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confirmed for 2012 Chicago Drum Show as of Jan. 31, 2012: (For a complete exhibitor list, refer to the show program, linked on this page): Alternate
Mode, Amedia Cymbals, Ken Anderson & Susan
Jevens, Ancient Tree Drums, Gary Asher, Baltimore
Drum Co., Beat Boogie Custom Drums, Blaemire Drums,
Bob's Beats, Boom Alley Drums, Bun E Carlos &
Randy Rainwater, Carolina Drumworks, Chicago Drum
Works, Chicago Music Exchange, Chicago's #1 Drum
Lessons, Chicago Custom Percussion, Chicago Drum
Exchange, Chiro One, Cooper's Vintage Drums, Classic
Drummer, Craviotto Drum Co, Custom Tank Drums,
Detroit Custom Drum Co., Drugan's Drums, Drum
Factory, Drumforum.org, DrumArt, DrumSTRONG, Drum Supply
House, Drums For Cures, Drumtone.com, Gary Dulock,
Dynamicx Drums USA, Ellis Drum Shop, Entym Drums,
Ernest Tubs, Erie Drums & Shells, Evans Drumheads,
Gauger Percussion, Generation Custom Drums, Rick
Gier, Gladstone Shells/C&C Drums, Great Lakes
Trader, Guitar Center, Mark Hamon, Hitt Drums,
Hhothat, David Holcomb, Holland Drums, HoopLite,
Tim Husted, JC's Drummin Music, J.D. Music, JDG
Drums, Jamtec, Jorma & Sven, Jim Krutz, Keith
Larsen/Baltimore Drum Co/Mid Atlantic Drum, Kelly
Concepts, Legacy Percussion gear, Tony Lewis,
Litstyle, Ludwig Drum Company, Joe Luoma, MBW
Drums, Maxheads/Jim Murray, Steve Maxwell, Moon
Mics, NotSoModernDrummer, Ofbeat Music, Overtone
Labs, Tim O'Hara, Matt Nolan Custom, Palmetto
Drum Co, Past Time Drums, Phoenix Drum Shop, Pintech
USA, Play Drums, Power Wrist Builders, Prentice
Practice Pads, Prestige Percussion, ProLogix,
ProMark Sticks, RB Drumsticks, RC Percussion,
Rat Rod Drums, Regal Tip, Rock Custom Drums, Rockahaulix,
Rockin' Rudy, Lee Ruff, Power Wrist Builders,
Sabian, Chuck Scalia, Scorpion Stix, Anthony Scott,
Bob Sharp, Skins N Tins, Ray Smith, Songwerks,
Ltd/AVM Band, Sticks N Tones, Stick Stuff &
XCel sticks, Southern Thumb Music, TDC Cajons,
Taye Drums, Tempus Drums, Trick Drums, Earnest
Tubs, Twin Cities Drum Shells, Ufip American,
Unix, Vintage Cymbals, Vintage Cymbals, Vintage
Drumshop/Phoenix Drumshop, Wornstar Clothing,
XCel Sticks, Yahama, Frank
Zumwalt/Andy Dwyer,
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22nd
Annual Chicago Drum Show
May
19 & 20, 2012
Kane County Fairgrounds, St Charles, Illinoisds
10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
daily
Admission: $15.00 adults, $10.00 5-12
VIP admission $75.00 (good
for access during exhibitor setup Friday May
18, 3 P.M. to 8 P.M. and daily at 8 A.M.)
Advance ticket orders are no longer being processed. Please visit the registration desk to purchase admission passes. VIP passes can be purchased at the door Friday from 3 P.M. to 8 P.M. and Saturday monring beginning at 8 A.M.. General admission passes go on sale when the doors open to the public at 10 A.M. Saturday.
Panimal Cracker will
be kicking off the 2012 show; weather permitting
they will be playing outside the front entrance
beginning at 9 A.M. Saturday morning
On Sunday morning Livewire will play outside the front entrance starting just before 10 A.M.
http://www.wearelivewire.com/
Check out their recent WGN morning show appearance: Click here
RAFFLE
PRIZES
Raffle prize donations are
already coming in; click here!
SPECIAL
EXHIBITS:
Brian Hill
ON THE ROPES historic rope drums
This year's display by rope
drum historian Brian Hill will focus on Civil
War era drums and gear
"Tribute
to Craviotto" -a collection of the finest hand
made solid shell drums in the world"!
