NAMM International Announces Summer NAMM World's Fastest Drummer Competition

NAMM International announces it's tenth outing to find the 'World's Fastest Drummer.' This highly charged Interactive Event is a feature at this year's Summer NAMM Show in Austin, TX. The contest, which consists of two categories—Fastest Hands and Fastest Feet—will be held each day on The NAMM Fastest Drummer 4th. Street Lobby Stage at the Austin Convention Center starting at 11:00am Friday, July 27th, with "heats" continuing through Saturday until 5.00pm. The top ten Fastest Hands and top ten Fastest Feet will compete in a 'Finals Battle' of both categories held Sunday, July 30th.

Included in this year's event will be technical demonstrations, insight sessions and appearances by WFD Champions and World Record Holders, Matt 'The Kid' Smith, Johnny '3 Bomb' Rabb, and Mike 'Machine' Mallais. Also appearing will be the ever lovely Miss WFD 2007, Christine Johnson.

"To see these WFD multi World Record Holders go at it, full throttle, smooth as silk with their hands and feet at top speeds for a full 60 second run is simply an amazing work of technical proficiency," says Boo McAfee, co-founder of Extreme Sport Drumming.

The NAMM International Fastest Drummer Contest is sponsored by TheMusicEdge.com, NAMM's new teen promotional initiative and is open to anyone attending this year's NAMM Summer Session. Please Note: NAMM is a 'Trade Only' Convention and is NOT open to the General Public.

"World Fastest Drummer Organization, along with the fine folks at NAMM International, launched a Fastest Drummer retail participation program called The Music Edge Fastest Drummer Program in 2004," added McAfee. "The store's winner can advance to compete for over $12,000 in Grand Prizes. Since the program started we have seen contestants from all over the USA and abroad. We are also extremely please to announce that 'the greatest' cymbal company in the world, Zildjian, is a partner with WFD 2007."