The Grand Forks band Hybrid Soul will headline a Christian rock show Saturday night in downtown Grand Forks at The Attic, a space on the fourth floor of 308 DeMers Ave. above Crosstown Lounge.
The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and also will feature the band One Ten Ride and sister-act Rhyme & Reason. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and admission will be $10. Advance tickets are available for $5 at Christian Bookshelf in Grand Cities Mall.
The musicians in Hybrid Soul have known each other for eight years and have their roots in high school friendships and UND, said Clark Hauger, guitarist and vocalist. He and guitarist and vocalist Luke Johnson have been friends since school days in Williams, Minn. He met Cody Weckerly, bass and vocals, from Hurdsfield, N.D., at UND and Paul Letvin, a Thompson, N.D., native, at UND and through Cottonwood Community Church, where the musicians play for the church's worship team. The band's sound technician is Shaun Hopkins.
Hybrid Soul typically plays gigs in the Red River Valley and has recorded two albums. The latest, "Fingerprints," was released in November. They don't do covers, Hauger said. All four are songwriters.
"Our music is very radio-friendly rock music," Hauger said. "The songs are all inspired invariably by the fingerprints that God has put on our lives. So, a lot of them are derived from our experiences following the lord. Some are taken straight out of scripture."
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The four 20-somethings all have day jobs. Letvin is a music teacher at Viking Elementary School, and Weckerly is the Grand Forks director for Youth for Christ. Johnson works for Vreeland remodeling, and Hauger is a substitute teacher. If you'd like to hear their music, check them out on MySpace or Facebook.
One Ten Ride is a seven-piece band that does a few covers but mostly writes and performs its own music. The Grand Forks band has been together since October, but most of them previously had played in other bands.
Its lineup includes Josh Hoeckle, vocals and acoustic guitar; Mary Hoeckle, vocals and keyboard; Phil Irwin, vocals and electric guitar; Allen Anderson, electric guitar; Rus Schultz, bass; Suzanne Irwin, vocals and auxiliary percussion; and Jeff Middleton, drums.
Rhyme and Reason features sisters Emily Frelich and Suzanne Irwin on guitars and vocals. They've been playing together for about six years.
The Attic is a space rented by Valley Christian Center for its youth, who meet there at 6:30 p.m. each Thursday, said the Rev. Chris Dawes, Valley Christian's senior pastor. There are games and a main room with a sound system and feeder lights for a youth-led band that leads singing at the meetings.
The Saturday show is being promoted by Mike Peterson as CrossHub.net. Peterson, who graduated from Red River High School and Mayville (N.D.) State University, said he's passionate about Christian music and about how it can be used to change minds and so is working to promote musical events. He's also an administrative assistant for The Salvation Army.
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