Spare Parts Top Performers Poll
Friday, May 9, 2008
Spokane, WA—This year’s Bloomsday participants must have been primed for acoustic blends with vocal harmonies, as the band Spare Parts, which was located at Ft. George Wright Drive and Elliot Road, captured top honors in the Best Bloomsday Entertainer contest. Spare Parts earned 228 votes out of 990 cast. Punk rockers Small Town Nation finished second, with country soloist Breanna Abell, who won top honors in 2006 and 2007, finishing third.
“This was another great weather year for Bloomsday,” said Bloomsday Board Member Dori Robertson, who along with volunteer Laurel Warner organized the competition. “And when the weather is good, performers and participants alike really enjoy themselves.”
Twenty-four different groups or individual performers garnered votes as official Bloomsday entertainers this year. Besides Spare Parts, Small Town Nation and Breanna Abell, performers who earned votes included (in order of placement on the course) Separate Jets (Classic Rock, 60’s and 70’s), KuUmba (Drums), The Jonny Forest (Indie, Rock, Soul), Accordion Joe (Accordion), WaggyPlank (Punk Rock), Good Ole Stuff (Accordion & Bass), Firecreek (Country, 50’s & 60’s Rock and Roll, Classic Rock), Borderline (Rock/Pop), Rhythm Envy (Precision Bucket Band), NW Renaissance (Actors & Musicians), The Camp Stix Experience (Upbeat Rhythm & Blues, Swing), The Void Reclaimed (Contemporary Christian Rock/Pop), Sisters of Selket (Belly Dancers), Stranglers of Bombay (Classic Rock), Adrienne Bousquet (Singer/Jazz Standards, American Classics), Last Chance (Original Rock), Bluegrass Conspiracy (Bluegrass & Americana), Melvis & Loose Ends (Rock, Country), Random Generation (Classic Rock), Michael Carpenter (Singer), and The Maxie Ray Mills Band (Acoustic, Blues, Classic, Alt. Country, Americana Rock).
The top three vote getters in this year’s Best Bloomsday Entertainer will receive prize money of $500, $300, and $200, with additional cash rewards paid out through a random drawings.
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