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Newsletter from 2008-03-18:

Lonely Hearts Club Band!.... More on this in a second, but first as usual a word from our president, W.:

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008

SCUBA CREW!!!

Hey, we're STOKED about the GREAT shows we have coming up... let's get right to it because you're not going to want to miss:

WEDNESDAY, 3/19
Baghdad SCUBA Review
LIVE
with special guests:
King Cruiser
Not On Mars
Brennan Lentz
HIGH NOON SALOON
9:30pm
701 E. Washington Ave.
Madison, WI
$5.00

"Where can I cheer on BSR?"
We're currently participating in various competitions and we welcome your support! Here are just a few places you can find us:

Currently BSR is in the top 20:
http://jambands.com/Jambands250/

We wanna play 10K!!! (BSR can be voted in to perform at this years 10,000 Lakes music festival!)

10K Lakes Voting:
http://www.ourstage.com/

New members will need to register as a user. Then login and click the Judge button at the top. Then use the Channel pull down menu to select 10klf cosmic break.
You can then vote on bands in a one verses the other format.

MAMAs (BSR is in the running for Best Rock Album 2007!!!)
http://www.themamas.org/

Baghdad SCUBA Review ? Testing the Waters
To register and vote, you must become a MAMA Member, which requires a $5 donation. $5 of each membership donation goes directly to music education in Madison public schools.

Details:
February 15th, 2008:
Round 1 Nomination begins

Round 1 (Nominations) Song of the Year and Album of the Year submissions from registration go through peer review by MAMAs members. In the review section, each entry is rated as Good, Better, or Best. At the end of Round 2, the top songs and albums in each category are nominated to move onto Round 3. *

Voters are also still able to fill in ballots for the People's Choice Awards through Round 1. The top write-ins for each category in the People's Choice Awards are nominated to move to Round 2.

Artist of the Year Awards will be voted on in the 2nd Round.

April 1st, 2008:
Round 2 final votes begin

Round 2 (Final Vote): Round 2 consists of the top nominations in each category from Round 1. MAMA?s members cast their vote for one of the nominations in each category. The nomination with the most votes in its category wins. The MAMA Awards will be presented the 2nd week in May 2008.

April 30th, 2008:
Round 2 final vote ends

May 10th, 2008:
MAMA Show and winners announced