COLUMBUS PRO PERCUSSION DRUM DAZE 2000 A HUGE SUCCESS.NEARLY 600 FANS from around the Midwest enjoyed seven hours of drumming on March 19 at the fifth annual Drum Daze in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , sponsored by Columbus Percussion. Danny Gottlieb Danny Gottlieb (born 1953) is a freelance drummer who has performed as part of the Pat Metheny Group and Mahavishnu Orchestra. He is also a member of the University of North Florida jazz faculty, where he teaches several weeks of the year. , Leon Mobley Leon Mobley is a percussioner and drummer, founder and articstic and musical director of Da Lion and Djimbe West African Drummers and Dancers and a member of The Innocent Criminals, Ben Harper's band. , Tony Royster Jr., Sonny Emory, the Hip Pickles, and Chester Thompson presented clinics and amazed the crowd. The day began with Danny Gottlieb, sponsored by Premier and Zildjian, who performed a solo that showcased his trademark cymbal cymbal Percussion instrument consisting of a circular metal plate that is struck with a drumstick or two such plates that are struck together. They were used, often ritually, in Assyria, Israel (from c. sound. Gottlieb also discussed the importance of rudiments and performed a single-handed single-stroke roll at 160 beats per minute beats per minute Cardiac pacing The unit of measure for the frequency of heart depolarizations or contractions each minute–or pulse rate . Leon Mobley explained the history of the djembe A djembe (pronounced jem bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin covered hand drum, shaped like a large goblet, and meant to be played with bare hands. drum, including the Remo djembe he used for the clinic. He also performed traditional African rhythms and discussed their origin. Sixteen-year-old Tony Royster Jr. wowed the crowd with his drumset abilities by playing to some great tunes written by fellow drummer Bob Gatzen. Sonny Emory, sponsored by Yamaha and Zildjian, opened his clinic playing on a single snare drum at stage center. The amazed crowd was then treated to a set solo that showed off his lightening-fast bass drum work. Hip Pickles' versatile performance was a big crowd-pleaser; they performed their choreographed show using marching percussion, djembes, drum set percussion, and more. The evening was closed with a great solo by Chester Thompson, after which he performed with the Hoodoo Soul Band, a Columbus-based band. The Fifth Annual Drum Daze was a tremendous success due in large part to the companies who helped sponsor the event: Premier, Drum Workshop, Sabian, Pearl, Zildjian, Yamaha, Remo, Evans, and Shure Microphones. Many door prizes were given away, including a Premier XPK drum set. |
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