Sign up to win a Godin guitar
Attend the North Texas Battle of the Bands, presented by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Feb. 29 at UNT, and sign up to win a Triumph Silver Godin Guitar.
If you visited the tour bus while it was in North Texas this week and provided your e-mail address, you're already eligible to win the guitar.
The guitar's specifications are:
• Rock maple neck
• Rosewood fingerboard
• 12-inch fingerboard radius
• 24 ¾-inch scale
• 1 11/16-inch nut width
• Body: Silver Leaf Maple center with poplar wings
• Godin low-noise single coils pickups
• 5-way switch, 1x Volume and 1x Tone
• Fixed Bridge
The guitar winner will be announced on this web site and will be notified by e-mail.
It's not too late to get your tickets to see six high school bands rock onstage during the North Texas Battle of the Bands Friday, Feb. 29 at UNT, presented by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased in advance by calling (940) 369-7802 or visiting www.thempac.com. Tickets also are available for purchase at the door of the Murchison Performing Arts Center. The concert starts at 7 p.m.
The best band wins a professional recording session and will make a video aboard the bus, a nonprofit mobile recording studio.
Who's taking the stage?
The finalists who will compete at the North Texas Battle of the Bands are:
• Stalled
Five of the six finalists were chosen by judges, and one -- The September Days -- was chosen by popular vote.
The bands consist of three to eight members, and all members ages range from 13 to 20. At least 75 percent of the band members must be enrolled in high school.
The concert includes a performance by former UNT music student Rhett Butler, well known for playing two guitars at once.
Audience participation required
Fans can attend the Feb. 29 performance to cheer for their favorite bands. The band with the loudest fan base will earn an extra vote, which will be tallied with the judges' votes.
Prizes up for grabs
In addition to winning a recording session aboard the bus, each member of the top band will receive an Apple iPod Shuffle. The top band also earns free entry into the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with the opportunity to win the Songwriting Contest grand prize of $20,000.
The winner of the North Texas Battle of the Bands will compete in the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus National Battle of the Bands, in which the band could win a spot performing on its local Warped Tour stage.
All six finalists are eligible to perform at Taste Addison, a festival held May 9-11.
About the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a nonprofit mobile recording studio outfitted with traditional instruments and advanced technological recording equipment, allowing students to play music, write songs, engineer recording sessions and produce music videos.
See the schedule for the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus while it's in North Texas >>
About the Battle of the Bands
The North Texas Battle of the Bands is presented by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and sponsored by UNT, the Denton Record-Chronicle, the Texas Music Project, Lone Star Attitude, Inc. and the Guitar Center in Lewisville
Net proceeds from the Battle of the Bands will benefit music education.
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