In her late teens, she moved to Chicago and started to open in nightclubs for such luminaries as Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands.

They recently competed in the 2011 USSBA ( now known as U. S. Bands ) Group II open national championships, and placed 1st overall with a score of 95. 738, with captions in visual performance, overall effect, and colorguard.

* Bands ( neckwear ), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics, and lawyers

Bands such as Black Flag and Crass ( and their followers ) widely stenciled their names and logos, while many punk night clubs, squats and hangouts are famous for their graffiti.

The song was not used in the movie, nor was the band, the only band not to receive a call-back to perform live for the film's " Battle of the Bands " sequence, perhaps due to the fact that the Germs ' chaotic Roxy performance had featured an unscripted, full-on food fight.

Preliminary judging of this event for " Conventional Steel Bands " has been recently moved to the individual pan yards where steel bands practice their selections for the competition.

Bands are just visible in places on the left half of the image – click on the image for a larger view.

'" Bands began to mix metal and punk in the Seattle music scene around 1984, with much of the credit for this fusion going to The U-Men.

In late 1965, after numerous car-club dances, juke joint gigs, appearances at the Avalon Ballroom and winning the Teenage Fair ' Battle of the Bands ', the group finally bagged a contract for recording two singles with the newly-created A & M Records label with Leonard Grant as their manager.

Yeshiva University also cosponsors major events for American students in Israel, such as the Battle of the Bands and Inter-Seminary Choir Competition, and an annual career fair.

Lewis has a cameo appearance in the film as a faculty member who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's " Battle of the Bands " contest.

Bands such as Switchfoot have said they try to write music for both Christians and non-Christians alike.

A major turning point for the trio was their winning of an Ohio area's " Battle of the Bands.

The Bands annual summer tour takes it to as many scout camps as it can for the enjoyment of those scouts at camp.

On November 15, 2008, they were ranked as the best high school marching band in the country, placing first during Bands of America Grand Nationals for the first time in the school's history.

Bands who accept the invitation to perform at the festival entertain spectators with their halftime routines, some specially choreographed for the festival itself.

The band appeared as contestants for the Battle of the Bands in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and made music for a Beavis & Butthead tribute album with a song entitled " Poetry and Prose ".

Bands will signal for a circle pit to start by waving their hands in a circular motion in the air.

The classic version of Berlin was featured on the VH1 show, Bands Reunited where all members ( except for Rob Brill ; early drummer Rod Learned participated ) agreed to not only reunite as friends but as a band.

In 2004, Aamer Haleem, host of VH1's Bands Reunited, also attempted to convince each of the members of New Kids on the Block to reunite for a one-night performance for the show.

Bands involved were asked to produce a song especially for the event – Simple Minds was the only act which actually produced one.

In November 2003, the original line-up ( Mike and Ali Score, Paul Reynolds and Frank Maudsley ) reunited for a one-off performance on the VH1 series, Bands Reunited.

Bands to emerge from other major British cities included The Animals from Newcastle ( with the keyboards of Alan Price and vocals of Eric Burdon ), The Moody Blues and Spencer Davis Group from Birmingham ( the latter largely a vehicle for the young Steve Winwood ), and Them from Belfast ( with their vocalist Van Morrison ).

Reinforced by the London Trained Bands and many citizen volunteers, his army proved to be too strong for the King to contemplate another battle when the Royalists advanced to Turnham Green.

Bands like Talking Heads and Duran Duran used the digitally made sounds on some of their most popular albums.

The Militia Ordinance was passed on 5 March by Parliament which gave Parliament control of the local militia called Trained Bands.

Mötley Crüe was ranked tenth on MTV's list " Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time " and ninth on " VH1's All Time Top Ten Metal Bands "

Mötley Crüe was ranked tenth on MTV's list " Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time " and ninth on " VH1's All Time Top Ten Metal Bands ".

In 2002, Q featured New Order on their list of the " 50 Bands to See Before You Die ", although this was as part of a sub-list of " 5 Bands That Could Go Either Way ".

Bands to emerge from other major British cities included The Animals from Newcastle on Tyne, The Moody Blues and Spencer Davis Group from Birmingham, and Them from Belfast.

Bands included Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions which later became The Grateful Dead, and, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band featuring Fritz Richmond on bass.

Intentionally amateurish marching bands (' Zaate Hermeniekes ' or ' Drunken Marching Bands ') traditionally perform on the streets.

There is also the ' Bomb Competition ' which is a smaller-scaled judging of Steel Bands held on Ariapita Avenue ( a popular ' liming ' area in the environs of Port-of-Spain ).

: VH1's 2001 show Bands on the Run was a notable early hybrid, in that the show featured four unsigned bands touring and making music as a professional activity, but also pitted the bands against one another in game show fashion to see which band could make the most money.

Competitions featuring the corps style on the national level include: Drum Corps International ; Winter Guard International ; and Bands Of America.

The Roseland promoted a " Battle of the Bands " in the local press and, on October 12, after a night of furious playing, Goldkette's men were declared the winners.

* Bands or solo artists releasing their music on self-funded record labels

Bands on the walls of tubes, in fact apparent from the early Silurian onwards, are an early improvisation to aid the easy flow of water.

The venue also, on occasion, hosts the Gorilla Production Battle of the Bands as well as Mixed Martial Arts fights.

Bands such as The Boswell Sisters regularly employed scatting on their records, including the high complexity of scatting at the same time, in harmony.

Over time, " New Wave " acquired a distinct meaning: Bands such as Blondie and Talking Heads from the CBGB scene ; The Cars, who emerged from the Rat in Boston ; The Go-Go's in Los Angeles ; and The Police in London that were broadening their instrumental palette, incorporating dance-oriented rhythms, and working with more polished production were specifically designated " New Wave " and no longer called " punk ".

RP " from their album The Boy Bands Have Won.

Q magazine named Fatboy Slim in their 50 Bands to See Before You Die list.

Bands that march in formation will often be ordered to " dress their ranks " and " cover down their files ".

Bands cheer with the cheerleaders, and some bands create their own cheers.

Bands such as Psychotic Waltz, Fates Warning, Queensrÿche, and Dream Theater took elements of progressive rock groups ( primarily the instrumentation and compositional structure of songs ) and merged them with heavy metal styles associated with bands like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath ( both of these bands had some progressive influences on their early albums ).

" Bands in the genre have experienced a more enthusiastic reception elsewhere with Mägo de Oz notably experiencing strong chart success in their native Spain, Mexico and South America.

Bands also funded and organized their own tours.

Bands whose members hold Nazi beliefs but do not express these through their lyrics are generally not considered NSBM by black metal musicians, but are labelled as such in media reports.

Bands such as Flyleaf do not call themselves Christian bands, though they assert that their Christian faith affects their lyrics.

Bands of lawless men ( many times claiming to be Union or Confederate — whichever served their goals ) rode into the county, and in reprisal, Owsley men led similar raids into Breathitt and Wolfe Counties.

" In February 2002, Spin Magazine ranked Parliament-Funkadelic # 6 on their list of the " 50 Greatest Bands of All Time ".