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Band battle win 'a dream come true'

Published 01/25/09

They're not the oldest band - or the best-known - but Brightview Avenue still had what it took last night to grab top honors at the county's 11th annual Battle of the Bands at Maryland Hall.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Singer Ben Scrivens leads Archbishop Spalding’s Brightview Avenue last night at Maryland Hall as the group won the annual Battle of the Bands competition before a sellout crowd. He is backed by (from left to right) Drew Kramer, Patrick Gunning, Andrew Siske and Chris Jackson.
Brightview Avenue of Archbishop Spalding performs at the Anne Arundel County High School Battle of the Bands XI at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis.
The county's best high school rock bands face off during Maryland Hall's 11th Battle of the Bands.
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"We were not expecting this," said Chris Jackson, one of two guitarists for the Archbishop Spalding five-some. "We just formed Brightview Avenue a couple of months ago."

The group, the core of which previously formed Another Hollow Victory, still proved to be one of the night's most polished acts, engaging almost a thousand cheering high school students and a panel of five judges with their poppy alternative...

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