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Corporate Rock Off ready to roll

What: Corporate Rock Off
When: 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.10
Where: Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St.
Cost: $10, $5 with college ID. 21 and over.
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Six bands featuring co-workers from Indianapolis companies and organizations will compete on Oct. 10 to see who has the most mojo in Corporate Rock Off, a fundraising event for Second Story — a local nonprofit organization offering free writing workshops and tutoring for inner-city kids.

The bands in the event presented by Well Done Marketing include Vibe Dial, sponsored by rippleFX; The Raidiators sponsored by Raidious Digital Content Services; Rusty Sluts sponsored by Bradley and Montgomery; Sea Krowns, sponsored by Big Car; Accordions, sponsored by Nogginwerk; and Indianapolis Monthly’s team, Misprintz, winners of this year’s local battle of the media bands.

Each band will play a 20-minute set in a one-round battle. Winners will be chosen through a combination of audience vote and selections by expert judges. The winning team will be announced that night and will conclude the event with an encore set. Teams or their sponsors chipped in $500 as a donation to Second Story, and 75 percent of ticket sales also go to the organization. As a prize, 25 percent of those proceeds go to the winning team’s charity of choice in the name of their company. The winning band also gets an opening slot at this year’s Tonic Ball.

This fall, Second Story — now in its second year as a nonprofit — is running after-school writing programs at the Wheeler Arts Community in Fountain Square and at Martin Luther King Center; and an in-school program at IPS School No. 2, Center for Inquiry in partnership with Butler University and the Indianapolis-Marion County Library.

ByJim Walker

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