12 drummers (it\'s usually 9).. 3 minutes each.. randomly picked order, ad got 1, which he wasn\'t happy about (also got 1 in the regionals last year and lost)..
so he went first and played a great solo. 4 out of the next 5 drummers were AWFUL. seriously, sounded like any random person going up to a drum set, and just beating on them as hard as they could..
katelin (sp?), adrian\'s 12-year-old student, went 7th.. some of you may remember her from last year.. she\'s come a long way, and you could definitely tell she\'s been learning from adrian. this girl has a lot of heart and talent, and i hope she sticks with it. she was seriously better than two-thirds of the drummers before her. our little group was screaming for her...
so anyways, the judges took the top 2 to go onto the store finals.. 1st place was this guy, Omar.. i thought he deserved it.. he was very good - been playing 25 years, and he was a really disciplined, polished, well-rounded drummer.
2nd place went to Alani (g-spot tornado).. now, i think Alani is a great drummer, but i didn\'t think he played on Adrian\'s level last night.. actually, i thought he played a better solo in last year\'s competition.. i dunno though.. i\'m really not sure what more the judges wanted from adrian, but i thought for sure he had it..
meh.
