{"id":1803,"date":"2017-11-07T16:17:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2017-11-07T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T16:32:24","slug":"raspberry-jam-moxie-both-take-first-prize-at-battle-of-the-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/raspberry-jam-moxie-both-take-first-prize-at-battle-of-the-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Jam & Moxie Both Take First Prize at Battle of the Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Two teen alternative-rock bands Raspberry Jam and Moxie shared the winner circle, taking first prize in Youth Services\u2019 Battle of the Bands Friday evening November 3 during Brattleboro\u2019s Gallery Walk Night, in front of an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred fans.\u00a0 Sponsored by Pacesetter Sponsors Richards Group, Brattleboro Subaru and G.S. Precision, it was a fierce competition between five talented area bands that were judged on crowd appeal, musical technicality, stage performance and originality.<\/p>\n

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Raspberry Jam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Raspberry Jam, from Massachusetts brings a new spin to alternative music with their \u201cvery catchy arrangements,\u201d according to the judges. The Pioneer Valley area band \u201cdemonstrated a rockin\u2019 stage presence and are wicked fun to listen to,\u201d stated another. Mac Almeida, 18 was on guitar, Aloutte Battreau, 16 on vocals, Joshua Xavier Gibson, 17 on bass and Milou Rigollaud, 18 on drums.<\/p>\n

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Moxie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moxie describe themselves as like opening a non-stop, effervescent fountain of all-original, bubbly, super-danceable, 80s-esque indie rock.\u00a0 Judges confirmed, \u201cno doubt a crowd pleaser,\u201d and another judge noted, \u201cSuper strong stage presence: everyone immediately moved forward to listen.\u201d Rei Kimura, 14 was on guitar and vocals; David Cohen on bass; Leander Holzapfel, 16 on guitar; and David Snyder, 15 on drums.<\/p>\n

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Outer Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First prize is a full day (up to 10 hours) of professional recording time donated by Guilford Sound, valued at $1500. In addition, donated by Pure Green Tees, the 1st<\/sup> place winners will also receive a dozen custom-designed T-shirts of their band logo. Other prizes included a two-hour rehearsal and banch coaching session at Headroom Stages and vocal coaching with Judge Samirah Evans.<\/p>\n

The Band Notion from the Manchester area came in third, followed by Outer Space from Brattleboro and Fiig, from Westminster.<\/p>\n

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3 out of the 5 judges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Judging the Battle were musicians Eugene Uman, Samirah Evans, Spencer Crispe and two youth judges from winning 2015 band, Nomad vs. Settler, Archer Parker and Owen James.<\/p>\n

Russell Bradbury-Carlin, Director of Youth Services said they were proud to have produced such a successful event. \u201cThe bands were all amazing and the crows of young people and adults provided the perfect amount of encouragement and energy. The Battle of the Bands was truly a celebration of youth and of great music,\u201d Bradbury-Carlin said.<\/p>\n

For more information on services for young people in Windham County, contact Youth Services at (802) 257-0361 or visit wwwyouthservicesinc.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two teen alternative-rock bands Raspberry Jam and Moxie shared the winner circle, taking first prize in Youth Services\u2019 Battle of the Bands Friday evening November 3 during Brattleboro\u2019s Gallery Walk Night, in front of an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred fans.\u00a0 Sponsored by Pacesetter Sponsors Richards Group, Brattleboro Subaru and G.S. Precision, it was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-1803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-program-event","tag-youth-bands"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Winners-2017-Battle-HR.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"NanciL","author_link":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/author\/nancil\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions\/1813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}