| Dawsn and Marie are performing at theFreight & Salvage in Berkeley at the West Coast Songwriters' 2010 Grand Finals. They were of the winners and will perform at the West Coast Songwriters sunset concert. West Coast Songwriters westcoastsongwriters.org a nonprofit organization founded 30 years ago, is one of the most active music associations in the USA. WCS sponsors more than 15 events per month throughout the West Coast as well as an annual International Song Contest. One recent contest winner, Sara Bareilles, has since seen enormous commercial success with her smash hit, "Love Song". In San Francisco WCS brings in two guest judges each month for an open mike contest where they have an award for Best Song as well as Best Performance. It is generally held on the fourth Tuesday of each month starting at 7:30 pm at the Café Royal www.caferoyale-sf.com In addition there are many more monthly songwriting competitions all over the West Coast, from Portland, Oregon down to Hollywood, California. |