- You rock!

[applause] - Ladies Rock Camp is complete magic, and it is a transformational experience for adult women who want to step into their power and reclaim their voice.

You come in, you learn a new instrument, you're forming bands, you're writing original songs, you're attending workshops, you're doing silly games and activities.

And it all culminates in a final concert at the end of the weekend.

- My name is Christy Carpenter.

It's my first time singing ever.

Should I hear myself through this?

- Yes.

I'm here.

Okay.

[music] ♪ You're a dirty, dirty man ♪ [music] ♪ And you ain't got a burden ♪ [music] - What I hope this camp will help me learn about myself is reservation.

Um, in all capacities of my life.

I'm going straight at it headstrong.

I'm the boss.

Everybody has to do what I say we all.

Even my boss.

And in this capacity, I'm hoping that I learn more of being able to hear other people and then let that, you know, not just be the one that is leading everything.

- I feel like Christy became a little bit softer through the camp experience, because she was already seemingly so brave and so forward and so confident, but I think that we got to see a side of her that was a little bit softer and a little bit or quite a bit less of a facade of strength.

And I just thought that she really embraced what it meant to be a ladies rock camper.

♪ Was a son of a preacher man, the only boy ♪ - In my world.

People are very critical of people singing.

Doesn't matter how good you are in my world or in my culture, they are very, very critical.

And so that's the biggest nerve wracking is that after I got done a little while ago with singing for my first time.

Everybody said it was awesome.

My child was there recording it, she said it was awesome.

But I still can't shake the idea that it wasn't.

And I think that's probably the scariest thing.

- No.

No, baby.

- Having my mom here at camp has been a very wholesome experience; she's my biggest fan.

She comes to all of my shows.

It's one of her favorite things to do.

So seeing her get up on stage and do the same things that I do and understand what that feels like, and then look at me and say, I understand how hard it is, and I'm sorry for being so hard on you.

Felt really good because she understands and we have like this extra connection now.

[music] - We all have to write our own song as an exercise for this.

So this is all original songs.

And for me, they do kind of say that the-the vocalist is the one that kind of really, you know, writes the songs.

I didn't want to just run with whatever I thought, you know.

So that's what we were doing.

We were all coming together with what the ideas for the actual song would be.

[music] Hanging in there.

[music] Now you have about 20 minutes.

You guys have any questions?

[music] Fantastic.

- Ladies Rock is curated specifically to be a very short amount of time in which these women have this big challenge in front of them, and ultimately it is to avoid them from second guessing themselves or creating doubt.

[music] No one gives you, like, - the space or really the freedom to mess up, to make mistakes, to learn.

And that's all this is.

It is literally designed for these women.

Well, not just these women, for everyone in this, in this to fail so that we can do it together.

We can laugh, we can dust ourselves off, and we can do better next time.

[music] - It's important to have community.

It's important to have friends even at an older age.

Um, and that you can do things that you've never thought about doing out of your wheelhouse.

Just give it a try and understand that it can be fun and try to maintain these relationships even after camp.

[music] - Well, I think the camp changed the sense that about myself, that I feel like I am a singer and I've never felt like that before.

[music] - I am so excited to announce Maiden Mother Crone give it up!

[applause] [music] - Here we go again.

[music] ♪ I shall not be moved ♪ [music] ♪ Shall not be moved ♪ [music] Let's do it again.

[music] ♪ I Shall not be moved ♪ [music] ♪ Say it with me ♪ [music] ♪ I Shall not be moved ♪ - I feel like an absolute rock star.

Absolutely.

It's nice to have everybody to give such great feedback and to know that it moved people.

It's a weekend straight of craziness, but the reality is it was life changing.

I've had so many ladies that have told me their experience was life changing, and it's no different for me either.

This was, you know, very it was amazing.

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