Tonight (10/28) was the first night of Point Park's Battle of the Bands. The schedule called for six bands to perform and four of the bands to be invited back tomorrow night for the final round of competition. That is not exactly what happened.
One of the original six bands was unable to perform due to a faulty bass guitar. The other five, including the Unsmokable Brokes, performed and some promise was shown. However, one band withdrew from the competition immediately after their set because they could not make it tomorrow night. A second band withdrew for apparently the same reasons before the night was over. This guaranteed the three remaining bands spots during the second night.
Tomorrow night three bands will play, and the three contest prizes will be given away. I feel pretty confident guaranteeing the Brokes will take one of those prizes. I actually feel bad for the people at Point Park that set up the event. By no means has it been a failure. It has actually been well organized up to this point, and I am not sure how they could have prevented bands from dropping out.
Anyway, the competition may be shot, but there is still the chance for people to check out bands and bands to court potential fans. I will be sure to chronicle the official results (and perhaps a review of the bands that play) tomorrow night.
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Nice. I'm enjoying this approach of the blog. I would love to see photos from these events, too, to help bring the reader into your daily events even if he can't make it. I really hope things go well for you Friday night.
I also wanted to note a couple of typos when you wrote, "I actually feel band for the people at Point Park that set up the event. By know means has it been a failure."
I think you meant to wrote "feel bad" and "By no means."
Make sure you go back and re-read your blogs either before or after posting.
Also, take this opportunity to sharpen your creative writing talents. If you have no photos to offer, talk to us about the experience by describing it to us. Tell us about the other bands. Tell us about what emotions went through you as you played. What was the crowd like? Throw in a couple anecdotal moments. Don't be afraid to set the scene or write about it as if you were telling us a story. That's going to be your best bet in keeping fellow bloggers interested in reading your adventures.
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