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New Music School to Host Smashing Celebration

Mick Petrucci, President of the Newtown Business Association, will smash a guitar during School of Rock's grand opening celebration next week.

which is relocating from Feasterville to the Village at Newtown Shopping Center, will host a Grand Opening Celebration Saturday, June 23 from 12 to 5 p.m.

The celebration will feature a ribbon-cutting and guitar-smashing ceremony, live music, free food and soft drinks and one-day-only sign up specials. Workshops and free trial mini-lessons will be available throughout the day and staff from Guitar Center will be on hand to provide free guitar diagnostics, according to organizers.

Mick Petrucci, the President of the Newtown Business Association, will smash a guitar during the celebration, Music Director Rob Groden said.

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School of Rock is a performance-based music school for children and teens ages 7 to 18.  The school teaches guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals. “We’re rock and roll based,” owner/GM Paul Pollock told Patch earlier this spring. 

According to a press release from School of Rock, the new location has been fitted with dedicated lesson rooms, two rehearsal rooms, a stage, a student lounge and many other amenities.

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“Enrollment for the regular performance program as well as an exciting selection of summer camps is taking place now and slots are expected to fill quickly,” the release said.

School of Rock combines weekly private music lessons and group band rehearsals to prepare students to take the stage in front of live audiences in an authentic concert setting.

The shows, which are performed publicly, are based on a theme. Sometimes that theme focuses on a single band or artist, like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles, and other times it could be a genre, like funk or reggae.

School of Rock operates more than 80 schools in 25 states and Mexico. For more information about School of Rock visit www.SchoolofRock.com.

For specific details about the Newtown location, visit  www.newtown.schoolofrock.com or check out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SORNewtown.

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