OBS
Road to Memphis
Bands
2013
This
year,
the Ottawa Blues Society Road to Memphis Band competition will
be held in
September 2013. The qualifying
rounds will take place
Wednesdays, September 4, 11, & 18 and the finals are
scheduled for Friday,
September 20, 2013; all competition will take place at
Greenfield’s Pub
in Barrhaven.
Deadline for
entries is Monday, August 19,
2013 at 6 pm (Ottawa time).
For
the
purposes of the International Blues Challenge, 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 website http://www.blues.org/ibc/scoring.php
Eligibility
Requirements:
Band
members
must be 2013 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 22 - 25, 2014.
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.
Entrants
must
submit sample music (2 songs, radio quality) with their
application.
To enter,
please complete the entry form
(which can be downloaded from the OBS website here)
and attach
completed form to an email addressed to the Ottawa Blues Society
at ottawabluessociety@gmail.com;
please cc your entry to 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 to Liz Sykes at
lizblues@rogers.com
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