"Center Grove Rocks the Park" battle of the bands and talent competition will be this Saturday, May 12th at Center Grove Middle School Central.

This is an ALL DAY affair, with 11 central Indiana youth bands performing from 9am til 8pm! ADMISSION IS FREE!

Edie Caito, the organizer and brains of this concept, has arranged for the musicians to be treated like real rock stars, with an artists' "green room" for prep before their set, and a VIP meet and greet area, where the fans can get autographs and buy merchandise from the bands.

Proceeds go to The Independence Park Fund for the parks.

This is a fundraiser for our Center Grove's Independence Park expansion project. All funds raised will go to purchase new equipment for the park, and provide the youth of Center Grove a modern, safe place to congregate and have fun.

Again, this is a FREE event. Guitarworks will be setting the stage with professional performance gear, BIG, LOUD PA, and all the stuff needed to pull off a professional show!

We are always seeking opportunities to support live music for charitable events! We're proud to note that the vast majority of performers have been through Guitarworks Band Builders program, and see these young performers out before the public, using their talents and teamwork to ROCK HARD for a good cause!

Amazing food will be provided by "The NY Slice" food truck and "Der Pretzel" wagon. Our MC is Brooklyn, NY resident and game show guru Jason Block and there will be fun for the entire community.

The bands will be judged by a panel of local TV and radio celebrities. Winning bands will be based on two criteria:

50% by popular vote - everyone attending receives 5 voting tickets, and may add additional votes with $1 donated counting as one vote, - this is the fundraising part

50% by judge's score - bands will be judged on: Musical talent, Vocals, Appearance, Stage presence / Audience connection & Overall Performance

Additional fundraising efforts will include auctioning tickets to the upcoming Indianapolis KISS concert, LOTS of Mother's Day appropriate items from area merchants and craftsmen, food sales and more!

Here's the lineup. We hope you'll attend, listen, vote and have fun with us Saturday, May 12th at Center Groove Middle School Central

Finally, here are the band performance times:

9am - Isle5

10am - Luke and Kenzie

11am - Silver from The Flames

12pm - Bright Darkness

1pm - LeGiT

2pm - Mission One Level Zero

3pm - No Direction

4pm - Crash21

5pm - South Six 5

6pm - Side Affect

7pm - The M80s  

The M80s are NOT in the competition, since Guitarworks is a sponsor, and Zane Franklin, son of Kevin and Rene Franklin, is in the band. But they will lay down a rockin' finale to a big day of fun and music!

Judges will tabulate their scores as the M80s perform, announcing the winners and awards at 8pm, crowning the grand champions and runners up.

Many thanks to our event sponsors: Guitarworks in Greenwood, Ego Picks, Stage One, In Tune GP and Victor and Marci Photography, as well as Edie Caito and the Independence Park Committee. Join us for the biggest FREE Rock show Center Grove has ever seen! See you there!

The Band Builders will hit the stage at approximately 2:30pm and will run in the above order. Any questions please call Brett @ 317-885-1510.

This event is free to the public, but we are asking for your participation as follows:

1) Bring some canned goods, cleaning supplies or over the counter medicines for donation to our Rebuild Indiana tornado relief. All this stuff will go to the Henryville Red Cross- that’s your cost of admission. Can’t make the event? We’ll continue to collect this stuff inside Guitarworks now through the end of April.

2) Bring your friends and your appetite! There will be great food from Bernie’s BBQ of Morgantown! Bernie’s bringin’ the big smoker, for killer ribs, pulled pork, chicken, brats, dogs, sides and drinks. Eat like a King at Bernie’s BBQ and he’ll donate part of the proceeds back to our Special Olympics funds. It’s my favorite BBQ- and you’re gonna like it!

3) Listen to these great bands:

12pm - LEGIT

12:50pm - THEOTOKOS

1:40pm - BRIGHT DARKNESS

2:30pm - 4:30pm - BAND BUILDERS (7 Bands)

• Combustible Lemons
• First Time Offenders
• The Rocks
• Atomic Waffles
• Noyz R Us
• Assisted Living
• Suicidal Coconuts
  

4:50pm - The M80's           

6:00pm -BLUE MOON REVUE

All through the day there will be live and silent auctions, giveaways, prizes, games, food, fun and lots of live music! There will also be demonstrations from the Special Olympics athletes and cheerleaders.

Raffle and auction items include great stuff from area vendors, instruments from Guitarworks suppliers, a Kentucky Speedway NASCAR ticket package and much more.

We’re doing all this to raise funds for the Johnson County Special Olympics. Please help us do a good thing, and make music for a great cause.

EXTREME THANKS to our Key Sponsors; FREEDOM 95.9 (Thanks, Randy!), GRAND RENTAL STATION (Thanks, Dale!) and HOME DEPOT (Thanks, Ed!)

Make plans to join us and bring all your friends to Guitarworks in Greenwood on Sunday, April 22nd from 12pm – 7pm. See you there!

It's that time again! Our first 2012 Band Builders session kicks off on Saturday with an orientation at 3pm. Rehearsals will begin this Sunday, January 15th. We have already had a great enrollment, but there's still room! 

Doug Redmond and Eddie Henry will be there to give you an overview of the session, answer any questions and assign the rehearsal times. It's also your opportunity to meet other participants.

Our last session was great with 7 bands rocking our stage! Check out the current issue of South Magazine for a 10-page spread on Band Builders performers and "graduates," profiling 4 youth bands that are out performing across central Indiana!

There's nothing like the Guitarworks' Band Builders program. Gain valuable playing experience. Perform what you've learned in front of a live audience. The cost for the 6-week program is just $175 and payment plans are available. Call us at 317-885-1510 for more info.

Check us out online:

http://www.facebook.com/GuitarworksBandBuilders

http://www.youtube.com/user/GworksBandBuilders

The first Band Builders session of 2012 begins January 14 & 15. Many players signed up over Christmas - what a great gift! There's plenty of room for more, and sign-ups continue through January 14. We have positions available for all ages, skill levels, instruments and vocalists. This session our coaches are Doug Redmond, Eddie Henry and Brett Alderman.
We'll have orientation on Saturday the 14th, pick the members for each band and assign weekly practice times. Rehearsals start the very next day, Sunday the 15th. Bands rehears for 5 weeks on Sunday afternoons at their assigned time. The sixth week there is a dress rehearsal on Saturday and the big concert, live on the Guitarworks stage on Sunday afternoon, February 19th. 
Our last session was great with 7 bands rocking our stage! Check out the current issue of South Magazine for a 10-page spread on Band Builders performers and "graduates," profiling 4 youth bands that are out performing across central Indiana!
There's nothing like Guitarworks' Band Builders program. Gain valuable playing experience. Perform what you've learned in front of a live audience. The cost for the 6-week program is just $175 and payment plans are available. Call us at 317-885-1510 for more info.  
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Pick up a copy of the current issue of South Magazine to read up about several local youth bands. Many of whom's roots are based in Guitarworks' Band Builders program. Congrats to Bright Darkness, South Six-5, MOLZ and the M80's!