Blues Society of Western PA - Newsletter

The Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania has the pleasure to announce that their 4th Annual Blues Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Cefalo’s in Carnegie, Pa. Why set a date this early, you ask? With respect to our participants, we have set a date far enough in advance so that each band can plan their schedules around that date. At the conclusion of the 2007 IBC, the BSWPA Board met and discussed steps that we could take to improve our competition to make it better than ever. That discussion included devising steps to make the competition better organized with improved publicity. We believe that the improvements that we are making will lead to the 2008 IBC being the best in the history of the BSWPA. We are looking forward to accomplishing that goal.

The 2008 competition will be a one-day event to better accommodate those competing. The entry fee will remain $45. The categories again will include solo/duo and band. The winners from the 2007 competition will not be able to compete in the 2008 event.

The gain that you will realize with your entry will be that your band will get to show its best twenty minutes of work. The benefits that each band will realize are:

• Using your creative talents to develop original material
• Competing with fellow musicians in your field
• Exposure to a new, broader fan base through the competition
• The possibility of going to Memphis, TN to compete in an International Competition
• The possibility of attracting national attention
• Cash prize awarded on day of competition to winning solo/duo and band

1. Blues Society of Western PA, P.O. Box 97978, Pittsburgh, PA 15227
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   Apply online through the Blues Society website, http://www.bswpa.org/IBC.htm