Young musicians from all over the greater Houston area are coming together on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the historic Westbury Square, 5425 W. Bellfort Ave., to make a difference in the lives of wounded veterans.
Victor Prieto, Bryan Schrock, Carson Wilcox and Eric Oden make up the band The Honest Mistake.
One hundred percent of the $5 tickets for the 9th annual Bellaire Men’s Club Battle of the Bands will go toward the Wounded Warrior Project.
“Everyone in our band is a senior and we’ve been together for most of our high school careers”, said Eric Oden, the Carnegie Vanguard senior, guitar player and vocalist for The Honest Mistake. “We’ve got some great songs planned for the audience and are excited to be part of something that raises money for charity.”
Joining The Honest Mistake’s Oden, Victor Prieto, Carson Wilcox and Bryan Schrock in a competition for not only bragging rights, but the grand prize of recording studio time at the famed SugarHill Recording Studio, are Katy/Cinco Ranch’s Chris Arredando, Cian Pedersen, Lauren Bailey and Chris Richardson in Jumping Rooftops, the largest competing band Good Timing from the Kingwood area includes Austin Jennings, Jackie Courchene, Campbell Roper, Victor Gonzales, Sam Johnston and Clayton Hill, Emery/St. John’s band From Waves with Zach Kornhauser, Jeremy Edelstein, Thomas Lewis, Marshall Mucasey and Katherine Morille and opening the charity concert, a special performance from up and coming St. Mark’s Episcopal band Triple5Seven with Ryan Fulghum, Austin McGinnis, John Wall and Jake Irr.
The Bellaire band Speakeasy was scheduled to perform, but were unable to secure another drummer in time.
Famed musician and Bellaire’s own Ezra Charles join two other music professionals as celebrity judges, including includes Bellaire Mayor Pro-Tem Dr. Phil Nauert and Tradition Bank’s Kathy Cherry, whose company also serves as the presenting sponsor.
The BMC B.O.B. charity concert is one of the many service projects by The Bellaire MENS Club, for more information visit www.bmcbob.org or e-mail [email protected].
