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Final Details of Concert and Practice Sessions

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Final Details of Concert and Practice Sessions

The Stables Saturday 17 July 6.00pm.

Students need to be at The Stables for 5.00pm to check in and store their instruments. The Bar and Café areas will be open with drinks and some light refreshments available. There is plenty of open space around the theatre so if the weather permits you may like to bring a picnic.

The running order of Bands is:

  • Prestige
  • Red Dragons
  • Not Quite Human
  • Antarctic Monkeys
  • Dropkick Murphy
  • Ignite
  • Today is Thursday
  • Ellen & Georgie
  • Reflection
  • The Starburst
  • When’s Tuck
  • RED
  • Josh Prestige
  • State The Obvious
  • Fish Puppets
  • Locked and Loaded
  • Quantity
  • Skeleton Crew
  • Black Salmon
  • Krieg

Interval

  • Turn It Down
  • The Interval
  • Six Minute Gig
  • Desert Quarters
  • The Statement
  • Acropolis
  • Sophie & Ben
  • Elsewhere
  • Collision
  • Switch
  • The Muppets
  • Frances & Harry
  • Behind Closed Doors
  • Epic Fail
  • D-Fault
  • The Uproar
  • Static & Finale

Please remember that students are expected to support all other bands during the concert and seating is provided for them.   If you have not done so already do let Ros know asap if any student cannot be there for the whole evening, on 07738 974220 or rosmiles@rockschools.co.uk.

All student’s instruments will be kept in a secure area until the end of the concert when it can be collected. Any student needing to leave before the Finale must advise Ros first.

Practice Sessions Saturday 17 July at Towcester

Each session will be for about 1 hour

9.30:

  • Collision
  • The Starburst
  • Ignite
  • D-Fault
  • Turn It Down
  • Skeleton Crew
  • Desert Quarters
  • Antarctic Monkeys
  • Not Quite Human
  • Quantity
  • Epic Fail
  • Today is Thursday

10.30:

  • Behind Closed Door
  • Acropolis (if required)
  • Six Minute Gig
  • Elsewhere
  • Locked and Loaded
  • RED
  • When’s Tuck
  • Fish Puppets
  • Red Dragons
  • Dropkick Murphy
  • Black Salmon
  • Static (if required)

We look forward to yet another fantastic Rockschools Concert!

David Taylor

Director

Rockschools

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July – Concert Details and Extra Practice Sessions

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Final arrangements are being made for our Rockschools Concert at The Stables on Saturday 17 July at 6.00pm. Students need to be there for 5.00pm to check in and store their instruments.

Bands playing are as follows:
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July News

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Thank you to all who supported Midsummer Music in Towcester. The event was a great success despite competition from the World Cup and bands played in the Town Hall until gone 11.00pm. Thanks too to Tom Mitson for making the sound work so well in the hall.

Tickets are still on sale for our concert at The Stables on Saturday 17 July. There are just two weeks of Rockschool left now so do buy them this Saturday if you can. All bands will be playing at the concert which starts at 6.00pm and should finish at about 10.30pm. Students are expected to support all other bands during the concert and seating is provided for them.   Do let Ros know by this Saturday if any student cannot be there for the whole evening on 07738 974220 or rosmiles@rockschools.co.uk. Details of when bands need to arrive and the running order will then be given next week.

Two more big events this term are the National Festival of Music for Youth and the National Rock and Pop Festival.

Krieg have been invited to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth on Wednesday 7 July at the 02 Academy in Birmingham. If you would like to come and support them there please ask Ros for details.

Four of our bands have been invited to perform at the National Rock and Pop Festival at the Birmingham Town Hall on Monday 19 July. We will be going to Birmingham by coach for the day and will be able to take part in workshops during the afternoon. Details will be available this Saturday and all Rockschool students are invited to come with us, dependant on availability of seats on the coach.

We look forward to a very busy few weeks at Rockschools!

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May Newsletter

Friday, May 21st, 2010

We are already coming to the end of a very busy first half of our Summer Term at Rockschools and we have many events planned for after half-term too. There is no Rockschool on Saturday 29 May and Saturday 5 June at Towcester, or at Brackley and Towcester on 25 and 26 May.

