Battle of the Bands @ Crews Lake Park!!!

Battle of the Bands Entry Forms Now Being Accepted!

Entries are now being accepted at any Pasco Library or by e-mail to pauls@pascolibraries.org. Bands ages 13-20 from any Florida county are eligible to enter!

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ENTRY FORM AND COMPETITION INFORMATION. (pdf file)

This year's competition will involve 6 weeks of online videos in February and March of 2010, with viewers voting for their favorite band each week via our MySpace page, following by a live band battle at Crews Lake Park (16739 Crews Lake Dr, Shady Hills, FL 34610) on March 26th, 2010. Two different prize categories will be available this year. The top two bands of the online voting will receive $500 and $250 music store gift cards to buy instruments, repairs, etc. The winners of the live battle will get a recording package worth $3500 for first, $1750 for second, and $1000 for third at a local recording studio.

CLICK HERE to view past videos from previous Rockus Maximus events.

CLICK HERE to visit our main MySpace page.

For more information, contact Paul Stonebridge, Teen Services Manager, at 813-929-1214 or 727-861-3040 or e-mail pauls@pascolibraries.org.

Get Loud @ the Library Concert - Friday, February 6th, 6:30-10:00pm

Get ready to par-tay! The Land O' Lakes Library is hosting the Battle of the Bands massive kick-off party on Friday, February 6th from 6:30-10:00pm. This is your first chance to get a preview of the bands that will be competing in the Rockus Maximus Retro: Battle of the Bands XII Competition. Come and get a first look at four of the bands that will be competing: The Distance, For Every Endeavor, Hippodrome and Tomatoes & Radio Wires.

If you'd like to check out the other four bands that will be competing, the New River Library will also be having a concert on Friday, January 30th from 6:30-10:00pm. There you can get a first look at: Dead Like Emily, Set the Sights, Vanessa I Promise, and Variance (last year's defending Champs.)

The on-line voting begins on February 8th, where you can check out videos of each band and vote for your favorite. You can only vote one time each day, so visit the site daily to support your favorite band. The votes will be counted weekly, and voting will continue for the six weeks that new videos will be posted for each band. On-line voting will end on March 20th at 12 noon and the results will be announced at the final concert that night at Crews Lake Park in Shady Hills. To get more information, visit our my space page at MySpace.com/pascolibraries.

Free concert, free food, awesome competition. You can't beat that!

Rock on!