From rock to raï, not counting world beat, the CONGA has been in full swing for 14 years now. The music contest was established by the Laval University students’ association of the engineering and science faculty. The contest is reserved for amateur musicians or groups, at least one member of which must be a student at the college or university level. Nine candidate groups are selected from an initial fifty or so participants. The nine groups then perform before an audience of some 900. Three finalists receive $8,000 in prizes and the winning group obtains 100 hours of recording time at a professional studio. A springboard to a professional career? Ask Eonz and One Ton, two former CONGA winners.