BOWBS Music Contest [CLOSED!]

Will you participate?

Yes! I'll do some art!	29.5%	[ 28 ]
Yes! I'll write!	7.4%	[ 7 ]
Yes! I'll write and do art!	5.3%	[ 5 ]
No, but I'll stay and chat!	13.7%	[ 13 ]
No, but I'll try to get freebies!	6.3%	[ 6 ]
No thanks	11.6%	[ 11 ]
POLL WHORE	26.3%	[ 25 ]
Total Votes:			[ 95 ]

[Jack Death]

-hops up and down- I can't wait to see who wins!!!

[April_Lily]

Agreed!!

[Shin Kyo Eun]

*pokes head in, and tosses a paper in the room*

Paper

Bump

[sweet yukki]

lol cute Kage .

The waiting to see the winners part is killing me..
xD gotta hate when you don't have patience

[Jack Death]

Wonders if bella forgot about this thread and flops over. "Do de do de doooo"

[Belladona Nightshade]

I'm sorry gang! The results will be in this week with or without the video! Making the writing ones was much harder then the pictures ones... go figure! crying

[sweet yukki]

awhhh
it's fine
c:
i still can't wait to see

[Belladona Nightshade]

All Writing Winners will be announced tonight!
Sorry for the delay! D:

[Thaliat Everwood]

Oh, cool! *waits excitedly, munching on popcorn*

[Belladona Nightshade]

Darnit... tomorrow morning now... crying

[jewel89]

*waits patiently*

[Parasitic Principles]

I can't wait to read the entries. C:

[Belladona Nightshade]

* BOWBS Band Prose Contest


3rd Place: Sakura_the_soulreaper with: "A Day in the Life of BOWBS"

2nd Place: Seth Phoenix with: "TOP OF THEIR GAME"

1st Place: Thaliat Everwood with: "BOWBS Band" (Default Name)


Songs will come tomorrow. smile



Winning Texts:

Sakura_the_soulreaper

“This isn’t happening! JB, I swear I’m going to kill you!” four young adults hissed, veins popping on their foreheads when their tour bus pulled up in front of their destination.

“You said we were going to a gig!” Bubbleh accused, folding her arms across her slender chest. In the driver’s seat, JB had a grin plastered across his face, though it didn’t quite touch his yellow orbs. He opened his mouth to reply.

“No, performing for a group of ten year olds at a birthday party does not count as a gig,” Alba sighed, resting his head on the back of his seat. His blue bangs fell down in his face but he made no move to fix them. The said brunette’s mouth closed. The up and coming band BOWBS was parked in front of a somewhat shabby looking white house.

“I thought we agreed not to do this one? We should be playing in a big city with thousands of fans screaming our names!” Bella pouted from her spot beside Bubbleh. JB opened his mouth again.

“Once again JB, a group of ten year olds screaming at a birthday party doesn’t count,” Alba repeated. JB rolled his eyes and gestured towards the door.

“I don’t know, maybe it won’t be that bad,” Josh eyed a pair of mothers who appeared to be scolding a few children dressed as cowboys. They walked towards the small group.

“Hey, snot breath!” one of the kids yelled at Josh, holding up a squirt gun. Josh nearly tripped as a blast of water hit him in the face.

“Forget what I said earlier,” he muttered darkly. The kids burst into fits of laughter.

“Behave; these ladies paid a lot of money to have us perform! Plus we were promised some cake!” JB whispered, smiling at the women as they approached. Twenty minutes later they were in the fenced in backyard setting up instruments.

Bella took her seat at the drums in the back. Alba played a few random notes on his guitar before taking place a little ahead of his raven haired friend. Bubbleh stood in the middle, holding a tambourine. JB and Josh stood up front, the first holding a bass and the other wearing a wireless microphone wrapped around his ear.

