Meet your Mentors! Rock the District auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Let`s meet the talented mentors who will help our student musicians prepare to ROCK! 🎸 🔥
Michael Nitro
Michael Nitro is a high-energy singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his powerful vocals and dynamic rock performances.
He has shared the stage with legendary artists including Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, and Sam Moore, and has opened for national acts such as Bon Jovi and REO Speedwagon. His original music has been featured on the Showtime series “City on a Hill”.
With years of professional stage and industry experience, Michael brings valuable insight, constructive feedback, and a passion for live performance to his role as a mentor at Rock the District.
Rock the District returns to @haroldscorral Saturday, May 2nd from 6-10pm! Learn more and purchase tickets at CCUEF.org
Meet your Mentors! Rock the District auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Let`s meet the talented mentors who will help our student musicians prepare to ROCK! 🎸 🔥
Mel Graeff
Mel Graeff is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist based in Arizona. She is the lead singer of All the Better, opening for bands such as Mayday Parade, Daisy Grenade, The Wonder Years, and The Haunt. She’s passionate about live performance, strong stage presence, and mentoring young artists as they grow in confidence and musicianship.
Rock the District returns to @haroldscorral Saturday, May 2nd from 6-10pm! Learn more and purchase tickets at CCUEF.org
Meet your Mentors! Rock the District auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Let`s meet the talented mentors who will help our student musicians prepare to ROCK! 🎸 🔥
Vyncent Van Atta
Vyncent Van Atta is a nineteen-year-old guitar player, dedicated performer, and an audio engineer in the works. He aims to pursue music throughout his career. In doing so, he is a lead guitarist in the bands My Upside Down, and Pinup. He also attends the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in order to achieve his lifelong goals of becoming both a recording and mixing engineer.
Rock the District returns to @haroldscorral Saturday, May 2nd from 6-10pm! Learn more and purchase tickets at CCUEF.org
Meet your Mentors! Rock the District auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Let`s meet the talented mentors who will help our student musicians prepare to ROCK! 🎸 🔥
Jared Wolfe
Jared is the vocalist and founder of the band My Upside Down. In the 3 years of the band’s formation, My Upside Down has released 3 EP’s and accumulated over two million independent streams. My Upside Down also placed 3rd in Alice Cooper’s Proof in the Pudding battle of the bands competition in the year 2023.
Jared enjoys writing poetry, video games, guitar, and movies that are scary.
Rock the District returns to @haroldscorral Saturday, May 2nd from 6-10pm! Learn more and purchase tickets at CCUEF.org
Meet your Mentors! Rock the District auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Let`s meet the talented mentors who will help our student musicians prepare to ROCK! 🎸 🔥
Dan Settle
Dan started teaching in Illinois in 2015 at a small music shop in Grayslake, Illinois. He began teaching guitar and worked his way to teaching bass, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin. Dan Settle has been in a variety of bands playing a variety of genres; his main genres are metal and blues. He has a bachelor`s in computer science and mixes both of his passions- computers and music- into creating and scoring video games! When not making music he loves coding, DND, and Magic the Gathering.
Rock the District returns to @haroldscorral Saturday, May 2nd from 6-10pm! Learn more and purchase tickets at CCUEF.org
Auditions for Rock the District are next weekend! Don`t miss your opportunity to take the stage when Rock the District returns to Harold`s Corral May 2nd, 2026!
Auditions will take place at the Cactus Shadows HS Lecture Hall February 28th, 2026. Sign up for your time slot at the link in bio, or visit rockthedistrict.net for more details!
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the 4th annual Run the District 5k on Saturday! Despite threats of rain, runners raced under clear skies and it was great to see so many families, students and community members come out to run!
Our CCUSD mascots gave it their all, resulting in a photo finish between HTES & DWES. There was a great turnout of local vendors, CCUSD family-owned food trucks serving up delicious drinks and smoothies, and some familiar faces cooking up pancakes and bacon! It was truly a fantastic community event in support of our educators. We can`t wait for next year!
We are so thankful for the sponsors of our Run the District 5k!
Thank you to Karsten`s Ace Hardware, Mathnasium, and VSMG for being our BRONZE SPONSORS!
We couldn`t do what we do without our community partners!
There`s still time to register for the race TOMORROW at the link in bio 👆
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We are so thankful for the sponsors of our Run the District 5k!
Thank you to Baird Scottsdale for being our SILVER SPONSOR!
We couldn`t do what we do without our community partners!
There`s still time to register for the race this Saturday at the link in bio 👆
We are so thankful for the sponsors of our Run the District 5k!
Thank you to Jessco Electric for being our KIDS 1 MILE FUN RUN SPONSOR!
We couldn`t do what we do without our community partners!
There`s still time to register for the race this Saturday at the link in bio 👆
We are so thankful for the sponsors of our Run the District 5k!
Thank you to Educatius for being our GOLD SPONSOR!
We couldn`t do what we do without our community partners!
There`s still time to register for the race this Saturday at the link in bio 👆
Get your commemorative shirt on race day, thanks to our SWAG SPONSORS- Progressive Roofing, 1GPA, and Sunrays!
We couldn`t do what we do without our community partners!
Register for Run the District today at the link in bio👆
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