Saturday Saved- The Best for Last #1
I was able to witness the 1st Reggae Band Showdown on September 12, Saturday, at RD Plaza. The event was hosted by The Bar, a product of Emperador Distillers. Ten of the best bands in Socsargen competed to gain recognition and honor for the first ever reggae band showdown in the city.
Kuerdas Band, who is known for introducing reggae music in the city, deemed it best not to join the event because of two reasons:
- Conflict of schedule
- They were undermanned. The saxophonist and the keyboardist couldn’t make it to the said event.
However, due to constant urgings and proddings by the contest organizers, the Band Major said “YES” in support to the local reggae music scene. What they had in mind was that they will be on stage to participate and not to compete. They joined at the last minute, barely 24 hours before the scheduled competition.
On the night of the event, a draw lot was made to determine which band plays what number. They picked No. 5. Each of the contestants were asked to sing 3 songs each. When it was their turn to perform on stage, people had gone berserk and danced to the beat of reggae music. It was a real night of fun reggae party!
I felt proud that the band was able to perform their best even without the two band members. My mother and I thought that they have the big chance in getting the 1st prize. However, the judges have other things in mind. The points were so close. There were only .27% separating the 1st and 2nd winners.
The second prize went to Kuerdas with a score of 90. 33% while the first prize winner got 90.60%, who went to Las Kuridas. When the announcement was made, there was somehow a look of surprise on everyone’s faces and a moment of silence ensued.
The winner was asked to perform 6 songs. After their performance, the crowd couldn’t get enough of Kuerdas and they were expecting them to render their own version of that reggae beat and were shouting: “KUERDAS! KUERDAS! KUERDAS! The night ended with people dancing again to the beat of reggae music.
Congratulations to all winners!
Reggae rules!
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Ahhh! CONGRATULATIONS to my Blog's Resident Band.
Even playing at a Competition without the full Band set and they did so marvellously.
KUDOS to KUERDAS! (WOW! that could be their rallying call ha)
I have to learn how to Reggae dance. Is it too physical for an old man? hahaha
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Congrats! Keep it up! Galing ng blog nyo.
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