Sunday, May 31, 2009

Natural Disaster selected for Boomtown Days Battle of the Bands

In the spirit of trying new things, our group, Natural Disaster, signed up for the Joplin Boomtown Days Battle of the Bands competition and was selected as one of the nine bands to perform beginning 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, at Landreth Park. This comes from the Boomtown Days website:

Nine regional bands have been selected to perform Friday night at Boomtown Days.

Almost Higher (rock) - Joplin

Watershed (alt. rock) - Neosho

Bright Young Things (rock) - Carterville

Me Like Bees (probably rock...probably) - Joplin

Sensational Showmen (60's, 70's R&B, rock, Chicago covers, 9 piece horn band) - Joplin

Natural Disaster (rock, country, oldies) - Granby

Offset Sunset (indie, accoustic, pop) - Webb City

River James Band (christian blues, classic rock) - Neosho

Velvet Poker Dogs (rock, R & B) - Joplin

When I started checking out the other bands on the internet, I was surprised to discover the first band on the list, Almost Higher, features one of my eighth grade students, Nate Brummer, as vocalist, as well as two former students. I began worrying about just how much older Natural Disaster is than the rest of the competitors, but it appears that two other groups are roughly in our age range.

I will post more information when it becomes available.

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Natural Disaster's next performance will be next Saturday, June 6, 4 to 5:15 p.m. at Central Park in Carthage for the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

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