Rockenspiele rock battle
ROCKING reports are coming from all who attended the South Gippsland FReeZA Battle of the Bands in Leongatha last Wednesday.
More than 40 people attended the event at he Dakers Centre, a fantastic result according to FReeZA committee member Nick Jeremiah.
“It’s the most I’ve ever seen at one of these gigs,” he said.
“We were hoping that we would get a lot more than usual because we were able to advertise on Facebook, so we were able to branch out to a lot more people than what we usually do.
“We will certainly be using Facebook to promote events in the future.”
In their third year competing, Foster based Rockenspiele took out the battle with their punk influenced clash of all girl rock.
The girls will now go on to battle it out at the regional event and then possibily have the chance to play at the Push Over Festival in 2014.
Judges included John Reese of Men at Work fame who is now a local musician, Amie-Jean Denham a local bass guitarist and singer, and Yelka Ishmakovich, a singer song writer from the area and an ex-FreeZa committee member.
Yelka also amazed the crowd with her incredible voice, as part of the concert.
With the popularity of live music all ages gigs in South Gippsland rising, local music festival Raw Vibes may make an re-appearance.
“I would love to see Raw Vibes come back again,” Nick told The Star.
“I reckon it’s something that should happen at least once a year so I’m hoping it will come back next year but I can’t say for certain.”
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- Judges: making the final choice were judges John Reece (bass guitarist from Men at Work), Yelka Ishmakovich (local singer/songwriter) and Amie Jean Denham (local singer/songwriter). Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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- Winners: Foster’s Taliya Barker, Kate Facey and Maddie Barker took out the Battle of the Bands as the band Rockenspiele. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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- Rock out!: Dispersion rocked the Dakers Centre at the Battle of the Bands on Wednesday. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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- Second place: Aura, made up of Jack Swallow (bass guitarist),Tom Rech (lead guitarist), Shane Clark (drums) and Ryan Little-John (guitarist), came second in the battle. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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- Fan base: performer Steff Busana had support from friends Krystina Wojciechowski and Cyndallyn Reed at the Battle of the Bands. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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- Rocking out: headline band Triumph Over Logic impressed the crowds. Photo courtesy Nick Jeremiah Photography.
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Posted by brad on Jul 15 2013. Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Featured. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
