Woodstick Groove

Woodstick was held on Sunday, April 26th. Thank you to everyone who participated!! Here's a description about our past event. We will keep you posted when our next Woodstick drumming event will be scheduled in 2016:



This charity event is organized in cooperation with Groove Music for Youth, Emerald Queen Casino, Donn Bennett Drum Studios, and Seattle American Music. Proceeds from Woodstick will go toward Groove Music For Youth, a Crime Stoppers-affiliated program that provides musical instruments to under-funded schools and at risk youth.

Woodstick is the largest gathering of drummers of all ages playing drumsets ever assembled. We will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most drummers playing the same beat simultaneously. Drummers in Birmingham, England broke our old record with 583 drummers in 2008, and again in 2012 with 798 drummers. It's time for us to bring the record back to the Northwest where this all started. The highlights are below. You can find complete information regarding schedules, location, registration and everything else on Woodstick Big Beat Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/woodstickbigbeat.



WHERE IT'S HELD:

Emerald Queen Casino I-5 Showroom - Please note: This is an All-Ages Event!

ADDRESS: 2024 E. 29th St. Tacoma, WA 98404



PREVIOUS EVENT SCHEDULE

8:30 a.m. - Pre-Registration Check In

9:30 a.m. - Drummers Load in

10:00 a.m. - Doors Open to All

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Celebrity Drummer Clinics

2:00 p.m to 2:30 p.m. - Meet & Greet for GROOVE Package registrants

2:30 p.m. - Raffle prize drawings

3:00 p.m. - to 5:00 p.m. - Woodstick Show

5:00 p.m. - Autographs and Load-out.



PAST REGISTRATION INFORMATION

$15 fee for Participants - admission

$10 fee for Spectators - admission

PARTICIPANT & SPECTATOR PLEDGE LEVELS- Please note: both participants and spectators have the opportunity to participate in raising money in pledges to receive a souvenir event laminate, t-shirt, and/or addmission to backstage Meet & Greet with the Celebrity Drummers (see pledge levels below):

$50 in pledges - souvenir event laminate

$100 in pledges - souvenir event laminate and t-shirt

$175 in pledges - souvenir event laminate, t-shirt, and first 4 rows seating (first 4 rows seating for drummers).

$250 fee for GROOVE Package - admission, Drum Kit Supplied (for drummers - only ten available), admission to Celebrity Drummers Meet & Greet, front row seating (for drummers), souvenir laminate, and t-shirt. TO PARTICIPATE IN FUNDRAISING REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.firstgiving.com/tacomapiercecrimestoppers/woodstick-big-beat-2015



CELEBRITY DRUMMERS WHO ATTENDED

Tony Coleman (BB King)

Daniel Glass (Royal Crown Revue, Brian Setzer)

Bryan Hitt (REO Speedwagon)

Jeff Kathan (Paul Rodgers, Spike & The Impalers)

Eddie Mendoza (Aury Moore Band)

Rich Redmond (Jason Aldean)

Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper)

Michael Shrieve (Santana)

Ben Smith (Heart)

Jason Sutter (Foreigner, Chris Cornell, SmashMouth)

Brian Tichy (Bonzo Bash Creator, Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne)

Alan White (YES)

Others to be announced!



FUNDRAISING

Woodstick Big Beat is a fundraising event to raise money for local school music programs. We hightly encourage all participants to raise pledges much like you would in a walk-a-thon. Bill Cantlon raised the most money, and he won a 7-piece Mapex MyDentity drum kit.



DRUMS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE

If you participate, you'll need drums to play. In order to be counted in the Guinness World Record, your drum kit must consist of:

A bass drum with a pedal

A snare drum with a stand

A tom tom

A hi-hat, ride or crash cymbal

PRIZES GIVEN AWAY

There will be over $10,000 in prizes awarded to Woodstick Participants.



DRUM SET CONTEST

Anyone can enter the drum set contests. Prizes awarded in each category for:

Coolest Drum Kit

Best Vintage Drum Kit


VOLUNTEERS

Our volunteers helped us in these areas: Floor set up, setting up & tearing down of GROOVE package drum sets, and general help. Stage help must be over 18, and know how to properly set up and tear down a drum set.

DONATIONS

If you can't attend, but are still interested in making a donation to help GROOVE-Music For Youth, you can make your donating on our registration page: http://www.firstgiving.com/tacomapiercecrimestoppers/woodstick-big-beat-2015