The New Folk Songwriting Contest 2005

THE 2005 MINNESOTA FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS

2005 TOP FINALISTS
Name	City & State	Song 1	Song 2
Ron Affolter Becca Allen Stuart Cadenhead Ben Connelly Jennifer Daniels Nigel Eccleston Ron Franz Rhoda Habedank Rebecca Hall Don Harvey Luke Hawley Ty Hippe Eric Kelly John Kimball Kellie Lin Knott Angie Kokott Jack Linton Scott Marrs Mary McAdams Patrick McGuigan David Mehling Nora Paoli Jeff Ray Michael Riddle Ben Suchy Roland Trenary Joel Underwood Trent Wagner Don Ziemar Yata Smook	Mankato, MN Minneapolis, MN Hastings-On-Hudson, NY Minneapolis, MN Lookout Mountain, TN Minneapolis, MN Grand Forks, ND Twin Valley, MN West Townshend, VT LaCrosse, WI Hudson, WI Willmar, MN Jackson, MI Oklee, MN New Brighton, MN Jamestown, ND Petal, MS Apple Valley, MN Ankeny, IA Minneapolis, MN Duluth, MN St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN Minnetonka, MN Mandan, SD Minneapolis, MN Asheville, NC Harrisonburg, VA Bemidji, MN Arkansaw, WI Burnsville, MN	My Cannon River Valley Home My Kid Brother Sohaila I Left a Trail of Tears Tattoo Lucky Man Blues Mama, put a Slow Record On Lights of the Northern Sky Lucille, Lucille Time On His Hands The Most Convincing Horse Balance Johnny and June Tom Horn There's a Star Respect and Care Mississippi Blues The Gardener Potter's Field Lucky Ain't the Word Leave the Light On Dazzle Me Higher Hilltops Cajun Lutefisk Good Evening Mercury So Cruel Dance Blue Ridge Mountains Lost Creek Lady Those Dancing Days are Gone My Grandpa's Song	House of Dakota Rose Bonnie's Song Mississippi You Burn Hotter Day to Live Home Depot Blues How Can I Plan Yodeling Ode to Motherhood Hungrytown Road A Settler's Life This Side of the Mountain Starry Sky Michigan Nite (Part 2) Santa Fe Line Home I Love the Land of My Birth Trailer Park Mall Song of the Loon This Little Street The "L" Word January 4 Seconds of Silence Into the Street Glenwood Lakeside Ballrom Saturday Night Walk Along Shaft of Light Happy Angel After Hot Steam Rises Dear Nicole He Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven Precious Child