“Ten year old Timmy, are you and your friends ready to rock?” Josh asked, his voice booming as the microphone roared to life. The fifteen kids sitting on the grass all shouted and flailed their arms about. Bella and Bubbleh couldn’t help but smile at the irresistible cuteness the kids possessed.

“A one, a two, a one two three four!” Josh shouted, his foot tapping. Bella and Alba started off with a fast tempo. JB soon joined in, followed by the occasional shake from Bubbleh. When she wasn’t waving her instrument, she was dancing around the other members. Finally Josh started singing, his words coming out a hundred miles per hour.

Their audience loved it; the mothers, not so much. Neighbors leaned over the fence to take a peek. After three more songs birthday boy Timmy whined about wanting birthday cake. The BOWBS members put down their instruments, glad for the intermission. Playing continuously like that sure took some energy. Kids ran up to the band, shouting and tugging on their arms and legs.

“You sing good!”

“I wanna hit something with the sticks!”

“Can I touch that guitar?” they all asked at one time. It was a little overwhelming, to put it nicely. It didn’t take long for the band members to get dragged off by children. Alba and Bella were pulled to a corner of the yard that had a blanket spread out.

“We’re playing house; you two get to be Mommy and Daddy!” a little girl announced. It was hard to say who blushed more, Bella or Alba. Bubbleh found herself with the birthday boy.
“Wanna see my cars?” little Timmy practically screeched in his excitement. Bubbleh sat on the ground and watched as the boy smashed his toy cars into the dirt. JB rounded up a group of boys and started a game of tackle football, something he regretted after the hyper children dog piled him. Josh pretended to look cool as he casually strutted past some mothers.

“Hey, aren’t you that handsome young writer?” one of them asked. He smiled at them; one mother put a hand over her heart.

“Hey, where’s my little man?” a stranger called as he walked onto the party property. The five band members all glanced at him curiously while some kids waved.

“Uncle Jason!” Timmy cried out happily from his spot on the ground. Uncle Jason was a short, chubby man with little hair on his head. He approached Josh and the mothers and glanced at the BOWBS members curiously.

“I heard from your neighbors that there was some crazy good beat grooving back here,” Jason said, taking in the sight of drums, guitars, etc laying in the grass.

“Yes, I paid this band to play for Timmy’s party,” one mother responded, sounding slightly disdainful. One glance back at Josh slapped a smile back on her face.

“You kids mind if I hear the band play?” Jason asked the children. They all screamed and ran back to where they had been sitting previously. Josh stole peeks at his fellow band members as they started setting up.

JB was sweaty from football, Bubbleh dirty from the cars. Bella seemed unharmed, but Alba had ribbons in his hair from playing house. A new novel idea swirled around in his head.

A Day In The Lives of BOWBS…I like it, he thought as he adjusted his ear piece.

“Let’s go!” he cried, breaking off into a string of lyrics.1 The others kicked in, playing their best. When the song was over, Jason clapped along with the kids.

“I don’t think I’ve introduced myself; I’m Jason McMyers, from JayZay records. I think you kids have what it takes to make it big, I really do. What do you say?” Jason held out his business card.

JB took it and looked it over, excitement pouring from his face. Alba and Josh stood beside him, both grinning as they looked at the card. Bubbleh and Bella held each other, silently screaming with joy.

“I think I speak for all the BOWBS when I say, YES!” JB screamed the last part, unable to contain his enthusiasm. The rest of the band broke into their own shouts. Jason whipped out a cell phone and pushed a button.

“Yeah, I’ve got the hot new music you were looking for,” he talked and gestured for BOWBS to follow.

“Looks like JB was right, for once,” Josh said, gently ruffling the brown haired boy’s hair.

“Yeah; I guess we should apologize for all the complaining,” Bubbleh rubbed the back of her blond head.

“Or we could just follow Jason into that fancy black limo and get on with our record deal,” Alba suggested.

“I agree with Alba!” Bella giggled.

