Black Friday Party!!!
The Raindance Festival is a community outreach program designed to give back to the music community.
The year long audition process starts in Feb. at open mic nights in Olympia Washington. Our volunteers record and upload the videos to Youtube the top 15 videos are invited to the Raindance semifinals Black Friday Party November 24th @ The Oly Underground in Olympia WA. The top 6 move on to the Raindance festival which is held every January over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The semifinalists perform before judges from the music industry and the top 2 of each category are selected for live performance and the People's choice award that evening at the Raindance Festival. This year the Festival will be Jan 12th at the Eagles in Olympia Wa. the theme is Dinner concert. Dinner will be served by PNWA Competition BBQ team Smokin O's and the musicians will perform 30 min sets. The people's vote uses voting tickets to help the festival to select the Best of and 1st runner up at the Raindance Festival 2018.
Tentative Schedule For Black Friday Party @ The Oly Underground $5 cover for those not in the contest.
6:00 Lesman Quartet
6:20 Al Tai
6:35 Nick Reinke
6:50 Rainier Project
7:10 Caleb Twidwell and Barb Collins
7:25 Jonathan Sherrill
7:40 Askew Trio
8:00 Matthew Lockey and Will Hendersen
8:15 Alexander K
8:30 Straw Hat
8:40 Vodka Knockers
8:45 Bob Longhorn
9:00 Black Shepherd
9:20 Shannon and Chris
9:35 Bruce Moulton
9:45 Drop Dead Dangerous
The top 2 from each category will move on to the People's Choice Best of and 1st Runner up of the Raindance Festival Jan12th at The Eagles in Olympia to perform a 30 min set dinner concert style.
Interview questions:
1 When did you start playing (timeline)
2 Who inspired you to play music (inspiration)
3 What are your plans for your music (direction)
4 MC judge question (Ric Greenwalt)
5 Returning judge question (Trevor Yunker)
Judging criteria are 25 pts each:
1 Musicianship (instrumental ability and vocals),
2 Appearance (appropriate for genre),
3 Stage Presence (audience interaction and interview),
4 Overall reaction to performance (from interview to leaving stage)
A FAB World Charity community program Valkyrie Village Garden is our focus for next year which is developing a 2 acre garden for disabled female veterans and disabled women in general. Please visit Valkyrie Village Garden program here to learn more!
The year long audition process starts in Feb. at open mic nights in Olympia Washington. Our volunteers record and upload the videos to Youtube the top 15 videos are invited to the Raindance semifinals Black Friday Party November 24th @ The Oly Underground in Olympia WA. The top 6 move on to the Raindance festival which is held every January over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The semifinalists perform before judges from the music industry and the top 2 of each category are selected for live performance and the People's choice award that evening at the Raindance Festival. This year the Festival will be Jan 12th at the Eagles in Olympia Wa. the theme is Dinner concert. Dinner will be served by PNWA Competition BBQ team Smokin O's and the musicians will perform 30 min sets. The people's vote uses voting tickets to help the festival to select the Best of and 1st runner up at the Raindance Festival 2018.
Tentative Schedule For Black Friday Party @ The Oly Underground $5 cover for those not in the contest.
6:00 Lesman Quartet
6:20 Al Tai
6:35 Nick Reinke
6:50 Rainier Project
7:10 Caleb Twidwell and Barb Collins
7:25 Jonathan Sherrill
7:40 Askew Trio
8:00 Matthew Lockey and Will Hendersen
8:15 Alexander K
8:30 Straw Hat
8:40 Vodka Knockers
8:45 Bob Longhorn
9:00 Black Shepherd
9:20 Shannon and Chris
9:35 Bruce Moulton
9:45 Drop Dead Dangerous
The top 2 from each category will move on to the People's Choice Best of and 1st Runner up of the Raindance Festival Jan12th at The Eagles in Olympia to perform a 30 min set dinner concert style.
Interview questions:
1 When did you start playing (timeline)
2 Who inspired you to play music (inspiration)
3 What are your plans for your music (direction)
4 MC judge question (Ric Greenwalt)
5 Returning judge question (Trevor Yunker)
Judging criteria are 25 pts each:
1 Musicianship (instrumental ability and vocals),
2 Appearance (appropriate for genre),
3 Stage Presence (audience interaction and interview),
4 Overall reaction to performance (from interview to leaving stage)
A FAB World Charity community program Valkyrie Village Garden is our focus for next year which is developing a 2 acre garden for disabled female veterans and disabled women in general. Please visit Valkyrie Village Garden program here to learn more!
