July 18 and 19, 2009
Sound Check The Nation's largest rehearsal facility
750 Cowan Street Nashville TN 37207
HOURS: The show is open to the public Saturday July 18 from 12:00 noon until 8:00 and on Sunday July 19 from 10:00 a.m to 5:00 a.m.
ADMISSION: $10 daily. (children 6 to 12 $5, children under 5 free) Special VIP for Saturday morning load in is $35.
RAFFLE: Each adult admission includes one raffle ticket for prizes. Additional raffle tickets are $5 each
EXHIBITORS: Drummaker.com, Bart Elliott's Drummer Cafe, George's Drum Shop, Witt Percussion, Prentiss Practice Pads, Gary Asher, Bosphorus Cymbals, Stauffer Percussion, Phattie Drums, Black Label Drums, cocktaildrumsets.com, and many more!
HISTORY: Not So Modern Drummer magazine sponsored this show in the mid to late nineties but it came to a screeching halted when its host John Aldridge moved from Nashville to Oklahoma. New publisher George Lawrence is bringing the show back! One of the big attractions of having the show on this particular weekend is that the NAMM show is just down the street, insuring not only a good attendance but also the appearance of lots of drumming celebrities! Also the Snare Drum Olympics will be held just prior to the show and all the drums entered by the manufacturers will be on display. Formerly called the NSMD Southern Vintage & Custom Drum Show, the name has been shortened to just Southern Drum Show and is not excluding modern drums. Plans are now for there to be separate areas for playing areas, non playing areas, clinicians and the Future Drum Electronic Drum Symposium.
