September 23, 2008

9:00 pm

As you may know, BYT supports all Air Guitar Efforts:

Following the endless fun, laughter, and non-stop rocking excitement of this year’s US Air Guitar Championships, I decided there’s no way I can possibly wait another 12 months until I see more sweaty, spandex/leather/fruit of the loom-clad rockers pretend to play guitar. Therefore, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands: The Wonderland Ballroom (1101 Kenyon St NW) and I, Fender Splendor, are teaming up to bring you DC’s first (at least as far as I know) all-city Air Guitar Competition! Tuesday, September 23rd is the big day. I have a lot of preparation to handle before the big day approaches, but the first order of business is to let you all now that a) we need some competitors and b) we need a crowd!

WANT TO COMPETE? NO PROBLEM!

Here’s what I need from you:

- A sweet air guitar alias (If you value your dignity, you will not show up in cutoff jeans and a Def Leppard T-Shirt as “Chad McDermott, DC’s hottest up-and-coming consultant”)

- an outfit (doesn’t have to be a custom made lycra jumpsuit, but some effort and elbow grease are sure to go a long way with the judges)

- 60 seconds of your favorite rocking song to showcase your air guitar skills, which you’ll bring to me on cd the day of the competition. It can be any 60 seconds you want, just as long as it’s awesome. If you wanna custom edit 1 minute medley of your all-time favorite solos and burn it on a disc to melt people’s faces, go nuts.

- Hone your skills! Don’t show up to this thing with a choreographed routine - trust me, you’ll get laughed off the air stage - but practicing your moves in the mirror when your roommates or pets aren’t watching is a smart idea.

- FANS! An air guitar competition is nothing without a mob of screaming drunk lunatics cheering/jeering your success/failure. Tell your friends! Tell your family! The more, the m-air-y-er. See what I just did there?

So people, if you know anyone who would be remotely interested in signing up and competing, please have them drop me a line at:

pda311@stu.aii.edu
subject line: Air Guitar

Confused about the rules? Wondering how the hell this shit works? No problem.
The Wonderland Ballroom’s All-City Air Guitar Competition will go down with pretty much the exact same format as the US Air Guitar Championships (for detailed info on the rules, visit www.usairguitar.com…) Three judges, two rounds, figure skating scale, the whole shebang. As for a prize, nothing’s final yet, but expect to it to involve drinking for free at The Wonderland. (Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that.)

FINALLY, I need you people to spread the word! If you know someone who wants to compete, or if you saw the Air Guitar Championships at the 930 Club in June and want more, COME COME COME! TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW! REPOST THIS NOTE A ZILLION TIMES ON FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE! Flyers should be making their way around DC’s hottest hotspots in a matter of days. Spread the word, amigos. Get ready to awkwardly pretend to rock. Kind of.

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