House Concert Tour Contest: And the winners are…

We're thrilled to announce the final results of the 2nd Annual 2010 CIYH Video/Tour Contest. This year's winner, from Etobicoke Ontario, is Suzie Vinnick !!
In a virtual tie for second place are the duo Barnaby Bright (Brooklyn NY) and the trio Big Wide Grin (Mill Valley CA). Photos above are linked to their CIYH profiles.

The final round highlights:

45 CIYH hosts viewed all 30 song submissions from our 10 finalists for the final round of judging. The results were very close. All contestants garnered praise from many judges for their songs.

As our contest winners, Suzie, Becky & Nathan (Barnaby Bright) and Elaine, Lawrence & Karl (Big Wide Grin) will receive 5 and 10 gig circuits in the U.S. or Canada during May 2011. Circuit locations will be selected by January 31. (See full list of prizes below.)

Want to host the winners?

We've set up this nice page, where you can

• see 4 videos from each act
• see a map of hosts who are already interested
• and you can email jeff to add yourself as an interested host for a show in May.

Visit the link and hear these wonderful artists, then let Jeff know where you are!

Thank you

to all of our artist entrants who collectively brought 220 videos to the first round of judging. Similarly, we thank each of the 80 judges who worked with us over the course of the contest, tirelessly and (based on their gushing comments) quite enjoyably.
 
The judges saw remarkable new talent well beyond the finalists, and some have said they look forward to booking these artists in the future. Of course, we'd love to know when that happens.
 
Thanks to each of you–artists and judges–for making the 2nd annual contest a great success. 
 
Jeff and Fran

Tours and Prizes

• Grand Prize: Suzie Vinnick
  Ten-day regional house concert tour
  $500 in merchandise from D'Addario & Planet Waves
  PLS Lighting System from Q-Lighting ($350 value)
  $100 cash.
• Second place: Barnaby Bright
  Five-day tour
  $250 in merchandise from D'Addario & Planet Waves
  Maestro from Q-Lighting ($40 value)
  $100 cash.
• Third place: Big Wide Grin
  Five-day tour
  $250 in merchandise from D'Addario & Planet Waves
  Maestro from Q-Lighting ($40 value)
  $100 cash.

See additional contest details.

See the finalist videos and mp3s.

Thanks to our kind sponsors, D'Addario, Planet Waves, and Q-Lighting. Check out the special offer from Q-Lighting in our latest newsletter. Offer ends November 30th, 2010.