Guitar Hero III Invitational Results

Congratulations to everyone who participated at the Merriweather Library on May 2nd.

There was an excellent turn out with 72 players and audience members.

All Rounds were in Pro Face Off. First Round with 16 contestants was played at HARD level. All other rounds were in EXPERT level.

The songs were:

Paranoid by Black Sabbath (Round 1 -- Hard)

Stricken by Disturbed (Round 2 -- Expert)

Raining Blood by Slayer (Round 3 -- Expert)

Through the Fire & the Flames by Dragonforce (Final Round -- Expert)

Rikky Martin-LeRoux [Clearfield Library] won 3rd place and Kevin Grant [Central Library Teen Room] won 4th place. Both Rikky and Kevin won movie tickets and a choice of several CDs.

The final two contestants were Nick Baez and Joel Gatti both from the Boston Library

Nick won with a score of 412,637!

The grand prize was an acoustic guitar.

Joel came in 2nd place.

Joel won a $25 GameStop gift card plus a choice from several music CDs.

Guitar Hero III

The qualifying rounds for the

Guitar Hero 3 2009 Tournament

are completed and the scores are in!

Moving on to the final competion on May 2nd are....

Nick B. from Boston with 352465 points

Chris K. from Reinstein with 347217 points

Chandler H. from Clarence with 345053 points

Rikki M. from Clearfield with 343553 points

Joel G. from Boston with 341897 points

Corey D. from Williamsville with 340582 points

Alex D. from Lancaster with 339456 points

Quentin S. from Lancaster with 338961 points

Andrew F. from East Clinton with 338853 points

Derek S. from Boston with 338461 points

Justin G. from Boston with 334616 points

Michael B. from West Seneca with 333365 points

Elliott S. from East Clinton with 332385 points

Mike C. from Reinstein with 331267 points

Jennfeir M. from West Seneca with 331061 points

Aaron G. from Eden with 330081 points

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to everyone who participated!

We hope to see you all at the Merriweather Library on May 2nd

Guitar Hero III Tournament 2009

The 2009 Guitar Hero 3 contast is being held

Saturday May 2nd @ 1pm

at the

Frank E. Merriweather Library

Qualifying Rounds are being held at 20 different locations throughout the system.

The next qualify will be held at the Central library on March 20th

in the Teen Room from 3-5.

Go to

http://www.buffalolib.org/teens/events/guitar.asp

for a complete list of qualifying libraries, rules, and prizes

TEEN ROOM GRAND OPENING!

Please come and be a part of the official GRAND OPENING of the Teen Room at Central!

We'll be celebrating from 3-6pm on Thursday, December 11th-there will be snacks, gaming, DIY projects, prizes, and lots else.

Come and celebrate with us!

ROCKTOBER

Hey!

Come and Celebrate ROCKTOBER with us

and

kick off our BRING THAT BEAT BACK Hip-Hop History series

Saturday, October 25

1-5pm

Central Library Auditorium

ROCKTOBER MOVIE FEST

Showing:

Beat Street

The roots of old school rap, breakdancing, hip-hop, and graffiti art
are chronicled in this "musical" set in the Bronx.

and

Rize

Chronicles Clowning and Krumping,
revolutionary forms of dance that have taken moves indigenous to
African tribal rituals and sped them up into a mind-blowing style.

Free and Open to the public!

Teens' Top Top Poll

It's time to get out and vote for your favorite book in this years annual Teens' Top Ten Poll.

The twenty-six nominees on the list are books published in 2007-08 and are chosen entirely by teens!! It's your time to tell the world what you think.

Voting is Oct 12th - 18th. The winners will be posted October 20th.

Click the link to see the list...

Teen Room! Everyday!

TEEN ROOM PHASE ONE has begun!

Beginning Monday, September 15th, the Central Library's Teen Room will be open from 3:00-6:00 Monday through Friday!

Come on in to hang out, use the computers, and play some PS2 or Wii games on our brand new flat screen HDTV.

Before the couches arrive, before the books are shelved, before the art supplies are put into bins-the first phase of the Teen Room!

Come to the Teen Room now and you can say, "I was there when it all began!"