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The Washington Blues Society will hold its last semi-final statewide blues competition in Anacortes on Sunday, June 24th at H20. The Anacortes competition adds to the blues society’s statewide contests in Spokane, Snohomish, and Kennewick. The top-scoring acts from each semi-final round will advance to the Washington Blues Society International Blues Challenge finals at the Taste of Music in Snohomish on Sunday, August 19th.

This year, the blues society’s WIRED! Band from Snohomish County won first place International Blues Challenge honors as they returned to Memphis to compete for the most prestigious award for unsigned blues talent. The Randy Norris and Jeff Nicely duo, also hailing from Snohomish County, made it to the semi-finals on their Beale Street debut.

Each competition is judged and conducted according to the rules of the Blue Foundation, and the Washington Blues Society received the coveted Keeping the Blues Alive Award from the Blues Foundation in 2009 in the blues society category.

H20 is Anacortes’ newest restaurant and club downtown on the waterfront. H2O is a strong supporter of local blues, and the Washington Blues Society considers H2O a strong and valued partner in promotion of live blues music in Skagit County and the Evergreen State.

Introduction and Welcome	2:00-2:05 PM
Hambone Wilson	2:05-2:30 PM
Wide Willie Washburn	2:45-3:10 PM
Palmer Junction	3:25-3:50 PM
Stevens Miller Project	4:05-4:30 PM
Mercury Radio	4:45-5:10 PM
Blues Playground	5:25-5:50 PM
Rafael Tranquilino Band	6:05-6:30 PM
Mary McPage & The Assassins	6:45-7:10 PM
Junction 61-49	7:25-7:50 PM
James & The Bad Intentions	8:05-8:30 PM
Announce Top Scorers	8:30-8:50 PM