Lakeside Boardwalk Busking 2011 - The winner is revealed

 

We posted an article a couple of weeks ago regarding the Lakeside Boardwalk busking competiton and we now have an update on the final outcome of the competition.

As you already know, the final of Boardwalk Busking has now taken place and we are pleased to announce that our wild-card entry Jakob is taking home the title. The audience immediately warmed to his eclectic style and voted for him to claim the crown of Boardwalk Busker 2011. You heard it here first! See his fantastic performance here.

As he is now Lakeside’s Boardwalk Busker 2011, Jakob has won a full day at a top-class recording studio, full styling session, £500 Lakeside Gift Card, Gold Disk Trophy and his track downloadable from the HEART Essex and the Lakeside websites.

All is not lost for the other finalists, however. David Reed and Lloyd Coombes came joint second, winning a £250 Lakeside Gift Card and a Silver Disk Trophy each.

The winner’s performance is on Sunday 24^th July live at Lakeside on The Boardwalk, where Jakob will be busking to raise as much money as possible. We’d love you and your readers to come down to Lakeside to lend your support at the end of this exciting competition.

If you are planning on attending You can plan your journey to the Boardwalk by visiting the Lakeside website.

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Final four local artists in last clinch to become Lakeside’s Boardwalk Busker 2011

Lakeside has been on the hunt for the best of local talent, attracting entries from many top-class performers for their artist search competition. There’s a fantastic prize on offer for the winner: a full day in a top recording studio, styling session, £500 Lakeside gift card and their very own Gold Disk Trophy.

Competition has been stiff:  the judges whittled down the many hopefuls to a shortlist of twelve acts and now a lucky final four have been chosen with a public vote

• Lloyd Coombes , a song-writing extraordinaire, penning his first lyric at the tender age of 10!

• David Reed, a professional busker who is fresh from the outback of Australia and looking for a new challenge

• Adam Nichols, an acoustic YouTube sensation and a fan of ‘raw’ vocals
  

•  Jakob Oelofse, a soloist and an Essex boy at heart (despite being born in Durban, South Africa)

Lakeside’s Boardwalk is a great riverside venue. The main performance will be taking place near the main entrance between the restaurants Giraffe and Café Rouge, so it will be handy for grabbing a drink and a bite to eat before the buskers do their shows.

All four finalists will be performing live on The Boardwalk on either Saturday 9th or Sunday 10th July and need your support! You can listen to their tracks here or come down to Lakeside to see them battle it out to become Lakeside’s Boardwalk Busker 2011 and vote for them on the day!

If you are looking for further info then visit the Lakeside website.

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