World Music Club hosts battle of the bands competition
City College's World Music Club will be hosting a band competition this semester with a grand prize of $1000.
By Estela Fuentes and Alyssa Laurel
The Guardsman
City College's World Music Club will be hosting a band competition this semester with a grand prize of $1000.
Bands of all music styles are welcome to join, but at least one member must be a current city college student. Dancers and anyone with a stage act are also welcome to participate.
The club hopes to have at least one local artist in the judging panel, the clubs’ adviser Benedict Lim said.
The first round of competition will take place the weekend of September 17. The number of contestants will determine how many preliminary rounds will be held.
The final round will consist of ten bands. This event is tentatively scheduled for October 22 in the performance theater of the Ocean campus’ Health and Wellness Center.
The club was officially founded five years ago, according to Lim. However, the idea came from the Asian Music Club, which started almost 30 years ago by City College professor Joshua Law.
The club’s mission is to setup a platform for students to learn and be exposed to cultural diversity. Every semester the club tries to organize some type of music-related event for students to participate in.
About 90 percent of the events are free and others are at very low cost for students due to fund raising by club members.
“We are very lucky because we’ve gotten grants for our events,” club member Catherine Tse said. “We also do food sales and approach businesses to sponsor events.”
Club members are not only exposed to cultural diversity, but also learn accounting, business administration and marketing skills, Lim said.
“This is not a teacher's club, this is a student's club,” Lim said. “Students come to me and tell me what they want to do and I advise them. They do all the work.”