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KENTUCKY
HEADHUNTERS TO APPEAR IN ST CHARLES SATURDAY NIGHT!
The Chord On Blues, 106
S Riverside Ave, St Charles, Illinois, in association
with Rebeats, Vintage Guitar Magazine, & Amigos
Texas Guitar Shows (Chicago Guitar Show), present
the Kentucky Headhunters. Showtime is 9:00 P.M.
on Saturday May 19th. $20 tickets are available
from Chord on Blues, 630-513-0074, online ordering
www.chordonblues.com
The
Chicago Drum Show is the world's largest
and longest-running event of it's kind.
It is a swap-meet, a drum expo, and an
entertainment event. There are clinics,
demonstrations, raffles, classes, and
over 30,000 square feet of exhibits: New,
used, vintage and custom drums, cymbals,
and related accessories. Publishers and
manufacturers frequently use the Chicago
Drum Show as the platform from which to
introduce significant new products. In
addition to the exhibit area, clinic stage,
and Master Class room, there is a drummer's
cafe near the concession area which serves
as a "second Stage," with DVD
screenings, interviews, and performances.square
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Dennis Stauffer
(Phattie Drums) Memorial at show
Several major players within the drum industry have joined forces with the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and donated an impressive array of custom drums, drum kits and other items with an estimated value of nearly $30,000 for a drawing and giveaway to honor the memory of pioneering drum builder and designer Dennis Stauffer.
The Love Your Drums Fundraiser will be based around the Chicago Drum Show in mid-May and will have an Internet home on the DrumART website at http://www.drumart.com/loveyourdrums/. The fundraiser will support the family of Stauffer, who was killed in a January car crash in North Carolina.
The giveaway and drawing will feature nearly 40 snare drums and three full drumkits including a rare and beautiful complete Ash stave drumkit, a C&C Custom Drums cocktail drumkit, myriad one-ply, stave, segment and ply wood snare drums, and even a number of acrylic and metal snare drums including aluminum and seamless cast bell brass.
People wishing to enter the drawing can make a donation to the fund on the fundraiser website at https://www.sweetrelief.org/dennis-stauffer-family-fund/ or in person at the Chicago Drum Show. Donors of $10 or more will automatically be entered into the May 20 drum drawing and earn one drawing entry for every $10 donated. (Winners will be notified by phone or e-mail after the drawing and do not need to be present to win.)
2012 Clinicians
Ed Shaughnessy 3:00 P.M. Sunday
sponsored by Ludwig, Sabian, ProMark
Mike Clark
Clinic 3:00 P.M. Saturday
Master Class 2:00 P.M. Sunday
mikeclarkmusic.com
sponsored by DW,Istanbul Agop,Firth, Evans,Prologix
Airic 11:00 A.M. Sunday
Trash to Treasure: a comprehensive look at discarded
steel
from a landfill to the musician, the studio, the stage
& beyond.
Click
here for info on lodging near the show
How
to get to the show
Shipping
to the show
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2012
Clinicians
Jane Boxall
11:00 A.M. Saturday, Rebeats Cafe
12:00 noon Sunday Master Class: Postmodern Beats
sponsored by Firth, Rebeats, District Drum Company
Fred Young
sponsored by Ludwig, ProMark, Zildjian,Evans
Fred and John Fred will be featured in a dual presentation
at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday.
John Fred Young
sponsored by DW,Zildjian, ProMark, Evans
Les DeMerle
Master Class 10:30 Saturday
Clinic 1 P.M. Sunday
sponsored by Remo, Zildjian, ProMark
Saturday special events:
12:00 noon, Master Class room
Gretsch drum dating discussion moderated by Rick Gier,
author of "Dating of Vintage Gretsch Drums Based
Upon Serial Numbers: Challenging the Legend, Lore, and
Lies"
2:00 P.M. Rebeats Cafe
Bernie Stone of Stone Custom Drum presentation explaining
how he came to purchase and refurbish the Slingerland
manufacturing equipment from the Niles era which he
is now using to produce shells.
Sunday special event:
2:00 P.M. Rebeats Cafe
Zoro will be talking about his new book The Big
Gig, answering questions and signing autographs.
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