Smokefreerockquest

The volume has been cranking up in teenage bedrooms throughout Otago over the past few weeks.

Mount Aspiring College band Colour Classic celebrated its third consecutive win at the Central Otago Smokefreerockquest in Wanaka on Friday night, albeit with a different look and sound from its first two victories.

Mount Aspiring College band Colour Classic won the Central Otago Smokefreerockquest in Wanaka last night.

The top teenage musical talent in Otago will be tuning up for the 2011 Smokefreerockquest this month.

More than 60 bands from the Otago region will be aiming their unique sounds at a mosh pit at this year's Smokefreerockquest in a bid to strum up more than $20,000 worth of recording opportunities and musical equipment.

Entry packs for this year's Smokefreerockquest are going out now to schools nationwide.

It was second time lucky for the Wanaka teenagers who won the 2010 Central Otago Smokefreerockquest title on Saturday night in Queenstown.

Stay focused, listen to your band mates and perform for your audience, are the words of advice given by the co-director of Smokefreerockquest to high school acts entering the Central Otago regional final in Queenstown tomorrow night.

Four Wakatipu High School acts practised their original songs on Friday night, in preparation for the Smokefreerockquest 2010 Central Otago regional final, on Saturday.

Almost 20 musical acts from high schools around the Southern Lakes and Central Otago will vie for $1150 worth of musical equipment and a shot at the national final's grand prizes at the weekend, in the Smokefreerockquest 2010 Central Otago regional final.