Credit: WHITNIE WILLIAMS

Credit: WHITNIE WILLIAMS

Girls Rock Camp

When it comes to taking and making space, Girls Rock Camp St. Petersburg reigns supreme. The local summer camp spends a week teaching kids how to play an instrument and form bands before asking the ensembles to bring the show on the road for a performance on the big stage at Jannus Live. Confidence is hard to come by, but GRC empowers young women by pointing out how there’s a huge difference between caring about other people and caring about what other people think about you.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...