The Connecticut Blues Society is sponsoring the Second Annual Connecticut Acoustic Blues Challenge on October 16th at the Hungry Tiger Cafe in Manchester, CT. Starting at 6pm, several blues artists will perform for a panel of judges who will score them on blues content, talent, originality and stage presence. The winner will represent Connecticut at the Acoustic Division of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January and receive $400 to offset travel costs and a Porchboard percussion instrument.

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The Connecticut Blues Society (CTBS)
is sponsoring the Second
Blues Society Annual Connecticut Acoustic
Blues Challenge on Sunday,
October 16, 2005, starting at 6:00
presents p.m. at the Hungry Tiger Cafe, 120
Charter Oak St., Manchester, CT.
The winner of this event will be
sent to participate in the Acoustic
The 2nd Annual Division of the International
Blues Challenge sponsored by the
Acoustic Blues Challenge Blues Foundation in Memphis in
January, 2006
Sunday - October 16, 2005, 6:00 p.m.
The Hungry Tiger Cafe
120 Charter Oak St.
Manchester, CT.
6:00-6:30 - Pete Scheips
$
5 Admission
6:45-7:15 - Lisa Rich A
panel of judges of
Blues Radio DJs, music
7:30-8:00 - Joel Blumert columnists, and musicians
will award each participant
8:15-8:45 - DW Ditty/Kenny Mack a score of one to ten in the
categories of Blues Content,
9:00-9:30 - Chris D’Amato Talent, Originality, and Stage
Presence, the criteria used at The
Blues Foundation’s International
9:45-10:15 - DC Jones Blues Challenge (IBC). In addition to
representing Connecticut in the Acoustic
10:30-11:00 - Jim Shepley
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Division of the IBC, the winner will also be
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