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Master T.C. and The Visitors
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Master T.C. and The Visitors are a national American pop/rock band that blend classic Vaudeville and Victorian Steampunk into an award-winning masterpiece. Founded in Sandusky Ohio by Frontman Master T.C., The Visitors have performed in many prestigious nightclubs including The House of Blues Sunset Strip, The Viper Room, Universal Studios Hollywood, The MGM Grande Hotel & Casino in Vegas, The State Theatre, The Cleveland Agora and many other local venues across Ohio. The Band performs BOTH Acoustic and Electric setlist including their hit originals and well as four hours worth of cover music from all decades. The band is currently The Homegrown artist of the year on Mix 102.7 FM WCPZ and their debut EP featuring their hit single "Take Me To Heaven" is available now at all major music distributions. 

Layout:

Lead

  • First sentence, paragraph, section

The lead section is the very first part of an article, appearing before any table of contents and headings. The lead serves both as an introduction to the article and as a summary of the important aspects of its subject.

The lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview of the article. It should define the topic, establish context, explain why the subject is interesting or notable, and summarize the most important points—including any notable controversies. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, and the notability of the article's subject should usually be established in the first sentence. The lead should contain no more than four paragraphs, should be carefully sourced if covering material not sourced elsewhere in the article, and should be written in a clear, accessible style to inspire a reading of the full article. As the article progresses the prose can go into more detail for those who need it.


Sections

  • Titles (first letter capped, not too long)
  • Order

Sections and subsections are introduced by headings. Very short or very long sections and subsections in an article look cluttered and inhibit the flow of the prose. These headings clarify articles by breaking up text, organizing content, and populating the table of contents.

Heading 1 (=Heading 1=) is automatically generated as the title of the article. Sections headings start at the second level (==Heading 2==), with subsections at the third level (===Heading 3===), and so on. Sections should be consecutive, such that they do not skip levels from sections to sub-subsections; the exact methodology is deferred to WP:ACCESS. Sections should be separated by a single blank line to avoid too much white space in the article.


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