Week #4 of The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition Summer edition 2015 brought on a great big crowd of supportive fans! The $100 weekly cash prize for 1st place, fantastic prizes for 2nd and 3rd places, plus local celebrity to judge Rob Lawrence of Upper Class Poverty, upped the quality of performances! DJ Alex Updike kept the crowd grooving in between performances. Once everyone performed and the judge vote (50%) was tallied and added to the audience applause score (50%), it was newcomer and folk music band, Old Doc Rickenbeck who won 1st place and the $100 cash. Old Doc Rickenbeck will now be moving on to one Semi Finals on 7/29 & 8/5. If the band wins there, they’ll compete in the finals 8/12 for a shot at a $500 trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Spirits, an Artist Development Workshop from Producer Ronnie King, and 8 hours of studio time plus a mix and master from JEM Productions. 2nd place went to Nuclear Cowboys who took home a $20 Stuft Pizza gift card. 3rd place was awarded to Will Kelly and Rick Dame who both chose movie tickets. to the Mary Pickford Theatre.
THANK YOU to our performers at the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition for putting on a great show AND for being so supportive of the other artists: Mike Sick-boy, Daniel Scopelitis, Rick Dame, Will Kelly, Gustavo Gonzalez, Bino Sotelo, Marco Thoma, Porsia Camille, Benny de la Meir, Darell Riddick aka T-Peace, David Hertsgard, Rebecca Hertsgard, Rick Eisenhart, and Jim Holiday. I hope to see you all next week! Look for coverage of this week’s event and the announcement of winners in the next issue of Coachella Valley Weekly! SPECIAL THANKS to all of our sponsors: JEM Productions, Ronnie King Music, Crater Lake Spirits, KAM Studios, CV Weekly, Canyon Copy & Print, DJ Alex Updike, and the Mary Pickford Theatre.
Be sure to “LIKE” Facebook.com/TiltedKiltOpenMicCompetition for updates! ALL AGES ALLOWED and YOU may compete EVERY week! PLEASE NOTE: Due to our overwhelming number of interested performers, sign in starts at 7pm and will be closed at 7:45pm. BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY and FANS and note that the competition usually ends by 10:30pm so be sure your friends and family know to stay until the end to voice their vote!!! For questions or information about sign-up, please see Facebook.com/TiltedKiltOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan James at MorganAliseJames@gmail.com or (714) 651-1911
