Young rockers enter AllStar finals

By Kaila Mellos

Amonumental achievement was reached recently by certain students from School of Rock Scripps Ranch.

The School of Rock AllStars Competition kicked off a few weeks ago, and the Scripps Ranch team advanced six of its strongest musicians, including drummers, guitarists and vocalists.

“It’s an international competition with over 300 locations eligible to participate in the auditions. Only the top students from each school audition, and there are three rounds,” said Steve Peterson, owner of the School of Rock Scripps Ranch and Del Mar locations. “We were lucky enough to have had all six students audition and make it past the first two rounds into the third and final round.”

The AllStars competition puts students at the school through three rounds of intensive auditions and playing live. The competitors hope to be chosen in the final round to go on a country-wide summer tour across the United States. Less than 1 percent of

School of Rock students are selected each year to represent the School of Rock as an AllStar.

Students in the Performance Program and House Band can au-