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HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR'S BATTLE
FIRST PLACE WINNER!
FLIGHT SQUADRON YON!
SECOND PLACE!
PERPETUAL NEVER
THIRD PLACE!
AVOCADO TUESDAY
FOURTH PLACE!
KEARNEY TOWNSHIP
FIFTH PLACE!
THE PAGE
THEY ALL WON!!!
PRIZES FOR THE 2008 BATTLE ON THE BAY WERE:
***MAINSTAGE NEXT YEAR***
**STUDIO TIME**
**8 hrs for 1ST(from STUDIO G!)
**6 hrs for 2ND (from NORTHERN RECORDING!)
**5 hrs for 3RD (from TREY DOG PRODUCTIONS!)
**3 hrs for 4TH (from JAYSTAR RECORDING!)
** 2 hrs for 5th (from NORTHERN RECORDING!)
*YOUR SONG on the RADIO!! ( From WKHQ)
*A BIG BOX OF LUUUVV!! (from SIGHT AND SOUND!!!
*BAND PHOTOS! (from SG PHOTOGRAPHY!)
* A NEW SQUIRE STRATOCASTER!!!! (from MARSHALL MUSIC!),
*GUITAR STUFF!(from GREAT LAKES GUITAR COMPANY!)
*A FEATURE ARTICLE in MICHIGAN MUSIC DISH, AND MORE!!....
2007'S YEAR'S WINNER!!!
THE BATTLE ON THE BAY WAS STARTED DURING PETOSKEY'S FESTIVAL ON THE BAY IN AUG 2004ish. THE NAME WAS COINED BECAUSE THE FESTIVAL MAIN THEME IS THE "BAY"THAT PETOSKEY OVERLOOKS AND THE "MILLION DOLLAR SUNSETS" MANY TRAVEL MANY MILES TO SEE. JOHNNIE WALKER, ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BATTLE HAS APPLIED HIS EXPERIENCE (IN THE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE IN FLINT), ENERGY, AND PASSION TO PULL THIS TOGETHER FOR YEARS. HE'S CHILLIN' RIGHT NOW BUT HERE ARE SOME OF HIS FINE WORDS IN REGARDS TO THIS SHOW THAT MUST GO ON!: "WHAT MAKES ME ENJOY WORKING ON THIS EVENT (I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ALLOWING THIS) IS THAT THE KIDS CAN HAVE A OUTLET TO BE THEMSELVES, LET OUT ANGER, FRUSTATION, TRY OUT A DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT, WHAT EVER IT MAY BE--THAT TIME OF WATCHING MY PEERS WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER WAS EMPOWERING TO ME. IF THROUGH ALL OF THIS I HELP ONE KID-IT WAS WORTH IT! " -Johnnie W.