Due to circumstances beyond their control, Hail Coda had to drop out of the final round.

We went to the scorecards for highest overall score and FALL TERM was selected and has agreed to return to the competition for the final round!

The lineup for the final show on Friday, September 26th at the BackBooth is

TRAVERSER!!!!  FALL TERM!!!!  MEGAPHONE!!!!

This will be the HOTTEST damn show in Orlando! Fall Term will have tix available by the end of the week.  The rest of the acts have them now! Tix are $8 in advance and each advance ticket sold earns the bands precious points that could earn them the opening spot at Rock Pink for the Cure II at the House of Blues!!!

Rock Pink thanks our great friends Fall Term for stepping up and accepting the challenge with such short notice!

Brothers and Sisters, there will be one HELL of a party on Friday, Sept 26th at the BackBooth! Get your tickets now!!!

ATTENTION DEFENDERS OF THE TA-TA'S!

Traverser, Hail Coda and Megaphone all have songs on our page so you can get a taste of what you will hear on Friday, September 26th at the BackBooth. This is it! The winner of this round will be the Rock Pink Battle of the Bands Champion for 2008 and will win the opening slot at Rock Pink for the Cure II at the House of Blues.

All three bands have tickets in hand now, so HIT THEM UP!! The bands receive points for all advance tickets sold. Those points could push them over the top in the competition, so snap them up now!

THE ROCK PINK CONCERT SERIES IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROLLING ROCK! ENJOY A TASTY BOTTLE OF ROLLING ROCK TODAY!

See you soon Brothers and Sisters! ROCK ON AND ROCK PINK!!

We are proud to annouce the line up for our third battle of the Rock Pink Concert Series to be held at The BackBooth on Saturday, July 26.

The Warriors Are:

The James Boyd Band

Heroes of the Storm

Fall Term

Megaphone

What show this is going to be! Each band will have presale tickets available for purchase very soon. This is one of the ways they earn points in their quest to move on to the finals. The winner of the finals will open at Rock Pink for the Cure II at the House of Blues on Friday, November 21.

Please contact your favorite band as soon as they announce they have tickets in hand and get yours! THEY WILL GO FAST!!

We would like to thank all the bands that submitted songs for the selection process. We are so fortunate that so many of you (there were dozens for this round) feel what we do is worthy of your time. We want you to know our selection committee listens to each song submitted and visits each website and My Space page.

It is not an easy decision to come up with the line up and we only wish we could pick more! We thank GOD we have celebrity judges on show nite because we love all the bands!!!

Although this is the last qualifying round for this year's concert series, we are already working on ideas on how to increase the number of shows for 2009 so we can include as many of the kickass Central Florida bands in on the action as possible.

We will have songs from all the participants on our page very soon and will announce when we do so you can visit and get a sample of what you will hear on show nite!

Best Wishes to Everybody!!

What is Rock Pink for the Cure Battle of the Bands all about?

Rock Pink for the Cure 2008 is a concert series to help end breast cancer forever by bringing music and humanity together center stage to raise awareness of the disease and stress the importance of early detection as the best protection.

There will be a total of five Rock Pink shows in 2008.  The first four are Battle of the Bands and will take place at The Backbooth in downtown Orlando.  Bands will compete in the first three events with the winner of each event receiving a prize package and moving on to the final battle.  The winner of the final round will be the first opening act for Rock Pink for the Cure II at the House of Blues on Friday, November 21 featuring nationally known headliner.

The Dates:

Round 1       Friday, April 4  ** WINNER: TRAVERSER**

Round 2       Friday, May 23 ** WINNER: RED IS RECOVERY**

Round 3       Saturday, July 26

FINALS!!      Saturday, September 27


How to Enter: 

Submit your best 2 songs, band photo, short bio, contact info, and myspace URL to info@rockpink.com or drop it off at Guitar Center in Winter Park.  Deadline for the July 26 show submissions is June 20^th at 11:59 p.m.  Bands picked for the 3rd battle will be notified by email or phone by June 23rd.  4 bands will be picked for each battle and a 5^th alternate band will be on hold in case of complications with original 4 bands.

SCORING:

Winners will be decided using a point system.  500 possible points will come from our panel of expert judges.  Judges will award points for the following areas with 100 point maximums for each skill set:

Stage Presence, Musical Expertise; Crowd Enthusiasm; Originality; Song Selection.

Judges scores will be averaged to arrive at the final score.

BONUS POINTS!!!  CREATE YOUR OWN BREAK!!!

Bands are expected to promote their appearance at the show and will be rewarded for their efforts with extra points!   There are three ways to earn valuable bonus points!  These points are VERY important and could make the difference between moving on to the finals and just moving on!  Here's how to score BIG!

• Each band will be fronted 50 tickets to the show.  It is their responsibility to sell all the tickets!  They will be at a special discounted price, so they can show their fans the love by getting them in cheap!  When the band returns the cash for the 50 tickets, they receive 100 points!
  
  
• For each walk up fan that comes to see you play, you will earn 1 point.  Remember, these are not pre-sales!  Walk ups only and they must state they are there to see YOU!
  
  
• The fans will have a say in who wins!  Fans can purchase voting cards for $1 each and there is no limit.  Each voting card is worth 1 point.  The cards will also serve as raffle ticket for some nice prizes at the show! *
  

Rock Pink is proud to announce that Rolling Rock is the presenting sponsor for the 2008 Rock Pink Concert Series!  Rolling Rock is an outstanding beer and great friend of Rock Pink.

We thank Rolling Rock for supporting our shows and our cause and ask that all our fans and the bands that play for us make Rolling Rock their beer of choice!

ROCK ON WITH ROCK PINK AND ROLLING ROCK!!!

We’ve added songs from all the first round contestants to our page.  Check them out!  We are going to have a great kickoff show! 

Tickets for the April 4 show can now be purchased online through the BackBooth website for just $5!  If you wait and get them at the door they skyrocket in price to $6, so don’t delay!!!

We are pleased to announce our headline Rock Pink for the Cure show will return to the House of Blues-Orlando for 2008!  The BIG BASH will be held on Friday, November 21st! 

The headline act will be announced soon!

SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!

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