Rebelz

Washington's 2003 Emerging Artist of the Year!

The Redhook Brewery & Made In Washington Stores have joined forces, to provide a new venue for Washington State's unsigned musicians to be heard - a true Emerging Music Award.

2002 was the inaugural year of this program. The tremendous success of the first year has fueled an expansion this year of more recognition and rewards for the winners.

Five winners have been selected and invited to perform at the Redhook
Moonlight Cinema Series that runs every Thursday from July 24 -
August 21, 2003. From those winners, one artist will be selected as
Washington's 2003 Emerging Artist of the Year!



Over 180 performers applied to the 2nd Annual EMA event, representing a wide range of musical genres. We were thrilled with both the number of entries as well as the depth of talent displayed in the entries. It was a very difficult selection process -- in the end, our industry expert panel of judges selected 5 performers to receive Emerging Artist Award recognition for 2003:

Six Minute Mile

The Pale

Plum St.

The Malinks

Rebelz

One of these winners will be the Emerging Artist of the Year 2003, based on performance at Redhook Moonlight Cinema Movie Series in Woodinville, WA. The Moonlight Movies series runs every Thursday starting 7/24/03 thru 8/21/03.

All of us at Redhook and Made In Washington want to thank you for your interest and your application… we truly appreciate it. We look forward to fielding the EMA Awards again in 2004, and would welcome your entry.

Judging for the 2003 Washington state Emerging Musical Artist Awards --- presented jointly by Redhook Brewery and Made In Washington stores has been completed.


July / August
Redhook Brewery
Woodinville, WASHINGTON

Movies start at dusk (between 8:45 and 9:15pm) and show till approximately 11:00pm. Draft beer, wine, soda, and food are available for purchase outdoors. No outside alcohol is permitted.

Live music starts at 7:30pm. Performances by 2003 Emerging Music Award winners (see below for a listing of the bands). Admission $4 per person. Free for those under 11.



July 24
Movie: Shrek
Music: The Pale

July 31
Movie: Waiting for Guffman
Music: Plum St.

August 7
Movie: National Lampoon's Vacation
Music: The Rebelz

August 14
Movie: Usual Suspects
Music: 6 Minute Mile

August 21
Movie: Grease
Music: The Malinks
- Made in Washington

(May 16th, Everett, WA): Zumiez, the leading youth lifestyle specialty retailer, is set to introduce the 2003 Zumiez Couch Tour early this summer featuring skateboarding demos by the Element, C1RCA, and DVS pro teams (one team per stop), live music from popular bands including CKY and The Starting Line, the famous Zumiez Couch and much more.

The Zumiez Couch Tour, scheduled for six stops in June and July, is expected to draw upwards of 15,000 spectators over the course of the events. Five of the six events will take place in the mall parking lots of Zumiez store locations, where an expert street course and a music stage will be set up. Element team riders scheduled to appear are Bam Margera (MTV), Colt Cannon, Tosh Townend, and Jake Rupp. C1RCA riders appearing include Chad Muska, Jamie Thomas, Mark Appleyard, Chris Cole, Colt Cannon, Caswell Berry and Peter Ramondetta. The DVS pro riders will be announced soon.


There will also be live music including bands and DJs CKY (NJ), Muska Beatz (CA & CO), Rebelz (WA), Instant Winner (WA), Allister (IL) and The Starting Line (IL) along with breakdancers and other entertainment at various tour stops. There will be scheduled autograph signings from the pro riders, product giveaways from tour sponsors, limited edition tour t-shirts and stickers, Xbox demo kiosks for spectators to test out the latest games and compete for prizes, and a custom t-shirt shop.

The 2003 Zumiez Couch Tour is sponsored by Element, C1RCA, DVS, TransWorld Skateboarding Magazine, Xbox, and Spy Optic. The tour and demos are free to everyone, with the exception of the CKY concert in NJ. Tickets for the concert portion of that event are $6.50 and are available online at www.zumiez.com.

Zumiez Couch Tour Schedule:
· Sunday, June 1 | 12:00pm – 6:30 pm | Westfield Shoppingtown Southcenter, Tukwila, WA | featuring the Element Skate Team, Instant Winner, Five Good Reasons and Rebelz
· Saturday, June 7 | 12:00pm – 6:00pm | RexPlex, Elizabeth, NJ | featuring the Element Skate Team and CKY
· Saturday, June 14 | 12:00pm – 5:30 pm | GreatMall of the Bay Area, Milpitas, CA | featuring the C1RCA Skate Team and Muska Beatz
· Saturday, June 21 | 12:00pm – 5:30 pm | Southwest Plaza, Littleton, CO | featuring the C1RCA Skate Team and Muska Beatz
· Saturday, July 28 | 12:00pm – 5:30 pm | Layton Hills Mall, Layton, UT featuring the DVS Skate Team and Rebelz
· Saturday, July 12 | 12:00pm – 5:30 pm | Spring Hill Mall, West Dundee, IL featuring the DVS Skate Team, The Starting Line, and Allister

Zumiez was founded by Tom Campion in 1978, beginning with a single store in Northgate Mall in Seattle, WA. The more than 100 Zumiez stores feature lifestyle brands for young men and juniors that center on snow, surf, and skate products. The product mix includes apparel, footwear, and related accessories including skateboard and snowboard specific hardgoods. Stores are currently operating in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Alaska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York. Zumiez also offers a wide product selection on its award-winning e-commerce website at www.zumiez.com.

* For more information visit www.zumiez.com
- zumiez.com

The Rebelz have been nominated for the Seattle's Award for Excellence in hip-hop. - City of Seattle