Pyeongtaek City Recruiting Participants for the 10th Pyeongtaek National Band Competition

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City will hold the '10th Pyeongtaek National Band Competition' on the 28th and 29th of next month at the Pyeongtaek Lee Chung Indoor Sports Complex and will recruit participants until the 23rd of next month.

The 'Pyeongtaek National Band Competition,' which marks its 10th anniversary this year, saw a total of 203 teams participate last year, with 10 teams passing the UCC and audio source preliminary rounds advancing to the final. The grand prize winner was the five-member hard rock and heavy metal band 'Insane Rattles,' with the excellence award going to 'Thea Writes Alice' and the superior award to 'Grun.'

Anyone can participate regardless of age or gender, and participants must submit an application form, a group photo, and a performance video. Only bands that pass the preliminary round after review will earn the right to advance to the finals.

The preliminary selection song can be an existing song, an original composition, K-pop, a foreign song, or any genre—just one song. The same song must be performed in the finals. The application form can be downloaded from the Pyeongtaek Rock Festival Organizing Committee (http://www.ptlnews.kr/) notice board.

The prize structure for the band competition is as follows: ▲Grand Prize, 5 million won in prize money and trophy ▲Gold Prize, 3 million won in prize money and trophy ▲Silver Prize, 2 teams each receiving 2.5 million won in prize money and trophy ▲Bronze Prize, 2 teams each receiving 2 million won in prize money and trophy ▲Best Vocalist Award (Individual), 1.5 million won in prize money and trophy. The 14 finalist teams that do not win awards will each receive 1.5 million won in performance fees.

For more information, contact the Pyeongtaek Rock Festival Band Competition Organizing Committee (031-663-5959).