{"id":10994,"date":"2011-12-19T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=10994"},"modified":"2011-12-19T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T16:15:57","slug":"round-2-expansion-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/round-2-expansion-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 2, Expansion Conference: Rock\u2019s Greatest Backing Band Tournament Continues!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10995\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10995\" title=\"EXPANSION2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/EXPANSION2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/EXPANSION2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/EXPANSION2-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Round 2 of the Expansion Conference<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four matches will determine the fate of the 8 teams surviving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/round-1-rebel-conference-rock%E2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round 1<\/a> of\u00a0Expansion Conference tournament play. As in the opening round of play, please use this space to argue for your favorite backing band in each contest, using any or all of the following criteria, including criteria not listed here:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to support the bandleader&#8217;s musical agenda\/vision<\/li>\n<li>Additional musical contribution to the bandleader&#8217;s sound\/vision<\/li>\n<li>Look and other supporting &#8220;rock superhero powers&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Catchiness of backing band&#8217;s name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Round 2 of\u00a0Expansion Conference play runs through <strong>Wednesday, December 21 at 5:59 pm<\/strong>. You may log your vote on each contestant in the Round 2 games through the polls on the following page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-202\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Round 2, Expansion Conference: The Mindbenders (1) vs The TCB Band (9)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-202-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The TCB Band <small>(78%, 14 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 78%;\" title=\"The TCB Band (78% | 14 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Mindbenders <small>(22%, 4 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 22%;\" title=\"The Mindbenders (22% | 4 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>18<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_202_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"e79cc6b73e\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-202-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"polls-203\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Round 2, Expansion Conference: The Detroit Wheels (12) vs The Family Stone (4)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-203-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Family Stone <small>(70%, 14 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 70%;\" title=\"The Family Stone (70% | 14 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Detroit Wheels <small>(30%, 6 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 30%;\" title=\"The Detroit Wheels (30% | 6 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>20<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_203_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"80f69d5ba0\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-203-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"polls-204\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Round 2, Expansion Conference: The JBs (6) vs The Revolution (3)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-204-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The JBs <small>(76%, 19 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 76%;\" title=\"The JBs (76% | 19 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Revolution <small>(24%, 6 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 24%;\" title=\"The Revolution (24% | 6 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>25<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_204_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"4d8db40164\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-204-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"polls-205\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Round 2, Expansion Conference: The Buckaroos (7) vs The Pharoahs (15)<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-205-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Buckaroos <small>(79%, 15 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 79%;\" title=\"The Buckaroos (79% | 15 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Pharoahs <small>(21%, 4 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 21%;\" title=\"The Pharoahs (21% | 4 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>19<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_205_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"36ab92c944\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-205-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Four matches will determine the fate of the 8 teams surviving Round 1 of\u00a0Expansion Conference tournament play. As in the opening round of play, please use this space to argue for your favorite backing band in each contest, using any or all of the following criteria, including criteria not listed here:\u00a0 Ability to support <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/round-2-expansion-conference-rock%e2%80%99s-greatest-backing-band-tournament-continues\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[42,125,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}