EVENTS/PERFORMANCES
UPCOMING EVENTS !!
Where: Samz School of Rock Office
When: Sat. January 14, 2012 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A free Blues Rhythm Guitar Workshop being offered to students at Samz School and anyone else interested in sharpening up their guitar skills. This is the first of a series of workshops that will be taught by Alex Reyes, a new guitar instructor at Samz School. Alex is a graduate of Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA. This first workshop is free and will cover such topics as the 12 Bar Blues, the “Boogie” shuffle and the 12 Bar Walking Bass Pattern. The twelve bar blues form is one of the most popular song structures in music. You will find it occurring in all sorts of music genres from blues to rock to country to folk to pop to jazz and more. Not only that, but many songs use slight variations of the twelve bar blues format as well. So getting familiar with the basic structure of the twelve bar blues will help you immensely as both a guitarist and a musician, particularly if you want to play and jam with other musicians. Contact Samz School to sign up at (831) 235-9588 or send us an email at Samzschoolofrock@yahoo.com. Space is limited so sign up early!!
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 Samz School of Rock Bands will be back to perform at Mars Hill Coffee House located at 610 San Benito St. Hollister, CA. We will also be showcasing a few of our solo vocalists at this event! Show is all ages and is from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hope to see you there to support music for youth!
Sunday, November 27, 2011 Samz School of Rock students will be rockin it in the Salinas Holiday of Lights Parade on their float! This will be our third year participating in the Salinas Holiday of Lights Parade! Look for the Giant Guitar all lit up with chasing lights! Parade starts at 6:00 p.m. on Acacia Street and South Main Street and goes to the Salinas Steinbeck Center in Old Town Salinas.
Sat. November 12, 2011 Samz School of Rock bands will be performing at Mars Hill Coffee House, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mars Hill is located at 610 San Benito Street, downtown Hollister, CA 95023
Oct. 8, 2011 Samz School of Rock bands and solo vocalists will be performing at the Rancho Cielo Family Fun Day on the new amphitheatre at 710 Old Stage Rd. Salinas, CA. Time of performance will be 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 22, 2011 Samz School of Rock bands will be performing at the Salinas Food & Wine Festival on the 200 Block of Old Town Salinas (Fox Theater). Time of performance will be 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Sat. Sept. 17, 2011 Solo Vocalists, Candyce Camacho and Jodymia Mendoza from Samz School will be competing at the Santa Cruz County Fair as part of the Central Coast Got Talent event sponsored by KWAVE Radio and Metro PCS. They both performed at the Monterey County Fair as well on Sept. 8th. Their performance time is 3:00 p.m. Come by and support these two amazing vocalists from Samz School!
- Candyce & Jodymia at Central Coast Talent Monterey Fairgrounds
Samz School of Rock will be holding a fundraiser at The Pizza Factory 926 South Main Street, Salinas, CA on Saturday, September 17th. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. A proceed of the nite’s pizza sales will be donated to Samz School. Please come by and enjoy our student bands performing their music!
Samz School of Rock Performing Bands including “Black Pearl” and “August Sky” will be performing on Sat. August 13th at 3:00 p.m. at the Salinas Arts Festival at Sherwood Park, Salinas Sports Complex on North Main Street, Salinas, CA. We will also be featuring our newly formed bands from this year’s summer camp session.
Saturday, May 21, 2011 Samz School of Rock Band Performances at Monterey Rock N Rod Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds at around 11:45 a.m. on the Local’s Stage.
Sat. June 11, 2011 Samz School of Rock Bands at Salinas Relay for Life, Salinas Sports Complex Time: 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Samz School of Rock Bands at the 7th Annual Mega Mixer starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Hwy. 68 en route to Monterey, CA). This is an annual mega mixer brought to you by Salinas Jaycees, Central Coast Young Farmers and Monterey County Young Professional Group. Don’t miss it!
Black Pearl Band performed on the KION Morning News
Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Salinas Sports Complex aka California Rodeo Room 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for Partners for Peace Fundraiser – Entertainment by Samz School of Rock Bands
Saturday, April 23, 2011 Samz School of Rock First Annual Open House at our school located at 1111 North Main St. Salinas, CA (located across from Salinas Sports Complex) This is an outdoor event. Summer Camp 2011 Registration Begins and Live Music Performances by our Student Bands . Also food appetizers, Jump House, Silent Auction and you can tour our facility for music lessons and music related workshops. Free event for all ages . Starts at 12:00 noon.
