Bogota Band Earns Top Honors at ‘Battle’ of High School Bands
Doomsday Diaries takes home the $500 top prize at the event sponsored annually by the Fort Lee Film Commission. This year, a $250 second prize was offered thanks to the local Wendy’s.
The Fort Lee Film Commission hosted its eighth annual “Battle of the High School Bands” at the Fort Lee Community Center Friday, and the winner was a band from Bogota called Doomsday Diaries. “This year our Community Center staff was able to include two large stage video monitors to add to the mix, and what with the lights and sound, it was a great opportunity for our local garage bands to get on stage and play their music in as close to a real rock concert sense as they could imagine,” said executive director Tom Meyers of the Fort Lee Film Commission. Judges for this year’s competition included Paul Umrichin, Stacy D'Arc and Lou Azzollini, who decided that in addition to the top prize of $500, which Doomsday Diaries received, there would…
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Tracy Mattei
1:10 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Looks like a lot of fun for the up and coming musicians and their fans! Kudos! I love reading about good community events like this! more ›