That is correct, today marks the end of our fundraising effort that benefits Child’s Play Charity! It has been a wonderful ride and we had fun last weekend, just a week ago at this moment we were gearing up for the final set list and celebrating how wonderful each and every one of those who donated are! We will conclude and close donations at 7pm Central today at which time we will look at the list of all those who donated and for every FIVE DOLLARS donated they will have their name written down on a raffle ticket. We will then draw the winning raffle ticket and notify that person via the paypal e-mail that they used to donate. In the event the winner used a e-check to process their payment we will wait until that e-check clears before declaring them the winner.

We appreciate the generosity of all involved; Cast, Crew, and those who donated, and look forward to what the future holds for The Rock-A-Thon in 2010!

Due to demand in our $5 ION Drum Rocker contest, we are keeping the donations open until 9pm on Monday December 7th at 9pm Central. For every $5 in donations to The Rock-A-Thon, you are entered once into a drawing for an ION Drum Rocker.

To donate click on the Chip In widget on the side of this site and use paypal to send money to The Rock-A-Thon, it’s as easy as that. We will draw the winner once all e-checks have cleared! Yes it really is as easy as that!

ION Drum Rocker courtesy of New England Music Supply. Visit them at http://www.newenglandmusicsupply.com

NOTE: The Chip-In widget is not updating the counter, but we are recieving the donations. Keep ‘em comin!

The event may be over, but we recorded as much of it as we could for you! Enjoy a set list, relive the end, it is up to you!

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV

Then we have a great deal for you. The official hotel of The Rock-A-Thon is Inn at the Ballpark and the folks there have cut us a great deal. Anyone that books through the link on the right hand side of the page will help fund a 5% donation to The Rock-A-Thon and at the same time take more that 35% off the regular room rate!

Inn at the Ballpark features many amenities and perks including free transportation to the event between 8am and 10pm, a world class steak house right next door, and if I may say so myself the most luxurious atmosphere that downtown can offer!

Here is just a sample of the great deals that Inn at the Ballpark has afforded us and our faithful fans who want to stay near all the action:

Deluxe Accommodations for only $79!

So in Summary, if you want to stay downtown during the event, check out Inn at the Ballpark. I have to admit, I cannot wait to stay there during the event! -Paul Anthony

GeekyCookies has teamed up with the folks here at The Rock-A-Thon to give one lucky Twitter follower 1600 Microsoft Points AND a free dozen cookies of their choosing from the GeekyCookies catalog! Use those Microsoft points on XBL for those add-ons you’ve been eyeing, for those On Demand games, music on the ZUNE network – whatever you want! Entering is as quick as logging into your Twitter account!

To enter:

• Log onto your Twitter account (or sign up for one).
• You must be following BOTH @GeekyCookies AND @therockathon.
• Once you’ve successfully followed both accounts, tweet the following:
  

  “I can win Cookies AND Microsoft Points from @GeekyCookies & @therockathon!? Count me in! Info at www.geekycookies.com
  #therockathon”

• You must enter within the contest period, beginning the start of Monday, November 16th and ending Thursday, November 19th 11:59PM PST
• And that’s it! Joining Geeky Cookies’ Facebook Fan Page and The Rock-A-Thon Fan Page wouldn’t hurt though

ONE (1) winner will be selected at random from participants who live in the U.S. and meet ALL the above requirements. The winner will be announced on Friday, November 20th by 5:00PM PST. Winner will then be contacted privately to retrieve the necessary information to send prizes. Good luck to all those who enter!

That’s right, thanks to some good friends at Harmonix, there will be a battle set for Wednesday September 30th to help us raise awareness of The Rock-A-Thon and the work we will be doing. Both Corey and I picked two songs each for the battle and from what I understand, there will be a Message of the Day as well, to point you all towards this site! Be sure to play the battle and take a guess at who picked what songs!