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Black Sheep Band Lotto on November 21st

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Ever since the first Black Sheep Band Lotto was a tremendous success last summer, a lot of you have been asking if we will ever do another band lotto. Well guess what, we will be having a band lotto again and it will be happening this fall! The time to put your name in the box for the second ever Black Sheep band lotto is now! There is a box (pictured above) right now inside Dumb Records that is there for band lotto submissions.

What is Black Sheep Band Lotto? For band lotto, we have a box where anyone who is interested can submit their own name. After names are submitted, we will draw names in groups of 4’s and 5’s. The randomly drawn groups then have the task of getting a band together to perform one show. It is up to the groups who plays what instrument or what the band is like.

This year we will have the box inside Dumb Records for anyone to submit their own name, and we will draw the names at the Black Sheep Anniversary show on September 18th. The band lotto show will then be held almost two months from then on Saturday, November 21st.

What’s going to be different about this year’s band lotto? Last year was a huge success, but we had a lot of submissions from people at last year’s band lotto that didn’t follow through with getting together with bandmates, etc. This year we have a nice warning label on our box! It warns everyone that submitting your name to band lotto is a commitment, and it will mean you might get drawn with people you don’t like! You will likely have to know how to play an instrument, or be prepared to have to hunt down gear and spend hours learning one! You will have to communicate with other band members and likely get together with them once a week, and likely figure out practice times, practice spaces, gear, and other things!

Good luck!

Black Sheep Band Lotto

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Are you all ready for a BIG game changer in Springfield, Illinois ROCK?? Have you always wanted to play in a band but never got the chance? Today we are announcing a big curve-ball in Black Sheep summer events and going-ons that we have never tried before. Today we are introducing the Black Sheep Band Lotto happening this summer. What is band lotto? Okay we will explain it.

Any volunteers will put their name into a hat, or bucket that we will have at Dumb Records. Then, we will draw names out of the bucket in groups of threes, fours, or fives. The drawn groups of people have the task of forming a band, and three months after the names are drawn there will be a show just for band lotto bands. Does all of that make sense? Good.

You might have a few questions. Can you participate if you don’t know how to play an instrument? That is entirely up to you, but be prepared to learn one. What if you don’t have musical equipment to participate in band lotto? That is something you will have to figure out. What if you get picked with somebody you don’t like or isn’t pulling through? Sorry, the show must go on. Sometimes you didn’t get along with the other kids in the group projects in sixth grade science class either. Does this have to be a band from now on? No, the purpose of all of this is for just one show, but you are welcome to continue your band lotto band after that show if you want to.

So here’s all of the details. The band lotto volunteer bucket will be inside Dumb Records starting right now until May 16th. Putting your own name into the bucket will be the only way to sign up for band lotto. Anyone who wants to is welcome to sign up. Do not put other people’s names into the band lotto, or else this won’t work. Anyone caught breaking the rules will receive one detention after school. We will draw the names for band lotto on May 16th at the very end of the Black Sheep Cover/Benefit Show. From then on the band lotto bands will have three months to get one set or original music together. We recommend sets be 10-40 minutes in length. The band lotto show will be held at Black Sheep on Saturday, August 16th. There are no winning bands, but if bands are successful and are willing they are welcome to continue playing shows.

Good luck out there.