Sunshine Coast takes out the battle
Story Added : June 2006
Sunshine Coast Band, ‘No Parkin‘ has won this year’s Battle of the Bands at St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane. Matthew Upton, Shaun Cobin, Dominic Everett and David Wayth, all in Year 10 at Good Shepherd Lutheran College at Noosa travelled to Nudgee to compete in the inaugural Battle of the Bands on Saturday 27 May The band was formed in 2005 and performed all their own original music. Runners up were also from the Sunshine Coast, with the band, ‘Invain’ which consisted of a combination of Good Shepherd Lutheran students and one Matthew Flinders Anglican student. Kris de Waard, Andrew Heale, Daniel Everett and Tom Jefferys in Year 11 also won the Sunshine Coast Independent Schools’ Battle in 2005. They have played charity gigs for Overseas Aid and at the Noosa Fringe Festival. Each of their songs was also original. Also taking the position of runners-up was an all girl band, ‘Sunny June’. Bianca McCarthy, Anna Hickey, Annabelle Kirkpatrick, Nina Hlavka and Libbi Swan are all Year 12 students from All Hallows’ School. The band was formed in October 2005 and judges were wowed once again with their repertoire of original songs. |
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“I was shocked by the quality – it was that good,” said judge Noel Mengel, music editor for the Courier-Mail. “10-12 acts were very, very good. There were those who could write their own very good songs,” he said.
Other judges were Jeff Reeves, bass guitarist for Brisbane band, ‘Small Mercies’ who played support band to ‘Nickelback’, recently in Brisbane at the Entertainment Centre; and Jeff Forbes, of the Music Junction, sponsors of the event.
First prize was a $1000 voucher from Music Junction and the runners-up received $250 vouchers.
17 bands competed on the day, with students from St Peter’s Lutheran, Kenmore SHS, Padua, Gregory Terrace, St Paul’s Bald Hills, Marist Ashgrove, Grace Lutheran, Nudgee College, St Margaret’s, Pine Rivers SHS and Dakabin, competing alongside the winners.
The event was hosted by Totally Wild presenter (previously Big Brother contestant and past Nudgee school captain), Wes Dening and was open to band members under 18. The Battle is scheduled to run again next year.
Below: Wes Dening with some members of All Hallows all girls band, 'Sunny June'.