{"id":125103,"date":"2023-11-16T23:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125103"},"modified":"2023-11-16T23:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:17:21","slug":"project-9-is-representing-the-lehigh-valley-at-the-sherman-theater-battle-of-the-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125103","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT 9 IS REPRESENTING THE LEHIGH VALLEY AT THE SHERMAN THEATER BATTLE OF THE BANDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/project9theband.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-125107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/png_20230710_100222_0000-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project 9, an original DIY rock band from the Lehigh Valley, just got into The Sherman Theater Battle of the Bands as the only band representing the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Popping up just this year on the music scene of the Valley, they now go to the Poconos to battle it out.<\/p>\n<p>Will the Lehigh Valley Rock out at The Sherman? Or will Project 9 have an uphill battle onstage?<\/p>\n<p>Project 9 started as a full band a little over a year ago when singer Rebecca Ripley joined Russell Krutisia(Guitar), Mike Schuon(Bass), and Scott Fore(Drums). The boys had already been playing together after previous bands falling apart.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125104\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0968.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0968-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0968-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0968-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0968.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Project 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All being of different ages and backgrounds meant nothing when we started playing together. We knew we felt something special from day one as a group.<\/p>\n<p>We started gigging in February 2023 trying to make a name for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable shows include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Shanty on 19th, The Wooden Match, Zoostock 2023, and a private event at The Wind Creek Event Center.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve slowly been gaining a following and As we&#8217;ve built our own home studio, we are working on our first official album as a band.<\/p>\n<p>This leads us to when we saw The Sherman Theater is hosting a battle of the bands. We applied and crossed our fingers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well now we made it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now we have to showcase all ORIGINAL music to battle it out with 7 other bands. Being from the Lehigh Valley is something we cherish as we feel we&#8217;re coming from such a rich musical area. Being that we are the only band from here we think, it&#8217;s right we not only rock out extra hard but we do it for and with the Valley as our push!<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can help support Project 9 by purchasing tickets for the battle of the bands by using this link <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etix.com\/ticket\/c\/C5DC7051534AE71B547E4F1B104D389E\/botb-project-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.etix.com\/ticket\/c\/C5DC7051534AE71B547E4F1B104D389E\/botb-project-9<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Project 9 by visiting there website <a href=\"https:\/\/project9theband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project9theband.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etix.com\/ticket\/c\/C5DC7051534AE71B547E4F1B104D389E\/botb-project-9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125106 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Battle-of-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project 9, an original DIY rock band from the Lehigh Valley, just got into The Sherman Theater Battle of the Bands as the only band representing the Lehigh Valley. Popping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=125103\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PROJECT 9 IS REPRESENTING THE LEHIGH VALLEY AT THE SHERMAN THEATER BATTLE OF THE BANDS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/battle-of-the-bands.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}