Congratulations to all the students who competed so well in the first heat of Rockquest on Friday 1 July. We have some very talented students in our midst!

The following bands entered. They all did so well! 

BLAZIN' SUNSETS Cybele Chapman Y8, Taylah Medeiros Y10, James Ferns Y10, Tai Kano Y12
RADIATION Oliver Spence Y8, Vinny Haynes Y9, Tallulah Haynes Y11, Amber Hynds Y12
OCD Maysen Mitchell Y12, Seth McEwan Y12, Daniel McRae, Y11 Adam Sheehan
ALCHEMY (Combined Papamoa and Mount College Band) Abbie Jacob Y12
SIMPLE CREATURES Markus Mostert Y13, Trent Mason Y11, Kaharau Harris Y12, Oliver Capper-Starr Y11
PROTOCOL Stella Riley Y9, Axel Riley Y9, Noah Lloyd-Burnett Y11, Ollie Sutcliffe Y9, Cullen McCashin Y8
LIT Archer Sullivan Y8, Beau Fisher Y8, Saxon Lloyd-Burnett Y8, Videl Harrison Y8
GEM Gibsen Kroeker Y11, Ella Lawson Y11, Micah Greenfield Y13
SAV Savanah Saunders Y11, Boston Coles Y11,  Ben Lee Y11, Siena Ivamy Y8

Plus we had the following entries in the SOLO/DUO categories: Stella Riley Y9, Cybele Chapman Y8, Micah Greenfield Y13, Markus Mostert Y13, Taylah Medeiros Y10, and James Ferns Y10, Videl Harrison Y8

Congratulations to the bands; Blazin' Sunsets, Radiation, OCD and Alchemy who all made it through to the Regional Finals. We are still waiting on the results of the Solo and Duo categories to come through as well as a few other awards for best song, musicians etc.

A recording of the Live Digital Show is on the Rockquest Website.