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The History of Woodstick
Woodstick is an annual World Record drum
event and fund raiser that is truly amazing. Not only do drummers interact
with other drummers, but they also play with and meet an awesome array of
today's top professional Celebrity Drummers who perform some mind-blowing solo's.
Woodstick is the brain child of Chris Kimball; and with the assistance of
co-founder Don Bennett of Bennett Drum
Studios has become an annual Puget Sound event fast becoming recognized
world-wide. Drummers from across the nation and as far away as Haiti have
come to participate.
In 4 years,
Woodstick has set 3 new Guinness World Records
for the most full kit drummers assembled in one location playing an original
composition in sync for 6 minutes, while being directed by a professional conductor.
Woodstick not only supports the drumming community, over the past 4 years has raised funds for Polio Eradication, Puget Sound School Music Programs, Tacoma Network Services. This year Woodstick will raise funds for the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center at the University of Washington and Northwest School Music Programs.
Woodstick
2007 is being
held at the ShowPlex Exhibition & Conference Center October 27, 2007.
Woodstick 2006
Held at Qwest Event
Center in Seattle, WA establishing another new
Guinness World Record with
533
full kit
drummers.
2006
Celebrity drummers included
Alan
White (Yes, John Lennon)
Jeff Kathan (Paul Rodgers, Sir Mix-a-lot)
Michael Derosier (Heart, Clever Bastards)
Bernard Purdie (Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, and
studio legend)
Robby Ameen(Paul Simon, Dizzy Gillespie)
John Blackwell (Prince)
Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche)
Jason McGerr(Death Cab For Cutie)
Chris Pennie(Dillinger Escape Plan)
Woodstick2003
This was the first year
of this soon to become traditional event and was held in an airplane hangar in Gig Harbor, WA.
The
response was so overwhelming, the sea of drummers overflowed the hangar and 100
drummers ended up setting up their kits on the tarmac
outside of the hangar. History was made as we set our first Guinness World Record with 264 full kit drummers establishing the Pacific
Northwest as the drum capitol of the world. The previous World Record was set in
Spain with 120 full kit drummers
2003 Celebrity drummers
included
Alan White (Yes, John Lennon)
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)
Jeff Kathan (Paul Rodgers, Sir Mix-a-lot)
Michael Derosier (Heart, Clever Bastards)
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