Girls Rock Camp Austin 2009: Location and Dates
Girls Rock Camp Austin is proud to announce its official 2009 camp schedule:
Session 1: June 22-26; showcase Saturday, June 27
Session 2: July 27-31; showcase Saturday, August 1
Session 1 will be held at Austin Studios, 1901 E. 51st Street
Camp hours are 9am-5pm.
Showcases will be at the Parish, 214 E. Sixth St.
Tuition: $365 if application received by May 1; $385 after
Session 2 location TBA
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It's the fastest way to get updates on shows, benefits, camp info, and more, plus you can read what our campers and volunteers have to say about the wonderful world of rock camp.
Ladies Rock Camp
Ladies Rock Camp 2009 will take place Friday-Sunday, July 17-19; showcase will be on Sunday. The ladies camp will once again be held at the amazing Griffin School.
We are finalizing our new camper and volunteer applications and some other details; watch this space or our Facebook page for updates. In the meantime, prepare to rock!
Download a Ladies Rock Camp application and FAQs here.
What Is Girls Rock Camp Austin?
Girls Rock Camp Austin is a summer day camp that offers musical instruction as well as a variety of workshops and performances in a positive, all-female environment intended to give girls the tools to succeed in music-related ventures, as well as in other fields of their choosing. The camp creates leadership opportunities, cultivates a supportive community of peers and mentors and encourages social change and the development of life skills.
Campers learn to play instruments of their choosing (guitars, drums, bass,
keyboards, or vocals), form bands, write songs and perform live at a showcase
at the end of the camp. They also attend workshops on women who rock, self-defense,
images of girls and women in popular culture, the music business, rock writing
and zine-making and more.
Girls Rock Camp Austin 2008
Girls Rock Camp had an amazing summer. We quadrupled our size, serving more than 100 girls (half of them on scholarship) in two incredible one-week sessions held at the Ann Richards School. Rock & roll legend Rosie Flores was back to teach and wow the girls with her lunchtime performances, along with Follow That Bird!, Akina Adderly, Belaire, Amy Cook, the Octopus Project, LZ Love, Ume, and many other wildly talented ladies, including platoons of volunteers. Girls learned about zine- and poster-making, history of women who rock, the music business, and much more in a number of workshops and panels. Their brand-new bands brought the house down with sold-out showcases at the Parish, where we also held successful silent auctions featuring donations from myriad music legends, including Heart, Loretta Lynn, and the Donnas.
Girls Rock Camp Austin also hosted its first Ladies Rock Camp, a weekend-long fundraiser for women who want to support camp and rock like the girls do. Generously hosted by the Griffin and Sri Atmananda schools, the camp was a packed weekend of learning, performing, sharing, and fun, culminating in a rocking showcase at Creekside Lounge. We rocked First Night Austin with our amazing marching rock band, got down at the Girls Rock Camp Alliance conference (held in Austin this year), and threw in a couple of karaoke parties along the way.
Now, of course, it's full speed ahead to Girls and Ladies Rock Camps 2009.
Hope you can join us!
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wish list and see what equipment and supplies we need. (Tax ID number
provided for deduction purposes.)
We Are Everywhere!
Girls Rock Camp Austin on Facebook and MySpace
Read about the Girls Rock Camp Austin in The Austin Chronicle.
View Girls Rock Camp on Austin News Channel 8
See Girls Rock Camp 2008 featured on KXAN
Check out some of the other GIRLS ROCK CAMPS from around the world, organized together to form the Girls Rock Camp Alliance.
