RITES OF SPRING FESTIVAL
New dates announced
Friday, Saturday & Sunday - May 20th, 21st & 22nd 2011
The eighth annual Rites of Spring Festival in Gettysburg, PA is proud to feature 10 great bands over 3 days in the month of May 2011. The festival features some of today's best progressive acts from all over the world.
The festival is located in Gettysburg, PA at the beautifully restored Majestic Theater.
 

For Immediate Release:
Friday, July 16th - 2010

DISTRICT 97 ANNOUNCED FOR ROSFEST 2011

Rosfest is very pleased to announce District 97 at RoSfest 2011!

District 97 comes to us from Chicago and is a band  that formed in the Fall of 2006 by drummer Jonathan Schang, keyboardist Rob Clearfield, bassist Patrick Mulcahy and guitarist Sam Krahn. The foursome from Chicago honed a no-holds barred style of Liquid Tension Experiment inspired Instrumental Rock before deciding the right vocalist was needed to complement their sound; enter 2007 American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist, Leslie Hunt. With a look, sound and stage presence comparable to a young Ann Wilson from Heart, Leslie's dynamic performances pushed the band into a new direction that forged a unique marriage between accessible, catchy vocal melodies and an adventurous instrumental prowess. The band is rounded off with Katinka Kleijn, cellist extraordinaire from the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra and one of Chicago's finest young guitarists, Jim Tashjian. With this new lineup of peerless musicianship in place, District 97 began wowing crowds and establishing a devoted fanbase through packed shows at legendary Chicago venues such as House of Blues, Schubas and Martyrs'. In May 2010, the band signed with Laser's Edge Records, and will oversee a worldwide physical and digital release of District 97's debut effort, Hybrid Child, in September 2010.

The band now heads east to play at Rosfest  and you can catch their show on Sunday May 22^nd playing the second slot.

District 97 website - http://district97.net/
District 97 Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/district97
Look for a complete bio at the RoSfest website - http://rosfest.com/Performers-2011/District_97.htm

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For Immediate Release:
Wednesday July 7th - 2010

ROSFEST ANNOUNCES THE GALACTIC COLLECTIVE FOR 2011

NEW PROJECT FROM WORLD RENOWNED KEYBOARDIST ERIK NORLANDER 

THE GALACTIC COLLECTIVE is a fresh and innovative approach to the best of Erik Norlander's vast instrumental catalog written for ROCKET SCIENTISTS, LANA LANE and his own solo albums over the years. The versatile keyboardist recorded his new CD with an astounding new band of stellar musicians from the Akron, Ohio area in collaboration with Executive Producer Dena Henry: guitarist Freddy DeMarco, bassist Mark Matthews and drummer Nick LePar takes Norlander's music to new heights of drama and intrigue as they weave through the most subtle atmospheric art rock soundscapes to maximum martial progressive metal fireworks.

Look for this wonderful band to be featured at RoSfest on Saturday May 21st as our third band playing the 5 pm to 7 pm slot.

Erick Norlander site - http://www.eriknorlander.com
The Galactic Collective - http://www.thetank.com/entgc.htm
Look for a complete bio at the RoSfest website - http://rosfest.com/Performers-2011/Galactic_Collective.htm