Addison Trail hosts annual Battle of the Bands

On May 14, five student bands competed in Addison Trail’s annual Battle of the Bands event, and below are the results.

They are pictured in the order in which they're listed below (from left to right, top row to bottom row).

1st place: Blue Ledd (Sophomore Alex Ledesma, junior Alex Gamino, sophomore Irving Hernandez G and sophomore Sebastian Ruiz)

2nd place: Twice the Action (Sophomore Jathan Merino, junior Marco Chaidez, junior Umberto Ungaro, junior Martin Lopez Jr., senior Amanda Colon and senior Soyeon “Jean” Lee)

3rd place: Sunday Afternoon (Senior Braulio Silva, junior Melissa Morales, senior Jocelyn Gallegos and sophomore Gabriela Bonilla)

4th place: The Chromebook Smashers (Senior Kevin Hochstatter, junior Ashley Fuentes, junior Kenneth Perez, senior Oscar Dominguez and freshman Hugo Arellano)

5th place: Jolthead: In the Making (Freshman Leonardo Martinez Ramirez)

As the winning band, Blue Ledd will receive a recording session at the Gretsch Recording Studio at Elmhurst College, donated by Music & Arts.

All participants received prizes, and funds for those items were provided by the Addison Trail Music Booster Club.