Battle of the Bands

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By Todd Curran

Presented by the Longview Stampede and Festival Association, nine bands from Calgary and area played to a motley crowd, with Dreams of Reason barely beating out local favourite Rolling Thunder for the win.

“Those two were actually tied,” says Joy Lantz, organizer of the event. “We anticipated the possibility of a tie and narrowed it down to the highest score in two categories to determine the winner. The top thee bands were only about three points apart.”

Dreams of Reason won contracts to play at different bars, a guitar hand painted by local artist Matts Zoumer and $200 in cash. Cash prizes were awarded to Rolling Thunder and third place winner The Enemy. Also, several bands were booked for gigs by the different bar owners who were judging the battle.

“I just want to thank all the bands, volunteers, judges and our great sound guy for coming out,” Joy says. “Their help brought in a lot of proceeds to support Little New York Daze.”