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By
Chanz to Perform at Tally Ho Theatre
On
Thursday December 19, 2002, at 7:00 PM, By Chanz, the Ashburn, VA-based
teen female vocal group who sing pop music fused with rap and laced with a tinge
of R&B will perform a concert at the recently restored Tally Ho Theatre.
This will be the group’s final concert of the year.
Tickets
are $5 for students and $7 for adults. Only
190 tickets are being sold for this show, so reserve your tickets in advance.
By
Chanz
consists of founding member, Logan Kelley, 19, and Sarah Luhrs,16, both from
Ashburn, and Lauren Smallwood, 15, from Leesburg.
The group has been together and performing since October 2000. By Chanz will perform several original songs they have
written including Forgotten Memories which recently won an award
of merit in the Paramount Group 2002 Fall Song Contest, Angel for Tonight,
which won first place in the “country category” of the BOSAs songwriting
contest and a winner in the radio WIHT, HOT 99.5 "Mark Anthony's Big
Break" talent contest. They
will also perform their original standards, What, What Did I Say?
and Beat of Your Heart, which won silver and gold awards in the
"Hip Hop" and "Pop" categories of the 18th Annual
Mid-Atlantic Song Contest in November 2001.
The former song also won third place in the 2001 TEEN PEOPLE magazine
"Five Live Search" contest that was searching for the best teen bands
in the nation. The latter also won
first place in “Pop” category of the One Song a Month Contest.
By
Chanz has
performed at the Manhattan Center in New York City, the Philadelphia Music
Conference, the Prince William County Fair, Leesburg’s Flower and Garden
Festival, the Reston Festival, and SterlingFest.
They also opened for the nationally known R&B group City High
at The Planet Club, Northern Virginia's premiere teen nightclub.
By Chanz' music has also been featured on Fox 5 Morning News,
Loudoun Channel 3, Reston Community TV Channel 8, and a Fairfax Channel 10
comedy show called The Nooz.
By
Chanz will
sell CDs and logo tee shirts after the concert and sign free copies of their new
publicity photo.
The Tally Ho Theatre is located at 19 West Market Street in Leesburg, VA. For more information about the concert, and to reserve tickets call the theatre at (703) 669-8444. To learn more about By Chanz, go to their website www.bychanz.com