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School of Rock plans four days of live music BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
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fter months of rehearsals, students at the School of Rock are excited to be able to play an endof-summer show. Students playing covers of various artists across many subgenres of rock ‘n’ roll will perform hour-and-a-half setlists across two weekends. The shows – Sept. 11-12 and Sept. 1819 at the Revelry in Mesa – will feature students of all ages, including some adults. Despite the varying ages of the performers, School of Rock Scottsdale manager Michelle Worley said the show is a landmark for all the students. “I think this is part of where we really learn a lot about the student,” she said. “This is the time where their nerves are going to kick in. This is the time where they will either put their foot on the amp and rock out that solo or will step
School of Rock Scottsdale manager Michelle Worley smiles with excitement as her students prepare for another end of season show. (Pablo Robles Progress Staff Photographer)
on their chord and ruin the solo.” Worley naturally hopes the latter will not happen as students have spent three hours a week over the past four
months rehearsing the music of rock ‘n’ roll’s most celebrated artists. “We use rock ‘n’ roll as a foundation for learning and the kids are motivated
through different artists,” Worley said. Students sign up to play music from various artists early on and there are some artists that some students aim for as early as they can. “We noticed that some kids might be interested in learning Led Zeppelin specifically because the guitar parts are really great, or the bass lines are amazing. We’ll put together different genres each season and rotate each genre based on what the kids are interested in,” Worley said. This year, the performers will cover the music of Nirvana, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden. They also will play genre sets, such as the best of the 80’s and old school punk. In addition, the adults across the School of Rock’s three locations – Ahwatukee, Gilbert and Scottsdale – will
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Landmark Theatres landing in the Quarter BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
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andmark Theatres is set to make its presence known in the greater Phoenix area with the opening of its first theater in Scottsdale Quarter this fall. The theater will have eight screens to show its selection of sophisticated films and plans to have a bar and gourmet concession stand once it is fully operational. “They do a couple of different things really well. They’re the best in digital projection, they’ll have gourmet concession items and they try to anticipate
Scottsdale Quarter will have a new movie theater when Landmark Theatres takes over the former space of iPic theaters. (Courtesy of Scottsdale Quarter)
the different trends and opportunities for this area.” Scottsdale Quarter General Manager Richard Hunt said. “It’s definitely a good marriage of the two types of entertainment.” The theater will take the space of the former iPic theaters, which closed in January 2020, and plans to bring a complementary genre of films to the upscale area. “This theater is going to lean toward adult fare but there will also be a degree of family content,” Landmark spokeswoman Margot Gerber said. While the theater may show some
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