Location is Exhibit Hall 5 of the Austin Convention Center at 500 E. Cesar Chavez in Austin. Doors open at 6:00 pm, the event starts 7:00 pm CDT.

The US finals will also feature live performances by renown artists Johnny Rabb and Thomas Lang.

Celebrity judges will include Johnny Rabb, Roland senior product specialist Steve Fisher and 2010 V-Drums national finalist Robin Lopez.

The entire US finals will be live-streamed on the Roland US website (7:00 pm CDT).

The US finalists
Of the hundreds of entries, 48 semi-finalists were selected to compete at eight regional semi-finals in September and the top players have moved on to the national finals in Austin.

These are the eight 2012 national finalists in the USA:

• Brandon Currie - Marietta, GA
  
• DeCarlos Davis - Winston-Salem, NC
  
• Jeffrey Fajardo - Brooklyn, NY
  
• TJ Fisher - Long Beach, CA
  
• Casey Glass - Loveland, CO
  
• Reed Hayes - Deltona, FL
  
• PJ Hill - Milwaukee, WI
  
• Patrick Kennedy - Manor, TX

About the Roland V-Drums championships
The annual Roland V-Drums championship is an international competition that gives drummers chance to make history by competing at regional, national and international levels with solo drum performances on the Roland TD-30KV V-Pro series V-Drums.

Along the way, contestants can win professional percussion gear, accessories, and swag, with the US Champion earning the opportunity to represent the USA at the V-Drums World Championship in Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2013.