Nine months they formed just ago but White Comic could already be playing Leeds Festival by the summer.
The four teenagers from Leeds and Wakefield are taking part in the Martin House Centre Stage competition.They have already been crowned top of the class at St Winifrid's Roman Catholic School, Featherstone, and will now take on the winners of other secondary schools in the area.The idea is to help raise cash for the hospice, and launch the career of the best musical talents in West Yorkshire.The top prize is the chance to play in front of thousands of people at both the Leeds and Reading Festivals – a slot donated by the event's arranger Festival Republic.Bands will also get a chance to bag other prizes such as time in a recording studio.But before that can happen schools must sign up.White Comic bass player Ben McGowan, 17, said: "People have been saying that we could be playing at Leeds Festival in a few years' time, but now we could be there in less than 12 months."When some of the bands were playing in the school hall, people were leaving, but as soon as we came on the place filled up and they were dancing and singing along. That was just amazing."The rest of White Comic are: lead singer and rythmn guitarist Nik Worsley, 15, from Castleford; lead guitarist Nathan Flower, 14, from Cross Gates and drummer Ryan Taylor, 15, from Featherstone.More than 150 schools across West Yorkshire have been invited to take part in the Centre Stage competition.Entries must be returned to Martin House by December 1.Each school is expected to hold its own internal heats, with money raised going to Martin House.The winners from each school will then come together to play in front of an audience of music industry professionals in a Grand Final in July 2010.Centre Stage is open to all Secondary Schools across West Yorkshire, for students aged 11 to 18.
The four teenagers from Leeds and Wakefield are taking part in the Martin House Centre Stage competition.They have already been crowned top of the class at St Winifrid's Roman Catholic School, Featherstone, and will now take on the winners of other secondary schools in the area.The idea is to help raise cash for the hospice, and launch the career of the best musical talents in West Yorkshire.The top prize is the chance to play in front of thousands of people at both the Leeds and Reading Festivals – a slot donated by the event's arranger Festival Republic.Bands will also get a chance to bag other prizes such as time in a recording studio.But before that can happen schools must sign up.White Comic bass player Ben McGowan, 17, said: "People have been saying that we could be playing at Leeds Festival in a few years' time, but now we could be there in less than 12 months."When some of the bands were playing in the school hall, people were leaving, but as soon as we came on the place filled up and they were dancing and singing along. That was just amazing."The rest of White Comic are: lead singer and rythmn guitarist Nik Worsley, 15, from Castleford; lead guitarist Nathan Flower, 14, from Cross Gates and drummer Ryan Taylor, 15, from Featherstone.More than 150 schools across West Yorkshire have been invited to take part in the Centre Stage competition.Entries must be returned to Martin House by December 1.Each school is expected to hold its own internal heats, with money raised going to Martin House.The winners from each school will then come together to play in front of an audience of music industry professionals in a Grand Final in July 2010.Centre Stage is open to all Secondary Schools across West Yorkshire, for students aged 11 to 18.
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