- Welcome to the Girls Rock Bloomington Showcase. Thank you so much for coming. I'm Amy Olsner. I'm the
- director of Girls Rock Bloomington. And we're so glad you could join us this evening in celebrating
- these amazing rock stars down here. At the beginning of the week, many of them had not played their
- instrument ever before. Some of them had played their instrument, but were learning new skills. And
- through a lot of hard work, creativity, and cooperation, they learned
- their new stuff, they formed their bands with each other, they wrote original songs with the support
- of their band coaches, and they're now ready to perform these debut songs for you tonight. So let's
- give them a huge round of applause for being so brave to share their music with you. I wanted to mention
- that we got to make merch with the campers, so check that out after.
- We also have these awesome new shirts, and we made really cool camp posters with all the band logos.
- And for family members of campers, we have baseball cards of your camper. So make sure to check that
- out at the merch table. And thanks to Kristin and Kerry and Deb for putting those together. Before we
- begin, I need to thank a lot of people, because so many people and organizations go into helping our camp run.
- So thank you so much to Bad Knees who printed our shirts and did the screen printing workshop. And we've
- got the Community Kitchen who they've been donating snacks to us from the very first year. They're amazing.
- Thank you to the Bloomington Arts Commission and then the Indiana Arts Commission for supporting our
- camp this year. Thank you to Rachel Gressley at Hideout Press who designed our camp t-shirts.
- Better Distractions, who helped promote this year's showcase. Sweet Hairdo, who did the campers' hair
- that you'll get to see this evening. IU Audiology Department conducted free hearing screenings at camp
- and talked about the importance of protecting your ears as a rock star. Two Sticks Bakery, Bloomington
- Bagel Company, self-titled Vegetarian Kitchen, all donated food for volunteers.
- Opscotch Coffee donated coffee to us and they've been donating to us from the very beginning in 2019
- and are amazing supporters, so thank you everyone. Anna Powell Denton took press photos of the kids.
- Thank you to her. We've got Black Tortoise Photography over here doing the photo booth tonight. Make
- sure to check that out. And thank you to Katz for filming tonight.
- Thank you to WFHB Youth Radio for recording the performance and they did awesome interviews with the
- band before that you'll get to hear on Youth Radio. Thank you to Secretly Canadian for matching donations
- for tonight's showcase to help fund Girls Rock in the future. A huge thank you to the Busker Chumlee Theater
- For hosting us, they are donating their space and tech services. Everything is for free. It's incredibly
- generous. They even supplied pizza for us. And Clayton is running Sound. So thank you, Clayton.
- Thank you, everyone at Buzz Code. Another huge thank you to the IU Arts and Humanities Council, because
- they host us for free in their building every year. They give us food. They give us camp supplies.
- They help us with all of our needs, and they're just the most generous, lovely team ever, so huge thank
- you to them. This is the first year at camp we've had three amazing assistant directors, Kristen Thompson,
- Mal Benoit, and Mal Babcock. They helped so much. We also have our showcase stage managers, Carrie Albright
- and Kathleen Paquette. Thank you to them.
- Thank you to our Amps program. That's our counselor and training program and they did so much to help
- out this week and they even found the time to write their own song that they'll be performing later.
- Shout out to Tess, Leah, Sagan, Natasha, and Lark.
- The biggest thank you, because the only way this camp works is that a lot of very generous, wonderful
- local artists and people who like to work with kids and just cool people volunteer with us every year.
- They take off work, they come work for free, and they work really, really hard. And these are our volunteers
- and they keep camp running, so big thank you to them. All right, I'm almost done talking.
- So one other thing, I just wanted to share some very exciting news for the first time publicly, which
- is that Girls Rock Bloomington is the recipient of a big grant through the Lilly Arts Foundation, and
- we are going to be moving into our own building this year. Yay! So we can't wait to spend time with
- you all there. Please keep an eye out for that. We're gonna have a recording studio and practice spaces.
- and we're super pumped to gather together there as well. All right, so without further ado, I would
- like to introduce the volunteer cover band, because they find the time to practice their own song, which
- is a cover, during the week, and they would like to share it with you all. So please come on stage,
- volunteer cover band.
- for the first time ever in public, Prism Effect.
- Silly head.
- All right, up next, we have the Don't Trust Nico.
