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Terry Gillespie and his band, Lyndell Montgomery and Wayne Stoute, will be the OBS Band representatives at the IBC in Memphis.
THE FINALS
Qualifying Bands: Round #1
The Yohawks www.yohawks.com
Big Chill bigchillnews.blogspot.com
Qualifying Bands: Round #2
Bluestone www.bluestoneband.ca
Terry Gillespie www.terrygillespie.ca
Qualifying Round #3
Victor Nesrallah www.freeflyingmusic.com
Lil’ Al’s Combo www.alaintambay.com/
Six Finalists – the two highest scoring bands from each of the three Qualifying Rounds.
The winning band will represent the Ottawa Blues Society in the 28th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, January 31 – February 4, 2011.
Bands in the local competition will be judged using the same criteria as the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Judges are regional volunteers knowledgeable about The Blues.
THANK YOU
Thank you to our all our judges:
♪ Ian Boyd, Irene Ippersiel & Alexandre Petit
♪ ‘Uncle Bob’ Cabana, Derick Fage & Eugene Haslam
♪ Ken Fraser, Stacy Jeffress & Ali Misener
♪ Bruce Boucher, James Doran & Lynn Saxberg
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♪ Thanks to our soundman, Mark Hall
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♪ Thank you to Tucson’s for hosting this event.
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Thank you to the all the bands for their participation:
The Yohawks, Steve Groves, Tongue & Groove & Big Chill; River City Junction, Bluestone, Erth Juce & Terry Gillespie; The Braveyard Whips, Northlander, Victor Nesrallah, Lil’ Al’s Combo & the Joe Gaspar Band
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Thank you to our corporate members who provided raffle prizes:
DAWG-FM, Lorenzo’s, Northern Blues Music, Tucson’s, Virée Blues & Choose the Blues
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The winners from the Finals of this year's Road to Memphis Solo/Duo Challenge are....
Anders Drerup & Kelly Prescott!
They're on their way to Memphis TN to compete as OBS representatives in the International Blues Challenge (IBC), January 31 - February 4, 2012. CONGRATULATIONS!
Anders is a singer / songwriter with two solo albums currently being heard on DAWG FM. He's toured the UK, Australia, Cuba and Canada with Silver Creek and with Cuban guitar virtuoso, Elmer Ferrer. Kelly is a third generation performer who recently released her first blues CD, "I Leave You Dreaming" - you can hear that right now on the DAWG's Top 20 List.
Anders & Kelly first met when they were cast to the roles of Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris in the critically-acclaimed, musical production "Grievous Angel: The Legend of Gram Parsons". You can catch this show June 4th at the Black Sheep Inn - its been selling out shows throughout Ontario and Quebec. Together, Anders & Kelly have started writing for their newest duo project - they are set to record an album of original acoustic blues/country tunes this summer.
THANK YOU
Thank you to all eleven acts who participated in this year's Solo/Duo challenge.
Thanks also to our OBS volunteers, judges and the good folks who hosted at the Atomic Rooster and at Irene's Pub.
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A special shout out to the generous support of blues fans (that's you!) and our OBS Corporate Sponsors - the total revenue for the 3 nights of competitions was an impressive $1,450! All fundraising dollars go towards travel costs for both our Solo/Duo and Band representatives to attend the IBC competitions.
VOLUNTEER?
WANT TO VOLUNTEER for the “Road to Memphis” events? We’re looking for outgoing, energetic & friendly OBS members to help promote raffle sales and merchandise sales during each evening of the competitions. ($8 Cover at the door during Finals is optional for volunteers.) Please contact Dave Brennan, OBS Director, Volunteer Coordination for further information and to confirm your volunteer schedule: ottawabluessociety@gmail.com
Thanks for your ongoing support & see you on the Road to Memphis!
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2010 OBS ROAD TO MEMPHIS WINNERS.
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For the 4th year, the Ottawa Blues Society (OBS) will be participating in the Blues
Foundation’s International Blues Challenge.
The OBS local Blues Challenge
competition for the Band category takes place at Tucson’s,
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JUDGES SCORE SHEET
2010 Winners Duo Cat.
Brandon Agnew & Benny Gutman Duo
2010 Winners Band Cat.
Al Wood & The Woodsmen
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