Rockingham Regional Song Contest 2024

Awards Night Presentation video
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And the winners are:

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The Rockingham Regional Song Contest Awards night is done and dusted!
The winners were:
The Milkmen (Two awards for Best Back Catalogue and Best Music Video)
Best Instrumental went to Steve Frawley
Most Creative Cover Version went to LoiseE.
The Song of The Year had two runners up, Steve Parkins and LoiseE (even with 9 judges, they couldn't be separated!) and the winner was a fairy tale for a sixteen year old who has only released one song, Zaidin Van Zyl.

Jason Carroll from DRN1 streaming radio was on hand, you can listen to DRN1 on your computer or phone. He already has interviewed several people and played their songs, which is really what it is alll about, getting songs air time. He said that the reponse was exceptional regarding Zaidin Van Zyl and Loise E, both from Baldivis, and that matched the judges thinking, too. Jason will be interviewing other winners and playing their songs. How cool is that?

There were also a couple of Captains Pick trophies, the Hayley Ayres trophy for Rising Star award went to Loise E for winning the Most Creative Cover Version and having three songs in the top six in the Song of the Year category. The Minky Gardner trophy for Videographer of the year went to Mark Anderson of Rewindw2Play who spent countless hours producing the video presentation. Looks like the Rockingham Regional Song Contest is here to stay!

Winner of the Song of the Year was Zaidin Van Zyl

Zaidin Van Zyl : 'The Girl of Your Dreams':
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There were joint runners up in the Song of the Year, Steve Parkins and LoiseE

Steve Parkins: 'Lay your love on me':

LoiseE: 'This Is The Time'
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LoiseE had 3 songs in the top six. The one I liked best came sixth, so include it here too.

LoiseE: 'Stop Pretending (To Be Good)'
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MP3 version of 'Pretending To Be Good':

Winner of Best Back Catalogue (songs released 2022 or before) AND Best Music Video were The Milkmen

The Milkmen Didn't Catch Your Name View on Youtube

Winner of Best Instrumental: Steve Frawley, 'Water'

Winner of Most Creative Cover Version and Captains Pick trophy, the Hayley Ayres Rising Star trophy for having 3 songs in the top six in the Song of The Year competition, was LoiseE

LoiseE had two entries in Most Creative Cover Version, both rocked up versions of the originals:

'Vampire' by LoiseE.
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Yes, we've already got entries for 2025!

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