During the last few weeks Rockschools bands have played at the Towcester MayDay Fayre on 3 May and at The Bell Plantation in Towcester in aid of Cancer Research. All bands were well received by a wide audience so many thanks to the various bands which took part and to parents for their support of these events. Thank you too to Ian Blunsdon and to Tom Mitson for providing such excellent sounds at these outdoor venues.

After half-term we will be supporting the Towcester Midsummer Music weekend on 18 and 19 June. On Friday 18 June Rockschool bands will be playing in Towcester Town Hall from 7.30 – 11.00pm and all are welcome to come and listen. Tickets will be available on the door at £3.00 for those who do not have programmes for all events on Saturday 19 June.

Also on Saturday 19 June the Rockhopper Recording Studio will be in Towcester in the car park of The Saracens Head as part of their Talent Tour. This is a competition open to anyone of any age, solo singer or bands and details can be found at www.thetalenttour.co.uk. Rockschools is supporting the Towcester leg of the Talent Tour and our Parents and Friends Assn. is offering to donate a prize of an entry into the Talent Tour for any Rockschools band in a free raffle. Ask at the Tuckshop on Saturday, where posters and flyers are available, of details of how to win a free recording session for your band!

One of our Rockschool bands, Krieg, have won through to the finals of Music for Youth Festival at the O2 Arena in Birmingham on Wednesday 7 July so many congratulations to them for having done so well. We also hope to take part in the National Rock and Pop Festival again this year on Monday 19 July. More details on both these events will be available after half-term.

Finally, we have another reminder for you, of our end of year concert at The Stables on Saturday 17 July at 6.00pm. We would like all Rockschool bands to take part and tickets will be on sale after half-term.

Meanwhile we hope you all enjoy your half-term holiday and look forward to seeing you in June.

David Taylor

Director

Rockschools

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April Newsletter

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Welcome back to Rockschools for the Summer Term which starts on Saturday 24 April at Nicholas Hawksmoor, Towcester, Tuesday 27 April at Brackley and Wednesday 28 April at Towcester in the evenings. Thank you all for your hard work and support at our Easter Concerts and to the students who all performed so well. Once again the standard of performance was excellent and we had lots of encouraging feedback from audiences for on both nights.

Welcome too to those students who are joining us this term for the first time.

For those who pay fees termly, fees are due on the first week of term so please see Ros with payments. Fees are £88.00 for Rockschool and £145.00 for Individual Tuition, payable to Towcester Rockschool Ltd. Any queries please contact Ros on 07738 974220 or rosmiles@rockschools.co.uk.

Tom Mitson will be with us again for the first two weeks of term to PAT test any equipment students bring to use at Rockschool which has yet been tested and does not have a passed sticker. Would all students with electric guitars, bass, keyboard or electric drums also remember to bring their own extension lead which can be plugged into the extension lead with circuit breaker supplied by Rockschool so that each room can access one circuit breaker. Tom will then PAT test these too.

We have lots of events planned for this term including the May Day Fayre and Midsummer Music in Towcester, Music for Youth, National Rock & Pop Festival and our end of year concert at The Stables on Saturday 17 July. More details of all these events will be available shortly.

We are also considering the possibility of running a Summer School, if anyone is interested in taking part would they please let me know at davidtaylor@rockschools.co.uk, with dates when available.

Meanwhile we hope to see you all again on Saturday or during the week and look forward to a very happy and productive Summer Term.

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March 2010 Newsletter

Friday, March 12th, 2010

We are now coming to the end of our first term of 2010 and preparations are well in hand for our Easter Concerts which are being held on Saturday 20 and 27 March at Nicholas Hawksmoor School, both starting at 6.00pm. Tickets are now on sale at Reception at Towcester Rockschool and are also available at our evening Rockschools.

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January Newsletter

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Welcome to the Spring Term at Rockschools, it was good to be able to start again after the closures due to the snow and to see so many of you returning to Rockschools for this term. We can also welcome several new students starting this term too. Thank you to all who have paid for this term and could those whose fees are still outstanding please see Ros on Saturday.

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