The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition brought excitement and fun times in week #12! This was the final week to qualify for the Fall/Winter Finals on December 17th. The rowdy audience cheered for their favorite musicians as well as for t-shirts and prizes from the Mary Pickford Theater. An excited crowd chose The Classy Mother Fu?kers as the 1st place winner moving on to the finals on December 17th where they’ll compete for the Grand Prizes of a 3 day/2 night trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Vodka, a $500 shopping spree at Guitar Center and a n entire weekend recording session with producer Ronnie King at his Chateau Relaxo to produce one mastered “radio ready” track. Jasyn and Joseph of The Classy Mother Fu?kers took home $20 gift certificate to Record Alley. 2nd place was awarded to Qeu, Beau and Austin of The 3 man Quartet who took home a $100 spa services certificate from EstheticX.Obsession Massage & Wax Bar. 3rd place was awarded to an inspiring performer, The Puppet aka Dan Scopelitis who took home a $20 certificate to Record Alley.
I am so proud that our competition’s performers are really all about the music and coming out to perform for the fun and pleasure of it and to support one another in the music community. THANK YOU for putting on a great show: Dan Scopelitis, Will Kelly, Mike Sick-boy, Felipe Reyes, Jim Holiday, Tanya Nunez, Marco Thoma, Joseph Vaughan, Jasyn Smith, James Velasquez, Rick Dame, Kirk Kelly, Dillan Bailard, Juan Espino, Austin Lawrence, Jacob Garcia, Jeremy Goodlander, Brian Goodlander, Brandon Richardson, Chance Batson-Horn, Cristian Alvarez, Unity Frenzy consisting of Paul Vasquez, John Montez, Ryan Diaz, plus Somatic Offense consisting of Thomas Myers, Tyler Kersten and Ross Madick. 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: Ronnie King Music, Guitar Center, Crater Lake Vodka, EstheticX.Obsession Massage & Wax Bar, CV Weekly, Mary Pickford Theater, Abe’s Brand and Skitzo Kitty.
Remember, the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition is ALL AGES and runs EVERY WEDNESDAY, however WE WILL BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAYS and be back January 14th. 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 runs from 8-11pm 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 (714) 651-1911
