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Girls Rock Camp Summer 2012 Application & Info
Hello All!
Please mark your calendars with the following dates:
GRA SESSION 1 : 6/11-15, showcase 6/16
GRA SESSION 2: 7/23-27, showcase 7/28
Camp runs from Monday through Friday and the showcases are on Saturday.
Registration for Summer 2012 Girls Rock Camp is open now!
1. Download the Camper Application
2. Download the Financial Aid Application
You can send us completed forms through the postal mail, or by email. Please see the forms for more specific details and instructions. Contact us at girlsrockatx@gmail.com if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing your applications, and having another awesome summer of Girls Rock Camp Austin!
Girls Rock Austin SXSW Day Party & Official Showcase Info
We’ve got two awesome things going on Friday, March 16th.
(1) Girls Rock Austin Day Party at Cherrywood Coffeehouse:
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(2) Girls Rock Austin SXSW Official Showcase, sponsored by Maurice’s at Easy Tiger:
–Facebook event invite coming soon. See attached poster!
–Girl in a Coma! http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/
–Also, the Alabama Shakes! http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/
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Day Party Info
Girls Rock Austin is pleased to announce our fifth annual SXSW day party. This year we’ve been thinking about how important our Austin community is and we’re excited to offer a family friendly event with entertainment by the Girls Rock Austin family and friends! And, for the first time we’re extending the free no-wristband required festivities into the night with an after party featuring more great music!
Christiane Swenson, Christina Arellano and Mia Czarnecki are young guitarists, singers and songwriters who have attended Girls Rock Camp. We’re thrilled to see them share their talents with you.
Charlie Belle is an U-18 indie pop band featuring sister and brother Gendayi on guitar and vocals and Gyasi on drums with their friend Michelle on bass. They’ve been featured on USA Today’s Pop Candy blog and play frequently around town.
Belaire is another sibling-steered band with sisters Cari and Christa Palzzolo, both long time Girls Rock Camp volunteers. The band has recently come out of hibernation and we’re happy to see their return.
Sssshhhh! Don’t tell anyone but U-18 superstars Schmillion formed at Girls Rock Camp in 2009. They’ve gone on to open for Arcade Fire and (gasp!) work with a boy drummer. (More..)
Esme Barrera Unlimited Possibilities Scholarship Fund
Girls Rock Austin is proud to announce the creation of the Esme Barrera Unlimited Possibilities Scholarship Fund.
Esme Barrera was a dedicated champion of Girls Rock Camp Austin and a committed volunteer who embodied the program’s spirit of joyful creative community. Her untimely passing on New Year’s Day robbed us of an irreplaceable inspiration, but the fund created in her name will ensure that as many girls as possible can experience what Esme liked to call a “no-bummer summer.”
Included in Girls Rock Austin’s mission of empowerment through musical education and performance is our commitment to offering half our program slots to girls from economically challenged environments. We are dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all of our programs. We are grateful to the community for supporting this mission and your willingness to help keep Esme’s spirit alive through girls who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend programs like ours.
We have been touched and inspired by the outpouring of love in wake of our dear friend’s death. Our volunteers have spent the several weeks grieving and thinking about what we can do personally and as an organization to make the world a better place, and a safer place for women and girls. Girls Rock Austin is proud to be part of a broad cultural movement focused on gender equality. Only through equality will our society become truly safer for women and girls.
Letter from the GRA Board
Dear Supporter:
Girls Rock Austin is excited about our future! We now serve five times the number of girls than we did when we began and a broad demographic of families through the annual Girls Rock Camp summer program, and we continue to expand our reach with innovative programs and events. In 2011, GRA launched new pilot programs, gained financial support from new grantors and sponsors, and garnered broader recognition from the Austin community.
As founder and executive director, Emily Marks started GRA with her initial vision and has played a key role in its growth. Girls Rock Austin is transitioning to a new structure in order to build a sustainable future for the organization. Emily Marks will no longer serve as executive director. Melinda Chow will serve as GRA’s interim executive director during the transition period, and will temporarily step down as board president. Melinda will continue to work with Jess Boettger on camp programming. Becky Austen will serve as board president during the transition.
We extend our sincere appreciation to Emily for her dedicated service and for inspiring so many girls and families with the passion and energy she has brought to GRA. We would like to congratulate Emily as she begins her new career as Executive and Artistic Director at the Scottish Rite Theatre.
