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Edmonds-Woodway Pep Band Creates Video for $1 Million "Glee" Contest
E-W shooting for one of three $50,000 grand prizes with its version of Cee Lo Green's "Forget You."
The most popular part of FOX's "Glee" is always the songs.
The Edmonds-Woodway High School Pep Band has made its own "Glee" song.
The band is now competing in a national contest sponsored by Fox, "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy and the National Association for Music Education.
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The contest, called "Glee Give A Note," is supporting music education by awarding $1 million dollars in prize money to music programs in jeopardy throughout the United States.
In an effort to win one of three $50,00 first-place prizes, the Edmonds-Woodway band created a video to Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" (the clean version of his song with, um, a different title). There are also 10 prizes of $25,000 each and 60 prizes of $10,000 each.
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To win, the video must get as many views as possilbe. You can help by watching the video; you can vote once a day until Nov. 7.
The E-W students featured in the up-close portions of the video are band council members Hannah Burson, Alvin Lieu and Mike DeChant. The special guest vocalist is Miles Laven.
Band director Ray Johnson and his team dedicating hours to create the video. They're hoping it pays off.
Winners will be announced Dec. 15 at 2 p.m.
Here is the link to vote for E-W:gleegiveanote.com/vote_details.php?id=417.