Years ago quickly after I began my leisure corporation, I heard approximately a “Battle of the Bands” company event providing two of the top 10 display bands in the U.S. A few years later, I heard approximately any other corporate occasion “war” proposing–surprise–the identical two bands with the identical result. A lot of lucky, happy company employees and management at those activities!
You don’t hear a good deal about this type of occasion nowadays because they not often appear with businesses reducing lower back and (I suppose) foolish worries approximately “partying at the same time as Rome burns”! But a “Battle of the Bands” occasion is not any much less interesting and incredible today than it become ten or fifteen years ago.
Some would ask, “Why double your amusement value when you could get through with one band handiest?” and of route, that could be a strong argument in opposition to having a “Battle of the Bands”. The solution of course is, “For those looking to do some thing ‘out of the container’, something unique and some thing special!”
There is, in my opinion, one way to do such a unique and uncommon occasion and this is to do exactly as those groups lower back in 1999 and 2002 did–rent of the very first-rate display bands within the U.S., have a massive two-level set with a huge dance ground surrounding each complete with sets of truss lights (with transferring lighting and lasers) and finish the set-up with flown line array speakers (hung from the ceiling for optimum sound dispersal). This manner, all of the guest clanking of plates and communication (“din”) might not intrude with the band audio (You most often see/hear this sound machine used at alternate indicates where the manufacturers need the tune heard for the duration of the convention center). An splendid emcee is “a need to” for an event like this, introducing every band and directing guests to voting for his or her favorite band at the stop of the night.
One band plays a forty five-minute or hour-lengthy set bringing a few visitors to the dance ground, then as they finish, the lights go out on their stage as the neighboring level lights up with the competitor band starting its forty five-minute set with out missing a beat (A 90-minute dance set is generally long enough for the most avid dance couples). A quick interlude follows the two band units so the guests can chat and the wait workforce can clear the tables, and so forth. The bands proportion any other ninety-minute set every giving visitors a threat to bop some extra and gauge each band’s talent.
Upon returning to their tables, the visitors locate balloting cards asking them which band turned into “the quality”. After marking their choice, the playing cards are picked up by wait workforce and tabulated through the CEO’s assistants. He/she announces the triumphing band which performs one very last cover. The “Battle of the Bands” winner is offered both a cash prize, round ride airfares to Hawaii or some thing similar and the event involves a close.
Today, there are a restrained range of satisfactory Las Vegas display bands in America to pick for themed activities. I call them “Las Vegas show bands” due to the fact they carry out on the whole at Las Vegas corporate events and because those performances frequently feature a change of costumes and some feature choreographed the front traces. One of these corporations functions a string trio of their 12-piece and large versions giving a pleasant “undercurrent” to rock and dad ballads and to Motown covers including “My Girl”. They are “a must” for ELO’s hits which include “It’s A Livin’ Thing”.
A “Battle of the Bands” extravaganza… A corporate occasion to don’t forget!
