The Music Edge Fastest Drummer Contest 2006 NAMM Summer Session

2006 NAMM Summer Session - Austin, Texas

Do You Have What it Takes to be
NAMM’S INTERNATIONAL FASTEST DRUMMER???

NAMM International continues its quest to find the Worlds Fastest Drummer ®. This highly charged Interactive Event is a feature at this year’s Summer NAMM Session in Austin, Texas, July 14-16. The contest which consist of two categories, Battle of the Hands ™ and Battle of the Feet ™ will be held each day on The NAMM Fastest Drummer 4th Street Lobby Stage at the Austin Convention Center starting at 11:00am Friday, July 14th, with “heats” continuing through Saturday until 5.00pm. The top ten Fastest Hands and top ten Fastest Feet will compete in a ‘Finals Battle’ Sunday, July 16th.

Included in this year’s event will be technical demonstrations, insight sessions and appearances by WFD Champions and World Record Holders Johnny Rabb (Deana Carter, Tanya Tucker, SheDaisy, Maynard Ferguson), Tim ‘The Missile’ Yeung (Nile, Hate Eternal, Vital Remains), and Randy Briggs (WFD & DCI Champ). “To see these guys with World Records of 1200 strokes in a minute go at it, full throttle, smooth as silk with their hands and feet moving over 20 times per second for a full 60 second run is simply an amazing work of technical proficiency.” says Boo McAfee, co-founder of WFD Extreme Sport Drumming ®.

NOTE that WFD Champions are NOT competing in the contest and are ineligible for prizes.

Also appearing will be winners of the Miss WFD Austin 2006 title, Ivy Lynn and Kristin Maverick!

The World's Fastest Drummer contest is sponsored by THE MUSIC EDGE.COM, NAMM’s new teen promotional initiative and is open to everyone attending the NAMM Summer Session. (NOTE: NAMM is a ‘trade only’ convention and is not open to the general public.* ) “The World's Fastest Drummer Organization, along with the fine folks at NAMM International recently launched a Fastest Drummer retail participation program called The Music Edge Fastest Drummer Program, and now the contests are taking place at stores all over the World, like Johnson Music Center in Hutchinson, Kansas, George's Drum Shop in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Sam Ash stores nationwide. Additionally the contests can be found at international locations such as St. John's Music in Canada, Key-WI Music in Germany, Allan's Music in Australia, Tom Lee Music in Hong Kong, Paul Bothner Music in South Africa and Tomsun Trading in the United Arab Emirates. NAMM retailers world-wide now have the opportunity to fully participate in this extremely exciting international event. The store’s winner can advance to compete for over $12,000 in Grand Prizes!” added Craig Alan, co-founder of WFD Extreme Sport Drumming ®.

Over $12,000 in prizes provided by:

Grand-Prizes for the 2006 Summer Session contest include:
2 Pearl Drum-Sets,
a year supply of Pro Mark drumsticks (with Winner’s name),
2 sets of Meinl cymbals,
Axis LongBoard ‘A’ Double Pedal,
and 50 Remo drum heads!

NOTE: NAMM is a ‘trade only’ convention and is not open to the general public.*

CONTEST RULES
1. All contestants for both Battle of the Hands ™ and Battle of the Feet ™ competitions will be scored on playing single strokes (no bounces, presses or buzz) for ONE MINUTE and recorded by the Drumometer™.
2. Contestants may run as many times as they like during the Preliminary Heats.
3. Contestants' top Preliminary score will be used toward Finals qualifying.
4. Preliminary scores will NOT be used to determine Grand Prize winners!
5. FINALS scores will be the ONLY scores used to determine GRAND PRIZE winners.
6. NOTE that WFD Champions AND previous GRAND PRIZE winners are ineligible for prizes.
7. Judges decisions are final!

Contestants should sign in at the NAMM Fastest Drummer 4th Street Lobby Stage at the Austin Convention Center starting the morning of Friday, July 14th.

For more information on NAMM's Summer Session in Austin, Texas click here
or email Info@WorldsFastestDrummer.com

MAY THE FASTEST DRUMMER WIN!!!

* How can you participate in the contest when the Trade Show is not open to the public? SIMPLE! Contact your local music store and ask them to participate in The Music Edge Fastest Drummer Program. The program allows each NAMM retailer the opportunity to fully participate in this extremely exciting international event, and the store’s winners are eligible to advance and compete at the NAMM trade shows. Click here for more or email Info@WorldsFastestDrummer.com.