“Alright, hop in!” Jason opened a door and held it open for his newest celebrities. And thus began the exciting journey of five youngsters, each looking for fame, fun, and music.

Seth Phoenix

TOP OF THEIR GAME

Lub dub.

BOWBS! BOWBS! BOWBS!

Lub dub. Lub dub.

BOWBS! BOWBS! BOWBS!

They all glanced to one another in silence in the dimness that was back stage. Each member seemed to make sure that everyone was ready, that everyone was as pumped as the crowd that chanted their band name, hands held as they stood in a circle. The adrenaline coursed through their veins, and their heartbeats sped up with each chant. What a rush!

Finally, with a push that seemed to come out of nowhere, they made their way on stage, which resulted in a cheer so deafening it almost seemed surreal. Josh was the first out, heading straight for the microphone in order to rouse the fans more than they already were, to give time to the rest of the band to set up with their instruments.

“Are you ready?!” Josh called into the crowd. It was amazing how much louder they seemed to have gotten.

The band was all grins as they settled in with their instruments in no time at all. Soon, a melody was heard, upbeat and uprising, coming from Bella’s firebird synthesizer. Josh approved, speaking it into his microphone again, raising his hands up above his head, clapping to a beat.

“YEAH! Come on, guys!”

He was quickly and immediately joined by not only the crowd, but by Bubbleh’s hi-hat cymbal and bass drum. JB began plucking at the strings of his bass guitar, followed shortly thereafter by timed strums of Alba’s fender stratocaster guitar. The band was ready. There was no turning back. And there was not a doubt in anybody’s mind that the concert wouldn’t be a blast.

Then it began. The band suddenly switched into one of their songs, and the fans went wild. The redhead grabbed the microphone from its stand, unable to keep still on stage for even a second.

Their performance was nothing short of electric. Each song brought carefree and energetic dancing from their adoring fans. Each member was also very interactive with the crowd. Squeals came from the fangirls as Josh reached out his hand to touch his fans, as well as when JB and Alba battled each other out in a heated solos between songs. Hoots and hollers and cheers came from the fanboys as Bubbleh and Bella emerged from behind their respective instruments and danced a rather well choreographed piece in between pieces on their playlist.

When the show was done, they meekly waved their goodbyes and vanished from off stage. It wasn’t long before the crowd, not yet satiated from their thirst of BOWBS performance, began chanting their names once more.

BOWBS! BOWBS! BOWBS!

Josh wiped at his brow before turning his attention to the brown haired man, who was eagerly rubbing his hands together and grinning like a fool.

“Wait for it…” JB spoke. The girls giggled, and Alba smirked.

And there it was. It was ever so faint, at first- barely detectable. But then it slowly built up in volume until it was evenly distributed amongst the band name’s chant. Like a domino effect, the band’s name eventually died from the lips of their adoring fans, and was replaced by what they were waiting to hear all along.

Encore! Encore! Encore! Clap clap clap!

Bubbling over with joy, the youngest band member joined in from behind the stage. Josh pushed forward, and was greeted with a deafening cheer. He stepped up to the microphone.

“Do you want an encore?” The crowd went wild. The man chuckled before speaking again. “Wait, wait, I don’t think I heard you. Do you want an encore?”

The response was just as deafening. With a grin, Josh was joined by his band mates. They gave their fans the encore they pleaded for. Their performance hadn’t lessened, did not lack any energy, as the band seemed to eagerly take in the constant and never ending supply of energy from the crowd. It was what they loved most of all.

