• August 30, 2010

The Home Depot will join Honda as official presenting sponsor of the 2011 Honda Battle of the Bands, a national music showcase and scholarship program in its ninth year.

The competition and event has over 40 HBCU marching bands competing in a Celebration Tour and vying to be one of eight bands selected to attend the 2011 Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase, to be held January 29, 2011, in Atlanta.

Participating schools get a $1,000 grant for their music programs, and the eight bands selected to participate in the Invitational Showcase are awarded an additional $20,000. Honda says it has awarded in excess of $1 million in grants.