Friday, March 25, 2011 at Straw Hat Pizza, 156 E. Laurel Drive, Salinas, CA 7:00 p.m. Fundraiser and Student Band Performances.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 August Sky – Samz School of Rock at Pacific Grove Good Ole Days street festival on the B of A Stage 16th & Lighthouse, Pacific Grove, CA from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 Peacock Acres, 838 South Main St., Salinas, CA at around 12:00 noon. BBQ and Car Show held in the back parking lot by Bagel Corner outdoor event with other music groups The Kings Kids, Sea Wolves and more helping support Peacock Acres, a non-profit organization serving foster youth of Monterey County.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at The Pizza Factory, 926 S. Main St., Salinas, CA 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Fundraiser and Student Band Performances.
Career Day at El Sausal Middle School February 4, 2011
Friday, Jan. 7th at The Fox Theater from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
A Community Celebration on First Friday Artwalk of the New Year! Mayor Dennis Donohue and Rancho Cielo Drummond Culinary Center Students
SAMZ SCHOOL OF ROCK HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS FOR 2010
Washington Middle School Career Day (3/25/10)
Career Days at Harden Middle School, Monterey Park School, North Salinas High School
First Friday’s Art & Music at Fox Theater, Salinas, CA (5/7/10)
Castroville Artichoke Festival (5/15/10)
Monterey Rock & Rod Festival (5/23/10)
Buena Vista Middle School Career Day (6/3/10)
Relay for Life Salinas Sports Complex (6/12/10) Look for video on “You Tube” or “Facebook”
Samz School of Rock Summer Camp Performances – Friday, July 23, 2010 and
Friday, August 6, 2010 at Buena Vista Middle School, Salinas, CA. (Look for videos on You Tube and pics on Facebook)
August 7th 2010 at Del Monte Shopping Center, Monterey, CA
August 14th and 15th, 2010 Kidsfest at Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA
Concert & Fundraiser at Pizza Factory, Salinas, CA on Sept. 11th, 2010 and Dec. 19, 2010
Concert & Fundraiser at Straw Hat Pizza, Salinas, CA on October 15th and November 19th, 2010
KION T.V. Morning News Performance by “Black Pearl Band” Nov. 18, 2010 (Thank you Jessica Frank!)
Holiday of Lights Christmas Parade in Old Town Salinas November 28, 2010
Nov. 29, 2010 Salinas Californian Newspaper headlines read: “Big Turnout Marks “Parade of Lights” and mentioned our Samz School of Rock decorated float. An estimated 35,000 crowd attended the Oldtown Salinas Parade of Lights Parade. Article by Griselda Ramirez of the Salinas Californian read in part:
The crowd cheered, clapped, waived and threw fists in the are as different floats, dance or music groups passed. One Youth Music Group on a float, Samz School of Rock, played “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Feliz Navidad” with electric guitars.
Samz School of Rock Show I and II performances
(July 24th and August 10th, 2009)
- Salinas Community Center Sherwood Hall Main Stage, Salinas, CA
Article published in the Monterey County Herald (July 27th, 2009) posted:
Rock 101: Samz School of Rock in Salinas teaches a new generation the power of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Battle of the Bands at King City Town Square (July 26th, 2009)
Kid’s Day at Northridge Mall, Salinas, CA (August 11th, 2009)
Monterey County Kidsfest
Monterey Fairgrounds Garden Stage (Oct. 11th, 2009)
Holiday of Lights Christmas Parade (Nov. 29th, 2009)
- Students from Samz School designed and decorated their own float complete with an 8 Ft. Guitar and a laser light show. This event was featured November 30th, 2009 in the Californian Newspaper saying,
“While some floats just carried participants waving at the crowd, one group used theirs as a rock stage. Twelve students from Samz School of Rock stood and played their instruments on their 24-foot long float, decorated with a Christmas tree and outfitted with a sound system good enough for any concert. I wanted them to play holiday songs, but of course they wanted to play ‘Crazy Train’ and other rock and roll songs,” Sam Martinez, the school’s founder, said with a laugh.
- Courtesy of Kimber Solana at ksolana@thecalifornian.com
Current plans for Samz School of Music is to have many more opportunities in the coming year for our students to learn, perform and share experiences that they will carry with them for a lifetime.
