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Girls Rock Camp has ended, long live Girls Rock! DC

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I’m walking down the hallway with 30 lbs of bass amp hanging off my arm; a horrible awkward weightlifting exercise that makes no sense under any other circumstances. It’s the 50th time I’ve been in this position this week, maybe the 100th. Three people I respect very much have just asked me for another nonexistent […]

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I Am Going on an Apology Fast

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At one point last weekend during dinner I said: “I don’t want to be too high-maintenance [for the waiter] by replacing salmon with tuna.” And Megan said two of the potentially most productive words in the english language to me: “Shut up.” It wasn’t rude. It was friendly. It was a favor. All weekend I […]

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Girls Rock DC! Volunteers!

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Heya! This one’s for the locals. I keep meaning to remind folks to check out Girls Rock DC and get the volunteer app and fill it out! Even if you couldn’t volunteer for the whole week, there are part time jobs, pre-camp things to do, and totally non-musical things that need to get done to […]

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Girls Rock! DC – Volunteer!

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This is just a heads up to anyone out there who was inspired by my story about Girls Rock Camp last August. The volunteer application for this year is up, and there is a great need for organizers and help. There will also be a camper application up soon – so if you know girls […]

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Long Live Girls Rock DC

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Crikey – almost 2 weeks ago now I had just had a good 12 hour day at the first annual Girls Rock DC summer camp. My brain was a tiny pile of mush, and I was just an incidental volunteer. I have got to hand it to the women who put the whole program together […]

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