[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival will once again donate festival proceeds to Kids in a New Groove, an Austin-area nonprofit. 

The mission of Kids in a New Groove is to provide youth in foster care in Central Texas with a committed one-on-one mentoring relationship through weekly private music instruction, giving students the ability to build concrete strategies for lifelong success. 

Because youth in foster care are frequently moved between homes and placements, they ...