Rotorua is many things - including a musical hot spot.
We have been thrilled to report the fabulous news from the weekend about Western Heights High School band Strangely Arousing taking out the Smokefree Pacifica Beats competition in Auckland on Friday night.
This contest is breathing down the neck of
the Smokefreerockquest as being "the" big competition to win.
But we didn't stop there. The following night, a Rotorua/Taupo band, A Bit Nigel, took out the Smokefreerockquest.
Two out of two isn't bad. If you look at the line-up of past winners of such competitions, they read like a who's who of New Zealand music. Many of these acts have done much more than any reality TV competition winner.