- I'm Tris Nikos. I'm Olive on vocals. I'm Viola on guitar. I'm Evie on the bass. I'm Lucia on the drums,
- and this is Olivia Scream on the cymbal. And I'm DJ on the second guitar. One of the plays I'm going
- to play for you is called Just Right There.
- Give it up for the Don't Trust Nikos. Up next, we have the Neons. Hello, hello, there we go. I just
- thought while we're waiting, maybe I'll talk to you a little bit.
- So for our merch, we have our camp posters, we have these shirts, we have all of the past shirts. I
- think we're good to go, so I don't have to talk anymore. Okay, please welcome The Neon. Okay, so while
- we're all getting adjusted,
- Our guitarist is Reese and our second guitarist is Izzy. And our drum player, our drum player is Fable.
- And that is Aggie, our bass player. And I am Drew. You can call me Tuna. And we are the Neons and we
- are playing Problem Manic.
- Yes, it's a joke. And we're happy to play for you.
- Problem, you're not my problem. Problem, you're not my problem.
- I don't think I'm normal I mean nobody's perfect but still I have too many little flaws to be I don't
- blend in but I don't stand out I just can't win, be myself I see they say I'm not the problem and you're
- not my problem I don't need your consideration just leave me alone but still I don't know why don't
- you see me like you see everyone else I'm going through my own hell why don't you hear me like you hear
- everyone else I'm just like you with my own sound
- Look at me, look at me, I just wanna be seen I feel invisible in a crowd like no one noticed me Get
- pushed around like I'm a ghost in the ground
- And that's not my problem, you're not my problem So just leave me alone If you won't see me like you
- see everyone else I'm just like you going through my own hell Why don't you hear me like you hear everyone else?
- Look at me, look at me, I just wanna be seen. I feel invisible in a crowd like no one noticed me. Get,
- get pushed around like I'm a ghost in the ground.
- Thank you all so much for coming tonight. It's so wonderful to look out in this lovely theater and see
- all these beautiful faces here. Kathleen, I have been a volunteer with Girls Mark Bloomington, our very
- first camp in 2019. And Amy said a little bit about our amazing crew of volunteers, but just from a
- volunteer's perspective.
- Being involved in Girls Rock is like one of the lights of my life. I grew up, I came up in a really
- male dominated hardcore scene on the East Coast and I sort of had to fight my way into playing music
- and being able to be in this community where everyone just comes here specifically to be supportive
- and encouraging and creative and vulnerable.
- is just a really, really magical experience. So not only is it amazing for the kids, but it's amazing
- for the adults who are involved as well. We get to build the world that we want to see in the future,
- which is so awesome to be a part of. So yeah, as we expand in the future, there are always volunteer
- opportunities, not just for our summer camp, but for our year-round programming. So yeah, keep in touch
- with us via social media and our website, our volunteer.
- Application form is always up there. And yeah, get involved. It's a really magical thing to be a part
- of. And speaking of magical things that I get to be a part of, I have the great honor of introducing
- the band I got to coach this year. This is the Seven Silhouettes. Gonna introduce the band to you before
- we play our song.
- We've got Maddie on keys. Juniper on keys. Aria on bass. We've got Grace on drums. We've got Naomi and
- Fiona on guitar. Oh, and me. I'm Emma. I'm vocals. Our song is
- A world that isn't ours.
- Looking back at her, oh what was it all worth?
- again for seven silhouettes. And up next we have Forward Falling. Hi everybody, my name is Charlotte
- Kiefer and this is my wonderful band Forward Falling.
- And in our band today, we have Z on the guitar. And then on our bass, we have the marvelous Molly. And
- then on the drums, we have Elena. And the song we will be playing tonight is
- Thank you all for coming and we hope you enjoy the song. Boys pull my hair But boys will be boys How
- is that fair? I walk along the street
- Nobody, just a nobody. Hoping in their eyes, I'm fine as I seem. In mine, I'm just me. Please someone
- wash away my tears.
- I'm a failing kind of teen. Wish I could fly but I keep falling. He's afraid from looking at me. Silver
- ribbons in our hair. People looking at what I wear. My clothes are too distracting for you. Mama, please
- tell me what to do.
- to announce up next is Basquiat and the Super Duper Tree People. All right. Hello. We hope you enjoy
- the popcorn. It's yummy.
- Welcome to the Busker Chumley. This is a Busk Yacht and the Super Duper Tree, people. Playing I Am a
- Tree, the original song we have written. And our band is made up of six people, me, Audrey, on vocals, Mia,
- Over here on bass. Eloisa and Aya on guitar. Emma on keys. And Ifa on drums. All right. We hope you
- enjoy the song. And here it is.
