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 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 websitehttp://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 <http://www.ottawabluessociety.com/roadtomemphis.cfm>) 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> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6458 - Release Date: 07/02/13