[Ottawamusicians] Ottawa Blues Society's Road To Memphis Band Competition - Call For Entries

Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested. Apologies to those who receive duplicates; the Call For Entries is being sent to a variety of mailing lists in order to reach the widest audience. Please contact me directly if you have any questions. Liz Liz Sykes President Ottawa Blues Society http://www.ottawabluessociety.com *OBS Road to Memphis* *Bands 2012* This year, the Ottawa Blues Society Road to Memphis Band competition will be held in September 2012. The qualifying rounds will take place Wednesdays, September 5, 12, & 19 and the finals are scheduled for Friday, September 21, 2012; all competition will take place at Greenfield's Pub in Barrhaven. Deadline for entries is Friday, August 17, 2012 at 6 pm (Ottawa time). For the purposes of the IBC, a band is any act with three or more musicians; vocalists are counted as musicians for the purpose of this competition.Both electric and acoustic instruments are allowed.At this local competition, entrants will be judged by the same criteria used for the International competition.Each band will have 20-25 minutes to perform and will be given points based on Blues Content, Vocals, Talent, Originality and Stage Presence.For full details on scoring criteria and official rules, see the Blues Foundation websitehttp://www.blues.org/ibc/scoring.php Eligibility Requirements: Band members must be 2012 residents of the Ottawa/Gatineau area (approximately 100 km radius of Ottawa). Entrants must be available for both qualifying rounds and the final round and must be able to travel to the IBC in Memphis, January 29-February 2, 2013. Entrants will play one set; set length will be 20-25 minutes (to be confirmed). All songs presented MUST be Blues (electric or acoustic), Rock/ Blues, Jazz/Blues, Country Blues or Rhythm & Blues. To enter, please download the entry form from our website http://www.ottawabluessociety.com/road2memphis.php -- complete all sections and attach completed form to an email addressed to the Ottawa Blues Society at ottawabluessociety(a)gmail.com <mailto:ottawabluessociety@gmail.com>; please cc your entry to lizblues(a)rogers.com <mailto:lizblues@rogers.com>. Every effort will be made to accommodate all applications that are received on time and meet the established criteria. However, should it be required for any reason deemed appropriate, the Ottawa Blues Society reserves the right to limit the number of entrants in the competition. Should it be necessary to exercise this right, a pre-screening of the applications received will be conducted based on the sample music provided. The results of the pre-screening process are final. Should there be an insufficient number of entries to run a reasonable competition or for any other reason deemed appropriate, the Ottawa Blues Society also reserves the right to cancel the event.In such a case, all entrants would be given priority should they wish to enter the competition in the following year. You will be contacted for further information following your submission.Please address any questions toLiz Sykes atlizblues(a)rogers.com <mailto:lizblues@rogers.com>