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Timaru band make national finals
Timaru three-piece These Dancing Wolves are the sole Canterbury band in this year's smokefreerockquest national finals.
The ambient dance trio were national finalists last year, as were three other bands in the top six. Read our interview.
The six were selected from more than 650 bands which played off in heats and finals held in 26 towns and cities from Invercargill to Whangarei over winter, with the final selection made from DVDs of the bands’ original music.
The finalists
In north to south order the finalists are:
- Hudson and the Rocketships, Botany Downs Secondary College, Auckland. a quirky three piece indie pop band, made it to the national finals as Malford in 2007.
- The Seed, Hamilton Christian School, Fairfield College and Hamilton's Fraser High School. a six-piece pop rock group with a huge sound.
- A Few Words From Dave, Mt Maunganui College. Four-piece rock band from Tauranga.
- Jayme Fitzgerald, Tauhara College, Taupo – singer songwriter and past national finalist.
- These Dancing Wolves, Timaru Boys' High School, a three piece band playing ambient dance music, national finalists in 2008.
- Jesse Sheehan, Wellington College, a singer songwriter who made it to the national finals last year in The Stray Dogs.
Road to the title
The six finalists will play off at the national final at Auckland’s Power Station on Saturday September 19. The two guest bands are Kingston and Bang! Bang! Eche!
The national winner gets musical equipment from NZ Rockshops to the value of $10,000, and The Edge Airplay Award with NZ On Air where their music and video are recorded at York Street Studios with guaranteed airplay and a promotional package from myspace.com.
Footage from several regional finals has been filmed for screening in September on music and youth culture television channel C4.
More information is available from the official website.
October 2009
Further Info
- Smokefreerockquest
- Read Canterbury band profiles on the official website.
Related pages
- 2008 results
- Beneath the Silence
- 3rd Inertia
- Frankly Mauve 2007 regional winners
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