WEST FARGO, N.D. — Bands from across the country are in town for the Christian music festival Thrive Fest at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds. One attendee, Tia McBee, says she wasn’t expecting it all when she won tickets. “I wasn’t even going to answer the phone, but something just told me, answer the phone,” she said. She says the music…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Erica Lindsey told herself at seven years old that she was going to eventually learn to play the flute. She finally did when she joined band in sixth grade and it was nothing short of the perfect fit. “I knew it was going to be an incredible journey. And what do you know? It has been,” Lindsey…
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Singer Tom Petty has been taken off of life support after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. Police say emergency crews were dispatched to Petty’s Malibu home Sunday night after he was found unconscious. Petty was taken to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital but has been taken off of life support. Petty, 66, is from…
WEST FARGO, ND — An Alabama band has traveled to the metro to perform for and honor the families of fallen officers. Slamabama performs tonight at 8:00 inside Hooligans in West Fargo. Their song “Water Tower” recently went viral for honoring fallen Fargo Police Officer Jason Moszer and other fallen officers. They say the song got only positive responses from…
FARGO, N.D. — Discovery Middle School in Fargo hosted a district–wide band contest. The Big Floody brought together general and jazz bands from all three Fargo middle schools. The event provided the bands to play in front of two professional clinicians in an performance atmosphere. The judges rated the students’ performances and gave immediate feedback. The Big Floody is about…
FARGO, N.D. — Trumpet players are blasting their horns at NDSU for the next couple of days. At least 31 high school bands from North Dakota and Minnesota are competing in the 5th annual Raging Red Band Festival. Each band has the opportunity to perform in a professional performance space and receive a clinic session with a music educator. At the…
A country group heading to Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen for a show on Friday is out a bus and electronic and sound equipment. “The bus just caught fire in the back of the engine everyone just so everybody knows it’s gonna burn to the ground,” said the bus driver. A tour bus and trailer belonging to Eli Young Band…
