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SMOKEFREEROCKQUEST 2015 – Northland finals on 20 June
SMOKEFREEROCKQUEST 2015 – Northland finals on 20 June
It’s the big night of the year for youth music in Whangarei next Saturday as the top bands and solo/duo performers in Northland play off in the regional final of Smokefreerockquest 2015.
The top ten bands and two solo-duos to play off on Saturday 20 June at Forum North were selected at heats held last month.
Smokefreerockquest founder and director Glenn Common said Smokefreerockquest offers the entrants on Saturday night a platform for live performance that builds on what they have learnt at school.
“The support that contemporary musicians get in schools these days is evident in the number of young musicians that get to performance standard,” he said. “Secondary school teachers offer tuition and encouragement, create space for bands and soloists to practise, they come along to support them at Smokefreerockquest and help them to get the most value from the experience of entering SFRQ – before, during and after.”
He said the professional performance environment offered by SFRQ included a stage set up with lights, sound, projection and technical support in a show that includes a guest band, MC and lots of giveaways.
At the regional final the top two bands are selected to go into the national finalists’ judging pool, other awards and prizes are presented and the top two solo/duos play off for first and second place, with both going on to the judging pool for the national final.
Smokefreerockquest, powered by Rockshop,
has national winners’ prize packages for bands and the
solo/duo winners, that includes $22,000 in Rockshop
vouchers, a $20,000 NZ On Air recording, video and promo
package’ a ‘Decent Exposure’ campaign on FOUR, a photo
shoot with Thievery Studio, a branding package from
Imaginary Friends and the Unleashed Travel ambassador award
– a seven day trip to Fiji.
There is also the MAINZ
(Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand) Scholarship for
Outstanding Musicianship, the APRA (Australasian Performing
Right Association) Lyric Award, the Lowdown Best Song Award
and the Smokefree Women’s Musicianship Award. The
People’s Choice award is voted by text, with the
opportunity to open the Smokefreerockquest national
final.
More info at sfrq.co.nz or facebook.com/thesfrq
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