{"id":1839,"date":"2012-11-01T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T21:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2013-11-12T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:22:07","slug":"v-drums-contest-u-s-finals-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/01\/v-drums-contest-u-s-finals-results\/","title":{"rendered":"V-Drums Contest U.S. Finals Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The results are in but if you were following the conversation on Twitter (#vdrumscontest) you probably already know that this year’s V-Drums U.S. National Champion is Pat Kennedy from Manor, TX. The Runner-up is Phillip “PJ” Hill from Milwaukee, WI.\u00a0Patrick will represent the U.S.\u00a0at\u00a0the V-Drums World Championship 2 contest in Frankfurt, Germany in April, 2013. You can still check out their entry videos and bios\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grand prize winner, Patrick received a\u00a0TD-30KV<\/a>\u00a0drum kit and PJ won a\u00a0TD-15KV<\/a>\u00a0kit for the runner-up spot. Both winners also received\u00a0DW hardware<\/a>\u00a0and bricks of\u00a0Vic Firth<\/a>\u00a0drum sticks. Again, apologies for the live stream cut off. We received great comments about our stream quality up until we went offline, thanks Danita Barber (Twitter handle: @whatuKnowGood).<\/p>\n

Funny how things happen at\u00a0deciding\u00a0moments or during Thomas Lang’s compelling performance. We’ll keep the #vdrumscontest\u00a0hashtag\u00a0alive for the V-Drums World Championships in Frankfurt next year. \u00a0 Special thanks to our Twitter audience for keeping things interesting!<\/p>\n