2008 FUMC Battle of the Bands

The first Annual Battle of the Bands and A Taste of Irving was held at First United Methodist Church, Irving April 19th as a feature weekend for the year long festivities of the church’s centennial. It was just one of the many events that are happing in honor of there 100th year as a church! Although this event is called a “battle” it was all friendly and quite family friendly, too. There was fun, food, music, with lots of children’s and family activities, absolutely GREAT weather and just so much more. All that attended had tremendous fun. It was an awesome experience.

There were five different contemporary Christian-music bands performing. They included; Riptide, Cornerstone, Vertical, Crown of Thorns, Refuge and Planning Yesterday. Our gracious sponsors providing help and support were Murphy’s Music, McDougal Properties and 87.9 Power FM, the Christian Rock Station crankin out non-stop contemporary Christian rock music with the help of Little Herbie and the Powermobile.

The winner of the Battle of the Bands was to receive a prize of specified hours in a recording studio and one of their songs played on the radio, so you know they were all in it to WIN! Of course, all of the bands performed really well and sounded really great! After hours of fine entertainment and great music, at the end of the day the winner was chosen - Planning Yesterday! Congratulations, Planning Yesterday! Visit their Myspace website. Good stuff!

We had four area restaurants participating in the Taste of Irving. The great food was provided by Angelo's Spaghetti & Pizza House, Pizza Hut, Soila's Mexican Food and Villa's Grill in downtown Irving. There was no shortage of great food.

There was no shortage of great fun either. There was a bounce house, miniature train rides around “Ohio and 3rd Street Railway”, magic acts kept the kiddies entertained, while other kids drew and etched with chalk their version of Irving and favorite art on the parking lot, sidewalks and (a great novelty to them) the closed Ohio Street. What kid wouldn’t want to sit in the middle of the street and write on it with chalk?

It was a blast for the whole family.

We can't wait for the next one.