Otago Rockquest 2018

Smokefree Rockquest is New Zealand’s only nationwide, live, original music, youth event. It aims to motivate young musicians to prove their ability and realise the heights they can reach in their music careers and to encourage their peers to support original New Zealand Music.
The two categories that can be entered for are: Band Category or Solo/Duo Category. King’s High School had six entries in this year, three in the Band category and three in the Solo/Duo category.

The band entries were: 

Steambox - Cody Jowsey (Vocals and Guitar), Tom French (Guitar), Charles Small (Bass), Hayden Smith (Drums)

Imperium - Joel Blair (Vocals and Guitar), Gregor Clarkson (Guitar), Oliver Ross (Bass), Josh Tuiavii (Drums)

Effluescence - D’Angelo Wade (Vocals), Janadhi Dissanayake (Guitar), Kaleb Barrow (Guitar), Zane Donaldson (Bass), Jacob Roos (Drums)

The Solo/Duo entries were:

Jordan Frost

Ben Horlock and Campbell Landrebe

D’Angelo Wade, who didn’t perform will submit his song as an on-line video entry, because he was already in a band.

The results, King’s High School’s Ben and Campbell won the Solo/Duo category and go directly on to National Finals. King’s High School’s bands, Imperium and Efflerescent were selected for the Otago Finals in June, the winner of which goes through to National Finals. 

I am incredibly proud of all the boys who performed at Rockquest. Their performances were all highly polished and extremely well presented crowd favourites!! They’re all winners to me.

It would be awesome if loads of King’s boy’s, staff and parents come and support our bands at the Otago Finals on Saturday 23rd June at 7pm, in the Kavanagh College Auditorium. Yes, it clashes with an All Black game at the Stadium, but Rockquest is more important, obviously.