Air Guitar World Championship entries open!
Get your fingers strumming and your hips gyrating - entries are now open for the Air Guitar World Championships.
"The Championships take place in Oulu, Finland, on 24 - 26 August. This year we have fun and promote world peace already for the tenth time. The mischievous offspring of the Oulu Music Video Festival celebrates in a manner befitting its age: singing, playing and competing. The national champions from more than ten countries will be invited to join the birthday party along with all the world over the Internet." quotes the official press release.
"In honour of the anniversary year, the final in the art of playing without a guitar moves from the outdoors to indoor premises at the brand new Club Teatria, a former slaughterhouse nowadays rented by top hockey player Janne Niinimaa." I would be very interested to know what Janne has a slaughterhouse. Is the sportsman's version of the summer cottage?
The festivities and competition also include "a one-minute moment of noise" which I suppose is an important notice to make, lest any subdued Finns be outraged by a sudden burst in the silence.
For those new to Air Guitar or a little out of practice, you can get in shape for the competition by way of the "High Altitude Camp, which takes place on an island situated near the Oulu City Centre. The camp leads its participants to the basics of Air Guitar, for example through choreography studies and private lessons from previous Champions. Also music videos will be made for each of the Air Guitarists for promotional use. The camp ends on Thursday 25 August. The participation fee for the camp is 75 euros, including lectures and exercises, accommodation, sauna and meals aswell as a final exam."
This is indeed every man's dream come true!
For more information, there really is an official website.
On a serious note, at the end of the press release I noticed this: "According to the ideology of the Air Guitar, wars would end and all bad things would disappear if all the people in the world played the Air Guitar. This is why everyone is invited to play the Air Guitar simultaneously at the end of the competition." Ahhhh
"The Championships take place in Oulu, Finland, on 24 - 26 August. This year we have fun and promote world peace already for the tenth time. The mischievous offspring of the Oulu Music Video Festival celebrates in a manner befitting its age: singing, playing and competing. The national champions from more than ten countries will be invited to join the birthday party along with all the world over the Internet." quotes the official press release.
"In honour of the anniversary year, the final in the art of playing without a guitar moves from the outdoors to indoor premises at the brand new Club Teatria, a former slaughterhouse nowadays rented by top hockey player Janne Niinimaa." I would be very interested to know what Janne has a slaughterhouse. Is the sportsman's version of the summer cottage?
The festivities and competition also include "a one-minute moment of noise" which I suppose is an important notice to make, lest any subdued Finns be outraged by a sudden burst in the silence.
For those new to Air Guitar or a little out of practice, you can get in shape for the competition by way of the "High Altitude Camp, which takes place on an island situated near the Oulu City Centre. The camp leads its participants to the basics of Air Guitar, for example through choreography studies and private lessons from previous Champions. Also music videos will be made for each of the Air Guitarists for promotional use. The camp ends on Thursday 25 August. The participation fee for the camp is 75 euros, including lectures and exercises, accommodation, sauna and meals aswell as a final exam."
This is indeed every man's dream come true!
For more information, there really is an official website.
On a serious note, at the end of the press release I noticed this: "According to the ideology of the Air Guitar, wars would end and all bad things would disappear if all the people in the world played the Air Guitar. This is why everyone is invited to play the Air Guitar simultaneously at the end of the competition." Ahhhh
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