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Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls

About Me

The Rock’n’Roll Camp for Girls, a 501(c)3 non-profit, builds girls' self-esteem through music creation and performance.
Providing workshops and technical training, we create leadership opportunities, cultivate a supportive community of peers and mentors, and encourage social change and the development of life skills.

This is the official MySpace page of the original Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, OR. We have been dedicated to empowering girls through music since 2000. Girls learn to play instruments, form bands, and perform original songs at sold-out showcases*; they also make zines, learn self-defense, and develop skills in everything from media awareness to how to do sound to lyrics and songwriting to image and identity to the history of girls and women in music. Our programs change the lives of the girls --and the volunteers--who come here.
We're almost entirely volunteer-run, and are committed to helping girls of all backgrounds and abilities. See the official website for more information about the Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls, application info, and how to attend, volunteer, or donate. Thanks! Rock on.
*You hear those songs on the player? Those bands formed on the first day of camp, wrote these original songs, and performed them a mere five days later! And many of the girls had picked up these instruments for the first time.
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DEAR WOULD-BE NEW FRIENDS! PLEEEEASE READ THIS! This MySpace is a place for girl rockers, camp volunteers, and their friends, families, and benefactors to connect. We get a ton of friend requests every day and while we're flattered by the attention, we don't really care about having a million friends so much as we want to have friends who are genuinely interested in the camp and our causes. So please, dear reader, READ THE BLOG ENTRY ABOVE and then take one second of your internet time to INTRODUCE YOURSELF accordingly when you request to be friends. IF YOU DO NOT INTRODUCE YOURSELF, WE WILL PROBABLY NOT ADD YOU! Even if we do know you, we might not recognize you from your photoshopped MySpace picture, or maybe you have grown a foot since we last saw you, or something, so just write us a quick note already and let's be friends.
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Music:

Member Since: 22/02/2006
Band Website: www.girlsrockcamp.org
Band Members: Thousands of amazing girls from all over the world.
Sounds Like: Rock'n'roll, punk, pop, hip-hop, metal, dance, prog, country, folk, experimental, free-form, all-of-the-above-at-once... and like THE FUTURE OF MUSIC.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:00 GMT

RocknRoll Camp for Girls on iTunes--songs, shows, ringtones!

Did you know you can get Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls showcases and samplers on iTunes? You can, right here! So far we've posted all the 2006 and 2007 showcases, and already have the two Ladies Rock Cam...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:07:00 GMT

WE’RE GOING ON TOUR, FALL 2008--bring us, see us, join us!

Hello, especially to our friend in the NORTHEAST and MIDWEST!The Portland Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls is going on our first-ever TOUR with our new book and we've still got a few open days in November! ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:48:00 GMT

Girls Rock! Movie Premiere and V.I.P. party in Portland--youre invited!

Spread the word!Get your tickets now to the premiere showing for Girls Rock! The Movie on March 7, 2008, and to CAMPER CRASH! 3 pm on March 9th @ Cinema 21, Portland, Oregon. Please note the VIP rece...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:46:00 GMT

SUMMER CAMP 2008 dates + NEW Rock Camp STUDIO!

Hello everyone,We are excited to announce our camp dates for 2008! Applications will be up JANUARY 1, so check your calendars and get ready for....ROCK'n'ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS 2008:Session 1: June 23-28...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:11:00 GMT

BENEFIT FEAST W/FANCY FOOD + SILENT AUCTION + LIVE MUSIC BY CARRIE BROWNSTEIN

We are excited to announce that we are holding a fabulous BENEFIT FEAST for the Rock'n'Roll Camp for Girls, prepared by the world-class restaurant Simpatica and featuring a special solo performance by...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:15:00 GMT

50 SHOWS IN 50 STATES 2007!

GREETINGS friends!Would you like to support the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls and other Girls Rock Camps all over the United States and world? Get involved with our national Girls Rock Camp Alliance fu...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:42:00 GMT

WE'RE ON THE TODAY SHOW! Watch here!

The Today Show came and hung out at camp during Session One this summer, and their five-minute piece about it aired this morning. It's great! Here is the video clip, here's the article that goes with ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:48:00 GMT

Want to add us as a friend? READ THIS first!

FACT: It is much more important to us to maintain a strong network of engaged allies and participants than it is to have a whole bunch of random and disconnected MySpace "friends" to whom we are just ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:25:00 GMT

Check us out in this month's O Magazine!

Ladies Rock Camp gets a great little writeup in the April issue of O Magazine! It's in the first part of the magazine, about a third of a page long, with a great photo by our own in-house camera geniu...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:26:00 GMT