Performances and Events

This is our calendar of upcoming events. Now, feel free to invite your friends and spread the news about our group and things we have planned, we’d sure appreciate it!

WITR (Writers-in-the-Round) meet normally on the first Thursday of every month (keep an eye on our calendar) at the Virginia Cultural Center and Marketplace in Abingdon (previously known as the Heartwood) in the Conference Room on the lower level. Here, we share our work with one another followed often by encouraging, constructive critiques.

We also meet on the second Saturday of each month at the Birthplace of Country Music (BCM) in Bristol.

Before a member performs on stage at a SOHA event, it is required that they attend three of our WITR sessions at which they share at least five of the pieces they will be performing. We are a serious and committed group and take our trade to heart, so we represent the group accordingly.

SOHA events work something like this:

• There  are 3-4 writers on stage, each with their own mic(s) (for vocal and instrument), mic stand(s), cables, amplifier, music stands (as needed), and optional instrument (if vocal only). Chairs will be provided, but a good scout is always prepared!
• Each writer introduces themself, gives the title of their song and then sings it with or without accompaniment.
• They can take questions from the audience if they want to.
• Sometimes after (or before) they sing, they’ll tell how they wrote it or what inspired it.
• It usually takes 4-6 minutes or more before it is the next writers turn.
• The focus is not on the beauty of the voice but the clearness of the pronunciation and the effect of the song.