- Don't cut me down. You need to breathe. I am a tree. I am a tree. I am a tree. Don't cut me down. You
- need to breathe. I am a tree.
- taking a walk when I looked around saw the flora and font making a sound that's when I too wanted to
- do what they do
- The annoying buzz of the train saws the air, but the wind wishes, answer me, answer me, train.
- The Basquiat and the Super Duper Tree people. All right, we've got to install a kitty. Very important.
- Okay, kitten is ready.
- All right, please introduce, I mean, please introduce, please welcome the Xanomals!
- On keys, we have Avery, and as our guitarist, Andy. And our drummer is Maddie.
- Up in the morning, ready to have some fun, going on a road trip.
- And for the Zanimals. All right, we have two more camper bands. Please welcome to the stage, the Sunset Sisters.
- Before we start, I just want to show you my awesome band. So hi, I'm Addie. I do vocals. This is Neely,
- and she does the bass guitar. This is Hazel, and she does keys. This is Ana, and she does drums.
- This is Raelynn, and she does electric guitar. We hope you enjoy our song. One, two, three, four.
- Can't you feel the drum beat of loving me? Can't you feel the paradise denied our love?
- You see what you did to me. You devil! What have you done to me? You make me wanna lock you in my skin.
- To feel what you did to me. Crying into my pillow instead of your shoulder. We've been through bad times
- before but this is the end.
- now I just walk alone on the beach you devil can't you see what you
- Okay, well, I just want to say, haven't these songs been incredible? Can you believe they've done this?
- A lot of these people started learning this on their instrument on Monday. They just joined together
- on Monday and they've only had five days. That's amazing.
- Okay, so we're gonna have, this is the last camper band, but after that we have our amps band and then
- we'll have one more big group song and then we'll have a big dance party and you can check out the photo
- booth and the merch and just hang out for awhile.
- Please welcome to the stage Angel Eye. Hey guys, we're Angel Eye and this is our song Pick It Up. Over
- here we have Iris on keys. Cora on bass. Wren on drums.
- Alma on guitar, and Lomasi on guitar. And I'm on, Nick's on vocals. Are you ready to rock? And this
- goes out to Gas House McGinty.
- Hello?
- I'm sick.
- Angel Eye. So up next you're going to hear our AMPS band. AMPS stands for Adolescent Music Program Support.
- And these are former campers who join us as counselors in training. They help out in the instrument
- classes, and they help coach the band. And then they also find time in the middle of the day to practice
- their own song and write it themselves.
- And they also made a really cool camp scrapbook that, if you didn't see it yet, you should check it
- out after the show. It's outside in the inner lobby on a table, and they collaged it all together and
- did it all themselves, totally self-directed. So it's been a real pleasure to have them with us, and
- we're really glad they like to hang out with us still. All right.
- So, please welcome The Saratones. Hey y'all, what's up? How we feel tonight? We have some good bands in here.
- Some of you might know us because we play around town, but I'll introduce us anyways. I'm Tess. I'm
- vocalist and bassist. That's Sagan on guitar. We also got Leah on the guitar. And we have Natasha on
- the drums.
- This is our first year being Amps, which is pretty cool, because we, not to get sentimental or anything,
- we've been here, well, two of us have been here since the beginning. Sagan and Natasha have both been
- here since 2019, so this is our first year as Amps. We're very proud to have you listen to our song
- called Arachne.
- Strong, but you can be unweaved. A reckoning unravel as you look at me and revel my rabble, my lead.
- Your smile's infectious when you're a crucifix necklace. Oh, I'm being reckless, but at least it's with you.
- Wrapple me, caught in your web. Feelings don't have or flow. Just one more, embrace but.
- Baby, you're saving me the labor of cutting you off. Keeping a flame from a moth, I thought you were
- the string that could sew me
- Just one more Embrace by its own
- our Girls Rock Bloomington Camp song that we sing every day. And thank you all so much for coming.
- Thank you. Let's give another huge round of applause for all of the band tonight. And thank you again
- to the Buzzkirk for generously hosting us. We really appreciate it. Another round of applause for the Buzzkirk.
- I'm gonna go back there and play the guitar, but thank you for coming and stick around for the dance
- party and the photo booth and the merch and all that. And have a great night. Here's our camp song.