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John Lennon Bus will be open for tours Friday

Kevin Smith - AZ Daily Star

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.19.2009

The Arizona Daily Star’s Battle of the Bands is one of several such competitions across the country sponsored by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
The big prize for the winning band is a recording session on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a state-of-the-art studio on wheels.
You can check out the technological wonders of the bus before the battle begins on Friday. Free tours will be offered from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Rialto.
In addition to stopping by the various battles, the bus tours year-round, visiting high schools, community centers, conferences, festivals and tours with diverse headliners from Black Eyed Peas to Tim McGraw.
Here are some by-the-numbers facts about the bus and the battles, including our own:

11 — Years the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has been up and running.
6 — Years the bus has been involved in Battle of the Bands programs.
4 — States with the longest-running Battle events: Arizona, Michigan, Oklahoma and Utah. Other areas where the Battles rage are (or have been) California, New Jersey, Florida and North Carolina.
3 — Different studio environments provided on the bus.
6 — Years the Star has presented Battle of the Bands in Tucson.
33 — Finalists in the Star’s Battle of the Bands since 2003.

Find more info at lennonbus.org

Something like this should be parked outside of every school in America.

- Vernon Reid, Living Colour

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Video aboard the Bus

The increasing accessibility of digital technology has led to an amazing expansion of opportunity in the art of digital storytelling. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has been at the forefront of this new media explosion, having produced daily video projects with students since January of 2001. The Lennon Bus puts state-of-the-art digital video equipment into the hands of workshop participants and teaches the entire digital workflow from storyboarding to web publication and DVD burning. Students leave the experience having shot, chopped, scored, and (most importantly) finished an entire digital video production. Using the latest cameras and professional hardware/software solutions including Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools, participants are exposed to the exciting world of digital videography and learn hot techniques of the trade. The accessibility of professional-quality technology is making it possible for millions of new voices to be heard and the John Lennon Bus is putting these tools into the hands of tomorrow's great digital producers. Subscribe to our Youtube channel so you never miss any of the amazing videos produced on the Lennon Bus.