Battle In The Orchard Is Back - And Looking For Teen Talent

is back, and it's ready to rock out louder than ever.

All it needs are the bands.

This year’s teen band competition is quickly approaching. It's in its second year, and organizers are hoping to draw more bands and even bigger crowd than last year, when it drew hundreds to .

This competition is open to musically inclined teens who are between 13 years old and 21 years old.

The Initial Talent Round is scheduled for Saturday, June 16 from noon to 9 p.m. at building A-3 in

The Final Round will be held on Thursday, June 28 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Curran Apple Orchard.

Winners will also get to play at the U.P. Festival in August!

A new addition to this year’s event is that if interested particpants do not wish to audition in person or cannot make it, you can now enter online! For more information, click here to contact organizer Kayla Stewart.

Here's some more information:

Initial Talent Round

- Please come prepared to play two songs (covers or originals). Please bring a lyric sheet for each song you intend to perform. If you enter online, please send in a two song demo(covers or originals) as either .mp3, .mp4, .aac, or .wav files, along with a lyric sheet for each song submitted.

- Sound equipment(mics, mic stands, amps, etc.) and a sound engineer will be provided but please bring your own instruments(including a drum kit) and amps for each of your instruments.

- A small panel of judges composed of but not limited to Cadence Music Management employees and musically inclined volunteers will judge each performance based upon: 1) lyrical content, 2) musical content, 3) appropriate lyrics/name/etc., and 4) overall creativity and uniqueness.

- 3 bands will be selected to move on to the Final Round. Bands will be notified by either phone or email no more than one week following the Initial Talent Round.

If you are interested in auditioning, promoting, judging, and/or volunteering at this year’s event, please email Kayla Stewart as soon as possible by clicking here.
 
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May the rocking out begin.