{"id":2196876,"date":"2025-12-12T20:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2196876"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:44:45","slug":"ashburn-high-schoolers-having-fun-with-new-music-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ashburn-high-schoolers-having-fun-with-new-music-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashburn high schoolers having fun with new music group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-57498\">\n<div class=\"post-image single-image \">\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It was the biggest moment yet in the short life of the local band\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suncrest-band.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SunCrest<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. It was Aug. 9. They were competing in the annual Jammin\u2019 Java Mid-Atlantic Band Battle at the eponymous music venue in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>A group of teens facing off against a line-up of bands made up of musicians years older than them \u2013 and they were about to win first place. It wasn\u2019t a surprise at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI knew before they called it,\u201d<\/strong> said lead guitarist Will Schweiker, 16. <strong>\u201cThey had a paper with our name on it and the dude dropped it. I saw our name and I knew we won.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He quietly turned to his fellow band members and said, <strong>\u201cIt\u2019s us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The teenage boys in SunCrest are doing what thousands of kids before them have done \u2013 passionate about music, they formed a band, practiced in their parents\u2019 basements, started playing some local gigs and then entered a competition \u2013 and won.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To read more about SunCrest \u2013 how they formed the band, the type of music they\u2019re inspired by, and what the future holds for them \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashburnmagazine.com\/features\/ashburn-high-schoolers-having-fun-with-new-music-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here and head over to the Ashburn Magazine website.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n                                <\/div>\n<p>                                <!--    Author bio.--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source theburn.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the biggest moment yet in the short life of the local band\u00a0SunCrest. It was Aug. 9. They were competing in the annual Jammin\u2019 Java Mid-Atlantic Band Battle at the eponymous music venue in Vienna. 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