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Acts to Compete in 2008 International Blues Challenge |
 Don’t
miss another record breaking year! A total of 160 acts will participate
in the 24th International Blues Challenge on historic Beale Street.
This year, we will see 100 bands and 60 solo/duo acts competing in
Memphis, Tennessee. They hail from 6 continents, 11 countries, and
36 states and the District of Columbia. That seventh and last continent
-Antarctica- will be quite a challenge to get. The 14 states--Alaska,
Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, and
New Hampshire--should be a bit easier.
This year St. Louis is sending several bands
- Darrein
Safron and the Soul Sensations, The Kim Massie band, and the Marquise
Knox blues band!
Make sure that “your face is in the place” January 31-February
2, 2008. The finals will take place at the Orpheum Theater at the
top of Beale on Saturday. Cassie Taylor and Gary Clark, Jr. will be
the co-hosts of the Band finals in the afternoon. |
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