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ROCK & ROLL RECITAL XVI

ROCK & ROLL RECITAL XVI

DANVILLE VILLAGE THEATRE

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014

Local Promoter, Chester Farrow, Brings Over 40 Guitar Students

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Plus Instructor Bruce Hock To The Big Stage

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Event To Be Webcast Free Worldwide

Oakland A’s “Experiences” and Tickets to be Raffled at Performance

DANVILLE, CA (April 18, 2014) – Promoter Chester Farrow is pleased to announce the 16th annual Rock & Roll Recital (www.rockandrollrecital.com) in Danville at the Village Theatre, 233 Front Street, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. The annual event is a showcase opportunity for over 40 local guitar students from instructor and renowned Danville musician Bruce Hock's guitar classes to perform on a big stage in groups, both acoustic and electric.

“This is such a thrill for the guitar students…when will they ever have a chance to perform on a big stage? The energy is very high and audiences love the show. The music is great!” said Chester Farrow.

Showtime is 7pm and doors open at 6pm this year for guests to purchase raffle tickets ($5, or 5 for $20) to win Oakland A’s “Experiences”, Oakland A’s tickets, and 2014 B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival tickets held in September in beautiful Sonoma Valley, and much more. Proceeds from the raffle will go to Breast Cancer Research. Tickets for the event are $10 this year so the whole family can attend and are available at www.villagetheatreshows.com or by calling 925-314-3400.

            Farrow, a retired broadcast media schoolteacher from Monte Vista High School in Danville, produced many concerts at that venue's storied theater in his 32 years of teaching. Some of the shows included artists such as Huey Lewis and the News, Journey, Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers, Greg Kihn Band, Greg Douglass, Y & T, Journey, Joe Satriani and Boz Scaggs to name a few. Bruce played in many concerts for Chester and the two have worked on shows together for 41 years. Chester, in April, kicked off his 46th year as scoreboard operator for the Oakland Athletics.

            The Rock & Roll Recital was started at Monte Vista in 1999 as a showcase for Bruce Hock's guitar students. Hock, who is a fixture in the East Bay music scene, has taught guitar for 37 years in Danville and counts Dan Vickrey of the Counting Crows, Jason Hammon of the Dance Hall Crashers, and Kevin Feyen of the Black Eyed Peas as former students. Bill (Guermo) Muniz, owner of the New Mecca Café in Pittsburg, and his friend Daniel Zwickel will also perform. Muniz was inducted into the first Contra Costa Hall Of Fame class.

            The event, for the seventh time, will be webcast, free, worldwide starting at 7pm. Some of Farrow's former Monte Vista students will produce the webcast. These professionals have gone on to successful and lucrative careers in television and radio engineering, editing and directing as well as other careers in the entertainment industry. The webcast and concert production are made possible though generous donations by Gene Shortt, Steve Lamsey, Wendi Leyba, Dick Callahan, New Mecca Café in Pittsburg, CA and Prime Time Entertainment in Livermore, CA. The address for the Webcast is www.rockandrollrecital.com.


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