2006 US Air Guitar Championships are under way
Regional Competitions throughout America start March 2, 2006 in New York City
US Air Guitar Championships set for June 2006
Winner to be flown to Oulu, Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships in September 2006
The 2006 US Air Guitar Regional Heats will begin on March 2nd in New York City. After winning the World Championships in 2004 and 2005, The USA placed no better than 7th in last year's world championships. This year, Team USA is redoubling its efforts in the annual search for the greatest air guitarist in all the land.
Regional competitions will be held in at least 10 cities nationwide. ?One winner from each regional will be flown to New York City in June 2006 to compete for the title of US Air Guitar Champion. ?The winner of the US Finals will win a trip to Finland to represent the USA in the 11th annual Air Guitar World Championships.
US Air Guitar is devoted to taking our nation's unofficial pastime out of the bedroom and putting it up on the world stage. US Air Guitar is an official member of the World Air Guitar Association and each year sends the US Air Guitar Champion to compete for the world title in Oulu, Finland.
The US Air Guitar Championships have been covered by news outlets including NBC, CNN, Newsweek, The New York Times, ABC, MSNBC, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, ESPN, NPR, Salon.com, Variety, the NY Daily News and more. Air guitar champions have made guest appearances on The Today Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the CBS Early Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Howard Stern, Fox & Friends and more.
2006 US AIR GUITAR SCHEDULE
The 2006 US Air Guitar Championships kick off with the NYC Regional on Thursday, March 2 at The Knitting Factory. The NYC Regional Champion will secure a spot in the 2006 US Finals, where he or she will compete against Regional Champions from across the country as well as the first-ever Collegiate Champion.
NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL COMPETITION ???
Thursday, March 2, 2006
The Knitting Factory NYC
74 Leonard Street
New York , NY
Doors 8PM, US Air Guitar 9:30PM
$10 advance, $15 day of show, All ages
Link to purchase tix: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=nyc&query=detail&event=652110
http://www.knittingfactory.com/
CONFIRMED REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis, MN
New York, NY
More to be announced…
2006 US AIR GUITAR FINALS
New York City -- June 2006?(Location and Date TBA)
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AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2006 US Air Guitar Champion will move on to the Air Guitar World Championships, held
every August in Northern Finland. Entering its eleventh year, there are official national championships in the USA, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United Arab Emirates, with more countries participating every year.
OTHER US AIR GUITAR NEWS….
AIR GUITAR HITS THE BIG SCREEN at SXSW 2006
Premiering at SXSW on March 12, AIR GUITAR NATION is a feature-length documentary about the year that air guitar swept America. From New York to Los Angeles and all the way to northern Finland, AIR GUITAR NATION chronicles the rise of the US Air Guitar Championships through the eyes of former world champions, fans and media, and through the personal journeys of our top competitors. ?AIR GUITAR NATION was directed by Alexandra Lipsitz and produced by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves (executive producers of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing," Bravo's "Project Runway" and HBO’s “Project Greenlight”), and US Air Guitar organizers Anna Barber, Cedric Devitt and Kriston Rucker.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The US Regionals will each consist of two rounds. In round 1, each competitor performs to a song of their own choosing. In round 2, the top competitors from round 1 perform to the surprise compulsory song.
In each round, contestants perform for one minute of a song and are judged on a combination of technical prowess, stage presence and “airness." All guitars must be invisible. In each city, the jury is a panel of independent judges hand picked by US Air Guitar. The results of the jury cannot be protested.?
PAST WINNERS
These rarefied few have the total package: technical wizardry, stage presence and the ever-elusive "airness."
?2005 US Air Guitar Champion: Fatima "Rockness Monster" Hoang
?2004 US & World Air Guitar Champion: MiRi "Sonyk-Rok" Park
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?2003 US & World Air Guitar Champion: David "C-Diddy" Jung
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON US AIR GUITAR, PLEASE VISIT: http://www.usairguitar.com
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