THE BIG BEAT 2010

The sound of drums will rumble across North America once again on Sunday, November 7 with the addition of four more locations, as 15 Five-Star member drum shops participate in The Big Beat and raise money for worthwhile causes. Billed as the world’s largest multi-city drum set event, last year’s Big Beat drew 1202 drummers and about 3500 spectators in 11 cities and raised more than $62,000 for charity.

Each location will have a variety of fun events throughout the day, including guest appearances by major-name drummers, World’s Fastest Drummer contests and raffles and giveaways of percussion gear from the industry’s best-known manufacturers, with top Big Beat pledge-raisers in each city being awarded special prizes. There will also be a national raffle with the grand prize winner getting a Dream Theater replica tour bass drum head signed by the members of the band! But, the highlight of the day will be at 5:45PM Eastern time when all of the drummers in each of the 15 cities play the same groove in unison. This feat will be achieved through a video internet connection, with the director in each city following the conductor in Seattle.

Click Here to see the entire press release and a list of the participating locations.