Girls Rock Austin continues our commitment to empowering girls and women of all backgrounds and abilities through music education and performance. We recently held another successful Ladies Rock Camp, raising critical funds to enable financially challenged girls to attend summer camp on scholarships. We’re excited about the 2012 season of Girls Rock Camp, with sessions on June 11-15 (showcase June 16) and July 23-27 (showcase July 28).
Thank YOU for making LRC a success!
Thank you to all the incredible participants (you rocked last night – The Underwires, They Say/I Say, Weaker Sex Lounge and Murder She Wrote!), the incredible band coaches/teachers/mentors without whom rocking would be impossible, the amazing volunteers who work tirelessly to put everything together, our incredible Austin business community that sponsors us, nurtures us, hosts our showcases and provides us with lots of food and beverages (special thanks to this year’s sponsors Lucky Lounge, The Austin Chronicle, The Griffin School and Maurice’s), and our tireless GRA leaders who made this 4th year of Ladies Rock Camp awesome!
Stay tuned for more photos from last night and until then, spread the word about Girls Rock Austin and help us with scholarship funds to send young girls to our empowering summer camps!
Ladies Rock Showcase TONIGHT Mon 2/20 @ 7pm!
Ladies Rock Camp (LRC) is a 3-day weekend day camp that provides an opportunity for women ages 19 and over to let loose and play rockin’ music together. No music experience required! Come learn to play an instrument you’ve always wanted, form a band, write original songs and perform! The camp culminates in a fabulous showcase at a uniquely Austin venue where the ladies perform the songs they’ve written with their bands! Come see the rock & roll superstars of Ladies Rock Camp, who are doing the rock-camp thing all weekend and will melt your faces in a benefit for Girls Rock Austin on Monday night. Don’t be late! One-time-only performances. These punctual ladies rock fast and hard. Then they are OUT. It’ll be a rockin’ good time and we hope to see you there!
FREE, NO COVER $5 suggested donation, 209a West 5th Street Austin, TX 78701, (806) 239-8737 @ Lucky Lounge
Performances by: The Underwires, They Say/I Say, Weaker Sex Lounge, Murder She Wrote.
Showcase Facebook Event (RSVP now and share with friends!): http://www.facebook.com/events/350428211654415/
For Esme
We lost a beloved friend, dedicated volunteer, gifted educator, and shining star recently, Esme Barrera. We are sad beyond words. Esme’s infectious smile, her kindness, and her incredible sense of boundless encouragement touched us all.
She embodied all of the values of the girls rock movement. We all knew that she rocked, and when she said “You rock!” to any of the campers, volunteers, or anyone in our community, you believed it because she believed it. She had such a rad and wonderful positive energy with the kids, and that energy extended to everyone in our community–at school, at the record store, through her mixtapes, through her dances, at many a rock show, through her unique wit and wisdom. She was small in stature, but her presence was large and positively exploding with infinite possibilities. She helped empower a lot of girls, and indeed helped empower us all.
Register for Ladies Rock Camp now!
“I wish I had a girls rock camp when I was young!”
Ladies Rock Camp (LRC) is a 3-day weekend day camp that provides an opportunity for women ages 19 and over to let loose and play rockin’ music together.
“What is Ladies Rock Camp like?”
You’ll learn and/or practice your instrument of choice* on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 5pm. You’ll form a band with other awesome ladies, and work together to write an original song that you will play together on stage on Monday night – this year’s showcase is at Lucky Lounge on Monday 2/20 @ 7pm!. The Ladies Rock Camp showcase is an unbelievable experience! In addition, you will have the opportunity to attend workshops** with topics related to being a woman rocker.
*Choice of instruments includes bass, drums, guitar, vocals, and keyboard.
**Specific workshops TBD. Past workshops have included songwriting, recording, and stage equipment setup. If you have any suggestions or questions about workshops, please include them on the application.
“Who may apply for Ladies Rock Camp?”
Any woman age 19 to 119 may apply.
NO MUSICAL EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY, and all skill levels are welcome.
Instruments are not required–they will be provided to those who do not have their own.
Dear Supporters
Dear Supporter: This past year, Girls Rock Austin celebrated our fifth birthday by serving five times the number of girls since our first year, helping them build life skills and self-esteem through music and mentorship. We couldn’t have done it without your support, and we need your generous year-end gift to continue to make a difference in the lives of Austin [...]
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