Battle of the Bands to pit 17 contenders

A total of 17 bands from 12 Southern Arizona schools will duke it out in the Arizona Daily Star's 2010 Battle of the Bands.

Now in its seventh year, the contest for high school musical acts will culminate in a showdown at the historic Rialto Theatre on Feb. 19.

The genres this year vary from folk to rock, pop to reggae and metal to progressive.

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More:
• Read the Battle of the Bands blog
• Listen to all the bands in this year's battle

It's South Africa in 1990 and change - as seen in the first scene of the film - is literally coming down the street. After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) has been released.

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• 'New York, I Love You'
• 'Bronson'

With her gray hair pulled back and hammer in hand, Rosemary Snow climbs up onto the stage and turns over a coffee table, part of the set for "A Bull in a China Shop," the latest production at Red Barn Theater.

The 76-year-old theater owner bangs the leg back into place then moves onto the next item on a never-ending to-do list.

Snow has devoted the last 15 years of her life to the Red Barn Theater, which she opened at 948 N. Main Ave. as a space for creative people to flourish.

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