Rio Rancho: Teen Concert

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From: Shannon D.
Date: 2007-06-13 16:23:53
Reply: http://www.abqhomelearners.org/reply.php?topic_id=833

TEEN CONCERT

You never know who might be making noise at the library! On June 28 the Rio Rancho Public Library will be staging an outdoor music event for teenagers featuring three local bands - Vertigo Venus, Tennessee Skinny and The 2bers - as part of the teen summer reading program, “YNK @ Your Library.”







Vertigo Venus will open up the show at 3:30pm. According to a recent Alibi interview with Chris and Jeff Maccanon, “We don't act serious enough to be rock, we aren't mad enough to be industrial and our songs are too structured to be punk. But we somehow manage to do all three.” Boxed in to a category, Vertigo Venus took first place, Punk/Alternative, at the March 3 Battle of the Bands in Rio Rancho.



At 4:45pm the second group to perform, Tennessee Skinny, winners of the Battle of the Bands Rock/Classic Rock category, will take the stage in front of the library. Tennessee Skinny features Adam Gibson (vocals, lead guitar), Jerimiah Grothaus (bass guitar), J.B. Bibiano (lead guitar) and Gabe Kachirisky (drums) and according to their MySpace page, provides “nursery rhymes to big kids.”







The ultimate group to make noise at the library will be independent Hip Hop group The 2bers, backed up by live band One Foundation, at 6:00pm. MCs Eph’Sharpe and BlessIIinfiniti cover environmental, political, social and spiritual issues in their lyrics, influenced by styles such as jazz, funk and reggae. As June 28 is the last Thursday of the month (and would normally be an open mic night for teens) at the end of the performance the 2bers will invite intrepid teens to join them on stage for a little bit of a freestyle session.







This event is part of the summer reading program for teens, “YNK @ Your Library.” It will take place an outdoor stage in one of the library’s parking lots from 3:30-7:00pm on June 28. Parking for concert attendees will be in Rio Rancho High School’s Performing Arts Center parking lot. For more information, call The Twilight Zone – Teen Scene at 891-5013 x3042. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the programs, please contact the City Clerk at (505)896-8708 at least 18 hours in advance to make arrangements.