<p class="fontplugin_fontid_1379_RockSalt" style="text-align: center; font-size: 3em; color: #993333;">South Fork Music Association announces:</p>
<p class="fontplugin_fontid_1379_RockSalt" style="text-align: center; font-size: 5em; color: #cc6633;">Summer Soirée</p>

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The South Fork Music Association will be putting on a gathering to gear up for the Rhythms festival later in August. This mini fest takes the place of the Summer Soulstice and will kick off during South Fork’s July 4 weekend festivities. Join us <strong>July 2</strong> at the Rhythms on the Rio grounds (28261 W. State Hwy 160) from <strong>4-8 pm</strong> for <strong>beer tasting</strong> and <strong>live music!</strong> All the way from Austin, the <strong>Shawn Nelson Band</strong> will throw down some notes for your listening pleasure. This will accompany our annual <strong>singer/songwriter competition.</strong>

Anyone who is interested in entering the singer/songwriter competition needs to submit an application no later than June 12 to sfma1@live.com. Contestants will need to perform 2 original songs, which will be voted upon by audience members. The top 3 contestants will then have a sing off of 1 more performance for another round of voting to determine the winner. <strong>A cash prize of $200</strong> will be awarded to the winning talent! For complete rules and submission requirements, please visit <strong>www.rhythmsontherio.com.</strong>

<strong>Price is $25</strong> which includes the <strong>beer tasting, wine tasting</strong> courtesy of <strong>Colorado Sellers</strong>, concert by Shawn Nelson &amp; the singer/songwriter competition. For those who will not be part of the beer or wine tasting, it is a $5 admission for the concert; kids 15 and under are free. We will be pouring beer from <strong>Three Barrel, Riff Raff, San Luis Valley Brewing</strong> and <strong>Coors;</strong> there will be food vendors on site as well. The Soirée is just part of the fun for July 4th weekend in South Fork—<strong>we hope to see you there!</strong>

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