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A children’s song by musician Randy Sauer, Hays, wins in The Artists Forum Music Competition based out of New York.
The song “Fits Just Right” was selected as a finalist with nine other songs from around the world and on October 15 it was selected as a winner in the Children’s/Holiday/Novelty Category.
In 2022 Sauer’s song “We All Have Feelings” was a finalist in the same competition. Sauer and his wife, Niki, traveled to New York for the awards ceremony last year but it did not win.
“Fits Just Right” is a song about how being a grandparent fits Sauer just right and how he loves spending time with the grandkids.
This is the second award for this song. In 2022, “Fits Just Right” won Best Children’s Songwriter in the Indie Music Channel Awards out of Hollywood, California.
Presently, Sauer is a music teacher in WaKeeney, and teaches 6-12 instrumental music, guitar and an audio/video technology class. He was selected as the 2013 - 2014 and 2019-2020 Outstanding Elementary Music Teacher by the Northwest Kansas Music Educators Association. Randy has won over 50 children's songwriting awards.
The Artists Forum Music Competition is open to musical artists of all genres seeking to gain exposure in the New York City and international music and media markets.
Its mission is to provide an accessible platform for songwriters and composers to present their best work for juried selection, increase artist communication and business contacts, provide career advancement opportunities, and publicly acknowledge talented artists in an industry-saturated arena.
Each submission, reviewed by a panel of industry professionals, is rated upon its individual merits. Finalists in each category are judged against one another and a winner declared.
The Artists Forum, Inc., now in its 25th year, is a New York City-based non-profit arts service organization specializing in events, juried competitions, and media for artists. The organization provides an unparalleled platform for emerging and mid-career artists to share their stories with the world’s creative communities.
CORRECTION: This article was corrected at 7:51 a.m. Oct. 20, 2023. Randy Sauer is a music teacher in WaKeeney, not Hays.