Day of fun at Rock And Roll Hall of Fame on day of Inductions

The Rock Hall Induction Ceremony for 2009 took place in Cleveland, OH on April 4th, 2009. For most of us, seeing the event live in person is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I feel privileged that I had the chance to experience the event for the first time. It will be something I and many other people will not soon forget. Here are some of the things that took place:

Before the ceremony even took place, there was much to do surrounding the event. Some of the Inductees appeared in Cleveland today, and several events were planned in celebration of the big day.

The first thing that happened that drew a big crowd was the appearance of Darryl “DMC” McDaniels from RUN-DMC at the Hard Rock Café here in Cleveland. The performance helped raise money for The Felix Organization.

The next thing that happened was the free day at the Rock Hall. If you had never been to the Rock Hall, this would have been the day to go. And since several recently added exhibits are currently on display, the chance to catch up with what’s going on at the museum made the free day well worth taking advantage of. With all of the activity surrounding the Induction Ceremony, you could almost feel the magic in the air.

Cleveland’s own Bobby Womack was involved in the special day as the Rock Hall Inductee for the 2009 class came to the Rock Hall. He was there, hours before he was inducted, to sign autographs for his fans.

Another thing that happened was the free day of music at the Rock Hall. Taking part in the celebration were several bands that were chosen to help entertain the large crowd that came to check out what all of the excitement was about. The bands that took part in the live music were: Cleveland’s own Pale Hollow, which was the winner of the YouTube “Rock Your Way To Cleveland” video contest; Decade, the winning band in the Plain Dealer “Cleveland Rocks ‘09” contest; and Consumer Republic, the 2008 Fortune Battle of the Bands winner.

Cleveland’s own Pale Hollow made their way to that stage by winning the “Rock Your Way To Cleveland” contest that was sponsored by YouTube. Of the three bands that played on the stage, they were the only band to play all original music. The performance given by Pale Hollow was definitely worthy of playing at the Rock Hall.

Cleveland’s own Decade made their way to to the the stage on April 4th by winning the Plain Dealer’s “Cleveland Rocks ‘09” contest. Although they were the least impressive to me, they still put in a good performance with their version of cover songs.
Consumer Republic, a band from Switzerland, made their way to the Rock Hall stage by winning the 2008 Fotune Battle of the Corporate Bands. With that win, the band, which was formed by five coworkers at Proctor & Gamble in Switzerland, all but brought the house down with their set of cover songs. But unlike Decade, the band’s set was exciting and fresh. The hour that the band was on the stage seemed to be over way too fast.

The line for the free day at the Rock Hall stretched down the street for the entire day from the time the Rock Hall opened until the Rock Hall was cleared out to make room for the people who paid for the chance to watch the Rock Hall Induction Ceremony live via satellite feed.

Even if you were not lucky enough to be able to see the Rock Hall Induction Ceremony as it took place in Cleveland this year, there was still plenty of things that you could take in during the day to make you feel like you had taken part in something special.