Ebony Peterkin, also known as Ebony “Lady Sticks” has won the title of Southern California’s Top Drummer in the 2009 Next Great Drummer Search for America’s Top Drummer. Ebony literally blew away the competition with her style, performance and level of expertise on the drums.

The Next Great Drummer Show (www.nextgreatdrummer.com) in partnership with Sam Ash Music Stores this year held monthly FREE Drum-Off Competitions and FREE Concerts at local Sam Ash Music Store locations.

In August, this year a Next Great Drummer competition was held in Las Vegas, NV and was at the end of accepting contestants when Ebony called to say that she’d taken a Grey Hound bus to the competition and was in a cab and was lost. One of the Las Vegas Sam Ash staff members stayed on the phone and provided clear directions to the store. Upon arriving Ebony, the only female in the competition that day readied herself as the last contestant, took a breath, played her two minute solo and wowed the judges. Needless to say, she won!

The Next Great Drummer Shows are held annually January through September and are the brain child of world-renowned drummer Eric Seats and his business partner Chrystal Allen-O’Jon. The purpose of these shows are to provide a safe, yet fun forum for youth and young adults to display their drum skills and network with other drum professionals.

Contestants are judged by award-winning producers, who offer constructive criticism to encourage and inspire growth. The winners of each city of each contest compete in a finale at Knotts Berry Farm Amusement Park in Brea, CA.

Some of the Next Great Drummer Judges include: Trevor Lawrence Jr., Dante Robertson, Derrick "Footz", Felix "D-Kat" Pollard, Gordan Campbell, Kevin Ricard , Massimo 'Max' Maiorana,  Mark Allee, Melena, Richie Garcia, Shep Crawford, Teddy Campbell , Dylan Berry, Noah Lifschey , Gil Hawkins Jr., Jara Harris, C.G. Ryche,  Bryan Head, Cole Marcus, Mike Smith, Deon Hairston &  Alex Gonzales.

The benefits to competing and winning are:
-Networking opportunities for all drummers
-Winners are listed in Modern Drummer Magazine
-Winners perform at the Long Beach Jazz Festivals
-Winners perform at the LA Watts Festival of Drums
-Winners compete in finale' competitions, one is at Knotts Berry Farm
-Opportunities to perform at the ESPN Summer XGames
-Winners are picked to endorse some of our sponsor products
-Winners become part of the traveling Next Great Drummer All Stars and earn money
– they are available for booking now! 

Ladysticks Music Festival - 2012 TBD

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