Emma Rocks!

Media Release
For Immediate Release
March 19, 2008
For more information, contact Karen Kubby at (319) 337-2112 or (800) 848-7684.

Emma Rocks! is a fun and exciting musical event to benefit the Emma Goldman Clinic. It is a participatory musical competition to be held on Saturday March 29 from 7pm-9pm at the historic Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

11 performances will be included in this competition. Performances are from a broad spectrum of musical genres from folk to jazz pop to alternative sex rock by performers ranging from high school to middle aged.

This fundraising event is a collaborative effort between the Emma Goldman Clinic, the Englert Theatre, Summer of the Arts, Creative Connections, United Action for Youth, Dave Zollo, Community Television Services, The Guitar House, and J Frahm Music.

The audience will vote for the top three performances at the March 29^th event. A panel of judges will chose the winner of Emma Rocks! Judges are Mayor Regenia Bailey, former high school music teacher and community theater actor; Nikki Lunden, local singer and songwriter; and Sam Schlesinger, United Action for Youth volunteer.

Winners will receive a prize including main stage time at the Iowa Arts Fest and a feature story in Creative Connections magazine; a demo CD produced by Dave Zollo in the music studios of United Action for Youth and a music video produced by Community Television Services; an Arbor acoustic guitar provided by J Frahm Music and guitar lessons from Bill Hook, owner of The Guitar House.

Tickets are available at the Englert Theatre Box Office and are $15 for adults ($21 the night of the show) and $9 for students, seniors, and those living on lower incomes ($11 the night of the show). The Englert Theatre Box Office is located in the theater at 221 E. Washington Street and is open Monday – Friday from 1-6pm. Tickets can be purchased over the phone at (319) 688-2653, extension 1.

For more information, contact Toni or Karen at the Emma Goldman Clinic by calling 319-337-2111 or go to www.emmagoldman.com.

Marv Hain, Jr. playing folk.
Factor X, made up of Joe Anderson, Jake Anderson, Dan Powers, and Miles Newkirk playing hard rock.
Jeffery Morgan playing folk.
Megan Kalb, playing folk.
Iron Hymen, made up of Karl Gronwall and Lindsay DeLand playing alternative sex rock.
Greg and Jean Thompson playing roots folk.
The Nonoxyl-9 made up of Dave Collins, Diane Machatka, Pete Hammond, and Sam Hammond playing jazz pop.
Truthhawk playing original reggae pop.
Pigs in Clover made up of Jamie Frederickson and Matt Kearney folk swamp rock.
Family Van, made up of Lisa Kattchee, Laura Kelley, Lisa Preciado, and David Luthor, playing noise pop.
Blue Cat Alley made up of Kate Thompson, Tom Laughrin, David Bordow, Steve Jeffries, Mark Soth, and Beth Payne playing blues-rock.

NOTE: Graphic for Emma Rocks! is available by contacting Kim at (319) 337-2112 or emailing her at mailto: cpasst@avalon.net

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