The first ever Battle of the Bands took place on March 28 to raise money for the graduating Class of 2015.

The event was coordinated by Mrs. Jill Bernstein and Mrs. Missy Archer and emceed by sophomore principal, Mr. Chris Dallas.
“I hope everything goes well tonight, I prepared lots of rock n’ roll quotes and even a few jokes to throw in to keep the mood light and fun,” Dallas said. “The success of this is going to depend on the crowd and how much they get into the performances.”
Only about one third of the theatre was filled by the time the first band, Last Minute Run, took the stage.
“Ticket sales could have been better, I just wish I could tell everyone to come,” Archer said. “This could be really incredible because each band has a different genre to represent their personality and I hope people pick up on that and see how unique each band is.”
Taking the stage with his band O-Shag-Hennesseys, junior Jake Blonstein had one of the more memorable performances of the night.
“This was actually my first time being a rocker,” Blonstein said. “I’m in the music department and I love singing and being on stage so I jumped on this amazing opportunity.”
Sophomore Celine Macke was one of the dozens of people who came to watch the bands, but the bands didn’t end up being her favorite part.
“Actually my favorite part of the show was Courtney Tyburczy,” Macke said. “Her voice was incredible and, in my opinion, she was the best of the night.”
Tyburczy was one of the two “fillers” in the show, their purpose being to entertain the audience while the next band sets up.
After each of the four bands performed, every member of the crowd got to place a vote for their favorite act of the evening.
“I didn’t come into this thinking I can win this, but I thought we were pretty good,” Blonstein said. “I may have been a little too showy for this sort of event though, but, oh well.”
After about a 15 minute break to tally all the votes, the bands took center stage and Dallas announced the winner to be the band, Juice.
“I can’t believe we won,” sophomore and Juice main vocalist Austin Sellinger said. “The other performances all played so well I was extremely nervous but luckily it all worked out for us.”

At the end of the evening the event generated significant profits going towards the graduating class of 2015.
“We hope to make this an annual event,” Archer said. “I think that if we advertise it better next year that we can sell even more tickets and have an even better turnout. All in all I think the show went smoothly and I am very thankful to everyone who helped out and showed up to support this great event. This is just the beginning.”