon Carne, Lawrenceville, GA

88 Roger

Jack Skiles San Antonio, TX

235 Slapstone

Aviel Segal Israel

236 I Bet You

Aviel Segal Israel

317 Embers

Sylvia Carroll Clarkston, GA

318 Cat Tease

Sylvia Carroll Clarkston, GA

Lyrics-Only

33 The Songs Just Aren't The Same Without You

Michael McGee Lockhaven, PA

52 To Be Sold At Auction

Loretta Sadler Harrodsburg, KY

117 Trickle Down Blues

Ken Klar & R. D FaquetteSherman Oaks, CA

128 Names On A Wall

Vickie Vining Studio City, CA

143 Those Who Bear His Cross

George Stock Philadelphia, PA

314 Eureka

Fred Harris Louisville, KY

357 The Fall Of Kingdom Come

John Caudill Louisville, KY

370 The Hal And Lula Trail

Bill Beach Louisville, KY

379 Magic Man

Alice Wells Salado, TX

380 The Best Of Friends Don't Lie

Alice Wells Salado, TX

MOR/Pop

6 Don't Leave Me Alone Tonight

Karen WilloughNew Rochelle, NY

155 Steam

Deborah Poppink Los Angeles, CA

239 All Kidding Aside

Eric T. Johnson & Ross McCort Lithonia, GA

248 My Reason To Live

Brad Ellis & Nancy Peacock Atlanta, GA

250 Hold Me Now

Brad Ellis & Nancy Peacock Atlanta, GA

254 The Last Bad Habit

Ron Bell & George Cochran Winchester, KY

261 Pump It Out

Darryl James Cincinnati, OH

268 Goodbye My Love

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

273 She Needed More

Dan Bowman & Greg WilsonLouisville, KY

349 Give Love One More Try

Greg Cox Lexington, KY

Other

75 Who'd Want To Marry A Nurse?

Greg T. Trafidlo Bedford, VA

127 Kiss Me Where It Hurts

Dana Kendler Glenview, IL

255 The King Of Christmas

Ron Bell & George Cochran Winchester, KY

267 Goodbye My Love

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

398 White Boys From Jersey

John Sawoski & Paul Mahay Beverly Hills, CA

399 White Boys Got Rhythm

John Sawoski & Paul Mahay Beverly Hills, CA

414 Sleepy Little Town

Cori Connors Farmington, UT

435 The Prostate Blues

David F Peters & Jody West Brasstown, NC

440 Christmas Card

Eric T. Johnson & Phil Thompson

Lithonia, GA

448 Red

Rozlyn & Vincent Reynolds Louisville, KY

Rock

170 Sometimes I Just Want To Scream

Louie Cate Alexandria, VA

184 Younger Days

David Yates Louisville, KY

238 Shelly Rocked

Eric T. Johnson & Ross McCortLithonia, GA

260 No More

Darryl James Cincinnati, OH

265 Kickin'

Dan Bowman & Greg Wilson Louisville, KY

350 Give Love One More Try

Greg Cox Lexington, KY

441 One Night Man

Eric T. Johnson Lithonia, GA

451 Better Things

Bryan Hurst Louisville, KY

453 The Fall Of The Summer Of Love

Bryan Hurst Louisville, KY

462 You'll Be In My Dreams

Anthony M. Cestaro & Steven Talian Lou., KY