The bands making the Finals, and their play times (drawn at the end of the last preliminary round) are as follows:
6:00 Rexdismantled (Missoula home school)
6:45 Guilty Conscience (Chewelah, Lakeside Middle Schools)
7:30 The Chasing (CdA, Lakeland, NI Christian)
8:15 Hail The Gunfire (Northwest Christian, Riverside, U-High)
9:00 Some Will Fall (East Valley, Post Falls)
9:35 Rocky Votolato (non-competing guest from Seattle, to perform during the vote counting)
Past Champions have included:
2002 – Soapbox (Gonzaga Prep)
2003 – Malfunction (Gonzaga Prep, CV, LC)
2004 – For Years Blue (LC, Ferris)
2005 – Catalyst (NC, NWC, Shadle Park)
2006 – Vax Lavala (Cheney)
2007 – BEAF (U-High, CV)
As in the preliminary rounds, the paying audience members will vote in “people’s choice” style to primarily determine the winner. There will also be up to 20 bonus points awarded by a judge’s panel. The bands will be competing for the Grand Prize of a weekend of recording in Seattle at Delve Music Studios (travel expenses, recording, mixing and mastering paid by RAWK or donated by Delve Music). The winning band will also be invited to tape a Channel 5 television show with Spokane Mayor Mary Verner.
Each of the 5 competing bands will have an interview taped by Community Minded TV (Channel 14 on Comcast Spokane, and the March 1 performaces will be video taped by the Spokane Skills Center and audio recorded by Michael Grimm of Side Project Recording.
We are also pleased to announce that DJ Orange will provide entertainment between sets.
Pricing for the show on March 1, 2008, will be as follows:
$8 through the bands (limited to 100 special tickets each)
$10 advance through TicketsWest, The Service Station, 4000 Holes, The Long Ear, and Gonzaga and Whitworth student ticket offices (starting Feb. 14)
$12 at the door
Doors will open at 5:15 and the show begins with announcements at 5:45, and music promptly at 6:00 PM.
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