The 2006 season in Toronto came to a close over the weekend of June 10th with 14 thrilling and talented bands, the crème de la crème as it were. ‘Trap Door’ was first to take the stage with progressive rock power and keyboard thrills the audience folded their arms and took in the sounds. Sounding far older than their birth certificates would indicate, ‘The Crunch’ lowered the boom on some bluesy gritty rock and roll. ‘Zameer’ always the showman put on an eclectic set once again and presented the winner of his on line draw with a set of tickets to Las Vegas Nevada. Congratulations to the lucky winner. ‘Crimson in the Attic’ a three piece from all over eastern Canada put together a set of their favorite songs bringing the drummer out front to sing a few. ‘Burning Bright’ powered through their set and really started the audience moving. ‘Crestfallen’ was a slow starter and lost time on their set but held it together for a few songs for the gathering audience. ‘Lost Subject’ formerly known as You are Here, popped up the punkyness or punked up the poppyness to the excited chanting crowd. The Ottawa finalists joined the Toronto bands for their all Ontario competition. ‘Makeshift was welcomed by the Toronto bands with good sportsmanship and put on a great and powerful modern rock set including the songs that won them the Ottawa championship. ‘Motion Picture Ending’ had everything in the right place and lit up the stage Opera House style. Blending pop and alternative with their own flair and flavor they set the audience in motion. Borealis with their ever impressive female vocalist thrust through their power metal set being thrilled to play on the very stage their idols have done before them. Siobhan was awarded the best vocalist prize for her strong efforts throughout the festival. ‘Tommorrows Excuse’ put on an impassioned show as professional as always and in true alternative modern rock style. ‘9 Hours Later’ tried to draw in the audience and succeeded in doing so only to have two or three monkeys in the audience start up the fisticuffs. Aggressive Rock will do that sometimes. The strong vocals and heavy weight appeal of ‘Darker Shade of Red’ notched up the volume a few db to really shake the walls of the old building. Rounding out the proceedings was ‘Illatease’ once again in from the far off reaches in Ontario. They rocked out with a punk flavor that was unmatched Saturday night. So who’s going to Montreal? ‘Motion Picture Ending’ was graced with that opportunity by full judgment decision and went on to the Canadian final to join all of the Canadian finalists.