Here's my second article as a intern for the Daily Freeman!
http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/04/25/entertainment/doc4bd2669f1d516608414729.txtKingston High School is having its third annual Battle of the Bands on Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the high school auditorium at 403 Broadway in the city.
Ten bands auditioned and six were selected to play for the prize of $200. They were chosen based on their quality of sound, organization, lyrical appropriateness, timeliness. To qualify, at least one band member from each band had to be a student of the high school.
Performing bands will include The Paper Planets of Woodstock, Depot Street of Saugerties, Coprolite of Kingston, Seminal Stain of Kingston, Y.I.C of Kingston and if all else fails of Kingston.
The line up for the night of the 29th is said to start with an adult band — with two out of the three members being Kingston High school teachers. Then if all else fails will perform, followed by Coprolite, Y.I.C., Seminal Stain, The Paper Planets and Depot Street.
All of the seniors that are taking Matthew DiDonna’s civics class will have to participate in the event to complete their community service partition grade.
“All of the students were assigned specific jobs — including event managers, band contractors, security, band roadies, ticket sales, internal promoters, external promoters, program creators, T-shirt design and T-shirt sales,” said DiDonna, a social studies teacher and Class of 2012 adviser and Battle of the Bands coordinator.
“The hardest step of the Battle of the Bands is raising money for the sound equipment,” DiDonna said. “But this year we had a vast amount of support from the community ... having well over 50 sponsors all producing $25 to $50 donations.”
This year’s proceeds are going to benefit former Kingston High School student Keith Gurgui. Gurgui, a 2009 graduate of the high school, suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident last summer. He is scheduled to attend the event.
DiDonna said that the event previously raised money for Family of Woodstock and the Children’s Annex. “We only sold 350 tickets” in the first year, DiDonna said, adding that the following year, almost all of the 700 tickets were sold. “We are hoping that this year will be the most successful year yet,” he said.
Tickets are $9 at the door and $7 in advance, to purchase tickets in advance call DiDonna at (845) 331- 1970.
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