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| Those Mockingbirds' Adam Bird accepts last night's prize for his band. |
Congratulations to Montclair's Those Mockingbirds
Nikki Black, host of WRAT's Jersey Rock and tireless supporter of local music, emceed the finals of the Jersey Rock Showcase and Band Search last night at The Stone Pony. The winners of each of the preliminary rounds -- Those Mockingbirds, Paris Under Fire, and Prehistoric Forest -- gave it everything they had throughout three pretty great sets. At the end of the night, Montclair's Those Mockingbirds took home the prize over the pair of Toms River bands.
As winners, Those Mockingbirds will appear in eight weeks of rotation on 95.9 WRAT. Nikki assured us, though, that we'd be hearing all three bands on the station. In addition to the airplay, Those Mockinbirds received 10 hours of recording time at Lakehouse Recording Studio as well as a super sweet Gibson J45 standard acoustic guitar, donated by Asbury's Russo Music.
Yuengling sponsored all four rounds of the competition, and admission for each show was $5. All of the proceeds went to fund the music program in the Asbury Park school district. Asbury Park music teacher and showcase judge, Tanya Peterson, took the stage at the end of the evening to express her gratitude and to let us all know that she has witnessed, first-hand, the life saving effect that music can have on children. Definitely a moment to warm us all up on a cold night.
Congratulations to Those Mockingbirds, Paris Under Fire, and Prehistoric Forest for riding their sounds into the finals. Congratulations to WRAT and to Nikki Black for a successful event and for supporting such a great cause.
When's the next one?
Here are some photo highlights. Lots more in the Flickr galleries.
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