Girls Rock! DC

Hit So Hard follows the rise and fall of Patty Schemel, the acclaimed drummer of Courtney Love’s seminal rock band Hole.  The openly gay Schemel who always felt “different” never dreamed she would be part of a multi-platinum selling band that toured with Nirvana and landed the cover Rolling Stone Magazine. Nor could she imagine that, thanks to drug addiction, she could lose it all.  Hit So Hard tells the story of Schemel’s rise to fame with no punches pulled… and it’s one heck of a story.

Girls Rock! DC is giving away two autographed posters and a pair of tickets to the exclusive screening on Friday, May 11, 2012 at the West End Theater in DC. We want to show our thanks to the supporters of Girls Rock! DC by offering these prizes to three lucky winners.  To be eligible to win, you must be a fan of GR!DC on Facebook AND comment on the Hit So Hard post.  We will pick one winner for each of the three prizes at random by noon on Friday, May 11, 2012.  The ticket winner will be on the guest list at the West End Theater screening Friday night and the poster winners will receive their prize in the mail. Good luck!

Hey fabulous GRDC Volunteers, Family & Friends!

We are working on this year’s Camper Guidebook, and are looking for awesome submissions from our lovely community of mentors and rockin’ role models, aka YOU!

Each year, we put together a Rock Camp Guidebook for campers, featuring essays, blurbs, various lists of tips, etc. written by our volunteers and women musicians — these writings cover everything from “How To Rock A Party” to tuning tips to a Rock Glossary. We also need visual art of all sorts (diagrams, coloring book-esque pictures, etc!)!

We want more and new content from volunteers this year, so this is a call for personal submissions to go into the guidebook. This is your chance to directly share a story, or words of wisdom, or your artwork, with the campers– these guidebooks are taken home and saved as a permanent reminder of Girls Rock, and all that it means (plus you can put it on your resume as a place you’ve been published!).

Download this handy guide for more details!  Please send all submissions, questions, etc (off list) to submissions@girlsrockdc.org.

Deadline for initial submissions is May 30, 2012.

We are so very excited to enter into our 5th year of camp! Like many five year olds, it’s time for us to make some big changes, and we feel ready for it. However, we need your help. We are still in search of an appropriate space to hold camp this summer, preferably in late July. We have positive relationships with many schools in the area, but the timing just isn’t working out this year because of various construction projects, school commitments, etc. And we know you, the parents, guardians and allies, are eager to know when we will be hosting camp so you can make your own summer plans. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible.

If you believe your child’s school would be a good fit for hosting Girls Rock! DC camp 2012, we would love to hear from you. If you work at a school or an institution that has adequate space, we would love to hear from you. Our ideal space would have 19 breakout rooms and an elevator. Although camp has traditionally been held in schools, it doesn’t have to be. We have our legal ducks in a row and would sign the appropriate documents regarding liability. Our ideal camp week is the last week of July, but we are flexible.

Please refer to this document with our camp space requirements for additional details. If you think you can help out, please send an email to communications@girlsrockdc.org or leave a message at 202-681-ROCK (7625) with your name, the name of the institution, and the name of the principal or contact person at the institution if you have it.

We look forward to hearing your ideas, and we look forward to rockin’ out again as soon as possible!!

Love,
The GR!DC volunteer leadership team