Thaliat Everwood

The crowd cheered as the BOWBS band rocked out to another one of their famous tunes, Josh singing the lyrics to screaming fan girls and enjoying every moment of it. Bubbleh bopping her head in rhythm to her drum beats, while Bella did the same plugging away on her keyboard, occasionally singing the chorus to back up Josh as she was a back up vocalist. JB and Alba strummed their tunes on bass and guitar respectively, JB strutting about with his shirt open to the delight of the audience, while Alba was a bit more reserved in his T-shirt and jeans. The fan girls didn't seem to mind and quite a few were chanting his name as he showed JB that he had some rocking moves.
Bella and Josh finished the last lines of the song and the final chords of music were fading into the darkness as the audience applauded and cheered the band. Bella gave a tired sigh, a bit relieved that the concert was finished and soon she would be able to relax on the tour bus as they travelled to their next show. She grinned and waved to her fans, waiting for Josh to thank the audience for coming to the show, as he always did at the end of each concert. Josh strode to the lip pf the stage with his microphone in hand. Bubbleh started giggling. Bella turned to see what she found so funny and caught sight of JB giving Bubbleh a look, trying his best to look annoyed with the girl but looking a bit amused himself. Bella was confused. And why was Alba blushing suddenly?
"You all were a rocking crowd tonight, but this show isn't over yet!" Josh called out to the audience in his usual cheery way. "We've got one last song for you tonight!" The audience screamed in excitement, drowning out Bella's confused questions to Josh.
"Wait! What song?" Bella was beginning to panic. "We didn't practice another song!" But the band was already getting in to position with their instruments. Bella was flustered but stood at the ready at her keyboard. I'll just play a simple tune that matches the flow of the song, that's it! If she could just keep up the appearance of knowing the song, the crowd would not notice she had forgotten a song. Still Bella wondered what had happened that she had forgotten an entire song during a show. She hoped the others wouldn't be too upset with her when the concert was over. They all seemed very eager to play this song, but Bella was incredibly nervous.
She caught sight of Bubbleh's eye, trying to mentally convey her confusion to the perky drummer girl, but if Bubbleh understood all she did was offer Bella a nod and a wink before raising her drumsticks over her head and clapping them together.
"One, two..a one, two, three, four. Let's rock!"
Bubbleh began playing an energetic march while JB and Alba strummed along and danced as they played. Josh walked over to Bella who was hastily trying to figure out a tune to match the song. Bella looked up at him in a panic but he only smiled and took her hand leading her to the front of the stage. Oh no! Bella groaned inwardly. I'm supposed to sing?! Bella allowed Josh to lead her to her position hoping that she would miraculously regain her memory of the song, but to no avail. She did not know the lyrics!
The crowd was cheering wildly now and Josh grinned even more broadly. He raised the microphone to his lips. "This is a special song tonight, for a special lady." Suddenly Bella blushed, realizing the song was for her. "It's Bella's birthday!"
The band broke out into an new song and Josh began to sing.
Invitations have been sent
It's a party so let's celebrate today
This once a year event
Bella's birthday!
Happy, happy birthday, Bella
Happy, happy birthday, Bella
The audience broke out in a chorus of Happy Birthday and JB brought out a frosted cupcake with a lit candle as everyone sang. The band laughed as JB made a big show of presenting Bella with her cupcake, which she happily accepted. Bella made a wish and blew out her candle as the band continued to serenade her.

***

"So, Bella, did you like your song?" Bubbleh poked her teasingly as they sat on the tour bus. The horned girl was giggling. "Did we surprise you?"
Bella laughed. "I was very surprised. And I'm really glad I didn't forget a song after all! You guys really had me going there."
Alba immediately began apologizing for making her think she forgot a song, while Josh and JB rolled their eyes with a laugh. Bella laughed and hugged Alba, telling him she wasn't upset, but Alba just blushed.
"And now for a proper cake," said Josh as he brought out a nicely frosted butter cream cake. "Happy birthday, Bella!"
The band sang and nibbled on cake as the bus rolled on into the night.

[SethPhoenix]

Awesome!

Very nicely done, you guys. Congrats to the other winners. *smiles*

[Thaliat Everwood]

*gasps* I'm one of the winners?

I'm glad you liked the story, Bella! 3nodding

Congrats to the other winners!