Our apologies to the drummer faithful; tonight’s drum circle (01/05/2009) has been cancelled due to everyone being sick. We expect everyone in the Greater Columbus area (if not Ohio) to be sick tonight around 8:00 P.M. If you’re not sick already, you may want to leave work early to prepare…being sick. Go Buckeyes!
Keep your schedules clear, drummers! Drum Daze 2009 is coming to Columbus on Sunday, March 29. As usual, the event will be held at the Capitol Theatre at the Riffe Center. No word yet on artists or admission. Stay tuned for more information!
Happy New Year from all of us at Columbus Percussion! We wish you the best in this new year, and hope you keep some of those resolutions!
The first year of the Big Beat event was a great success. We had a great turnout (over 50!) and a bunch of people walked away with gear, from cymbal packs to snares to the kit we gave away as the grand prize. We want to thank everyone who attended this inaugural Big Beat event, because we couldn’t have done it without you. We hope you guys enjoyed it as much as we did!
We had a great time with Bob Breithaupt and Reggie Jackson who came and gave clinics, as well as Jeff Jones who not only hosted the event and kept us entertained, but held a drum circle as well. We raised a lot of money both for the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and for The Victory Mission. We’re still waiting on official numbers for the nationwide Guinness World’s Record, but we’ll put those up as soon as we know. Again, thanks for coming, and we’re looking forward to next year!
Todd Sucherman came and gave an awesome clinic the other night
here at Columbus Percussion. Incorporating items from his new DVD, Todd talked and played to everyone’s content. We want to thank him and his sponsor companies for making this possible. Click “Read more »” for some shots from the clinic.
The guys at Columbus Percussion want to extend a warm thank you to Bob Gatzen for coming out and hosting a great clinic. We also appreciate all the work done by his sponsors (D’Addario, DW, and others) to make it possible. We had a great turnout for the event and we had a great time as well. Click “Read more »” for some images from the clinic.
On Sunday, November 16, Gregg Bissonette is coming to 
Columbus Percussion to host a clinic. As well as releasing solo albums, Gregg has played with artists such as David Lee Roth, The Buddy Rich Big Band, Toto, Jeff Lynne and ELO, and Ringo Starr. The event will be here at Columbus Percussion at 3:30 that afternoon.Like the Sucherman clinic, Columbus Percussion will also have a sale for this clinic (Nov. 16 - 23). Sale items are:
• Mapex drumsets - Too low to advertise!
• Zildjian cymbals - Too low to advertise!
• Vic Firth drumsticks - 50% off retail!
• Remo drumheads - 50% off retail!
Tickets are also $5 ahead of time, $10 at the door, and are redeemable for any purchase of $20 or more. As always, there will be tons of killin’ door prizes. Be there!
The sound of drums will rumble across North America on Sunday, November 2 as nine Five-Star member drum shops launch The Big Beat, to bring together the largest gathering of drummers ever assembled (to break the Guinness Book’s record!), celebrate the joy of drumming and raise money for worthwhile causes. Want details? Read on:
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Registration is no longer required!
Tickets are now required instead. Anyone who already registered now has tickets that will be available in store, as well as at Will Call at the event. Want to register but don’t have time to stop in to pick up tickets? Look no further. Here’s what you need:
Tickets
Pledge Form
Individual Donation Form
Corporate Donation Form
Organization Donation Form
Send forms to 5052 North High Street Columbus, OH 43214 or fax them to 614.885.4761. If you have any questions, call us at 614.885.7372 or send an e-mail to mail@columbuspercussion.com
The sound of drums will rumble across North America on Sunday, November 2 as nine Five-Star member drum shops launch The Big Beat, to bring together the largest gathering of drummers ever assembled, celebrate the joy of drumming and raise money for worthwhile causes. Not only will each location try to break the Guinness world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time (previously set by Donn Bennett Drum Studio, with 533), but the participants will also try to set a record for drummers in all cities playing simultaneously!
Patterned after similar events that have been held by Five-Star members in Seattle, Tulsa and Houston, The Big Beat is the first attempt to coordinate efforts on a large scale, with the hope of expanding each year, until drummers across the globe are locked in on one worldwide groove.
Donn Bennett, owner of Donn Bennett Drum Studio in suburban Seattle and a co-founder of Woodstick, the semiannal Big Beat-type event that has been held for five years explains, “What started out as a lark has grown into the single most dynamic demonstration of the power of drums and drummers in our community, making this event the focal point of the Northwest drumming world.”
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