Fire for Effect, first-place band. Mitchell Sutton and Nathan Goodwin receive first-place check from SGA Vice President for LLP Campus Lynn Hodge.

Someday Famous, second-place band. Shelby Rummage receives check from SGA Public Relations Officer for LLP Campus Jeremy Spencer.

Cabin Creek, third-place band. Karen Burgess and Wayne Burgess receive their check from SGA Vice President for OCH Campus Sondra Rorie.

Shelby Rummage, left, and Corey Tossas, right, tied for first in the individual competition.

May 9, 2011

Fire for Effect wins SPCC’s fourth Battle of the Bands

POLKTON – Wadesboro rock band Fire for Effect claimed the first-place prize of $500 during Friday night’s fourth annual Battle of the Bands in the Helen Goodman Amphitheater on South Piedmont Community College’s L.L. Polk Campus.

Made up of Mitchell Sutton, Nathan Goodwin and Vincent Baynard, Fire for Effect finished third in last year’s competition.

Classic rock band Someday Famous claimed the second-place prize of $300 and bluegrass band Cabin Creek won $200 for finishing third.

Shelby Rummage, the lead singer for Someday Famous, and Corey Tossas each won $100 after tying for first place in the individual competition.
The free event, which included rides, games, free food and free T-shirts, drew a crowd of around 900.

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Media contact: Rosemary Britt, 704-272-5342, rbritt@spcc.edu