Battle of the Bands

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Does your band want to prove that they have what it takes to go bigger? Then your band will want to compete in the PJMA Battle of the Bands. The PJMA Battle of the Bands is a year long three level eliminations. The battle start with a preliminary round of 4 seasonal battle of the bands at local venues in St. Mary's County. The four first place winners from the preliminary rounds are invited to compete in the seasonal finals held at My Brothers Place in Waldorf. The four first place winners from each of the seasonal finals are invited to the grand finals held at the start of following year. The winners of the seasonal finals all receive prizes of recording time with local studios. The grand finals winners receive a engraved award with the PJMA logo and inscription of the event and winning place. The guidelines used for the participation and how bands are scored is provided under the heading: Battle of the Bands Guidelines

Below is the summary of 2005-2008 progress and plans.

A special congratulation to the 2007 Battle of the Bands Grand Finals Winners: 1st. Malice Vitality , 2nd. White Shadow

3rd. Scarborough Fair and 4th. (due to a last minute cancellation no band competed)

From here you can go to:

2008 Battle of the Bands Standings

	Place	Battle of the Bands	Place	Battle of the Bands Finals	Prize	Place	Battle of the Band Grand Finals
		Fall Part 4		Fall Finals			Grand Finals
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Fall Part 3
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Fall Part 2
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Fall Part 1
	1
	2			.
	3
	4
	5
		Summer Part 4		Summer Finals
	1
	2
	3
	4
	4
		Summer Part 3
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Summer Part 2
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Summer Part 1
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Spring Part 4 Southern Community Center 27 June		Spring Finals My Brothers Place Old, Waldorf 30 June
	1	Deep Down		Deep Down
	2	Gun Click Panic
	3	Johnny's Dead
	4	301 Hooplas
	5	Darkened Prophecy
		Spring Part 3
	1	Beating the Legend		Beating the Legend
	2	Space Lumberjacks		1st.
	3	Leprosy Cupcake
	4	Color Blind Society
	5	Bare Knuckle
		Spring Part 2 Calvert Southern Community Center 21 April
	1	Resistance of the Fallen		Resistance of the Fallen
	2	The Rounds
	3	When We Were Kids
	4	Trulesance
	5	Apathy of the Dead
		Spring Part 1 Three Notch Theatre 20 April
	1	Soundbreak		Soundbreak	1.
	2	Blame the Victim
	5	The Carefree
		Winter Part 4 Holiday Inn 3 March		Winter Finals My Brothers Place Old, Waldorf 31Mar
	1	Cataleptic Burial		Cataleptic Burial
	2	Prometheus
	4	BlueSteal
	5	Plagues of Azeal
	3	Malice Vitality
		Winter Part 3 Southern Community Center 16 Feb
		The Carefree		The Carefree
		Fiction
		Winter Part 2 Southern Communiy Center 15 Feb
	1	Branch Avenue		Branch Avenue
	2	A New Born Thriller
	3	Space Lumberjacks
	4	Mason Summers
		Winter Part 1 Chancellors Run Rec Center 18 Jan
	1	Anathemas		Anathemas
	2	The Phoenix Endeavor
	3	Crimson Orchid
	5	Ire & Sentiment

Battle of the Bands Schedule

Date	Event & Location	Flyer	Bands
To Be Re-Scheduled	Winter Battle of the Bands Finals To Be Announced		1. Johnnys Dead 2 Branch Avenue 3. The Carefree 4. Cataleptic Burial
19 July	Summer Battle of the Bands Part 1 Boatmans 13425 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, Maryland 20680		Theme: All 1. Open to St.. Mary's County Band 2. Open to Calvert County Band 3. Open to Southern MD Band 4. Open to Touring Band 5. Open to St.. Mary's County Band
12 July	Spring Battle of the Bands Finals Boatmans 13425 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, Maryland 20680		1. Soundbreak 2 Trulesance 3. Beating the Legend 4. Deep Down
18 July	Summer Battle of the Band Part 2 Southern Community Center 20 Appeal Lane Lusby, MD 20657 Phone Number: 301-645-5460		1. Open to Calvert Band 2. Grab Your Socks! 3. Open to touring Band 4. Lifted Down 5. Open to Calvert Band
8 Aug	Summer Battle of the Band Part 3 Southern Community Center 20 Appeal Lane Lusby, MD 20657 Phone Number: 301-645-5460		1. Open to Calvert Band 2. Open to Southern MD Band 3. Open to touring Band 4. Open to St. Mary County Band 5. Open to Calvert Band
12 Sept	Summer Battle of the Band Part 4 Southern Community Center 20 Appeal Lane Lusby, MD 20657 Phone Number: 301-645-5460		1. Open to Calvert Band 2. Open to Southern MD Band 3. Open to touring Band 4. Open to St. Mary County Band 5. Open to Calvert Band
4 Oct	Summer Battle of the Bands Finals Location TBD		1. Winner on 28 June 2 Winner on 18 July 3. Winner on 8 Aug 4. Winner on 12 Sept
******	Fall Dates to be published in June	*******	Fall Dates to be published in June

Battle of the Band Guidelines