Vater Percussion, the Holbrook, Massachusetts-based company that provides quality drumsticks, mallets and brushes for percussionists all over the world, is one of the official sponsors of the Vans Warped Tour 2013, the annual touring music and extreme sports festival.
The tour started earlier this month in Seattle and runs for nearly six weeks, stopping in more than fifty cities in the United States and Canada.
Vater is providing drumsticks for the Drum Lesson Lab at the BandHappy Tent at every of all tour dates this summer. The first ten registered drum students each day will walk away with a pair of free Vater sticks.
Some of the Vater drumstick artists on Warped Tour 2013 include: Derrick Frost of Chiodos, Jono Diener of The Swellers, Dan Whitesides of The Used, Jared Piccone of 3OH!3, Rich Walker of Alvarez Kings, Jess Bowen of The Summer Set, Ryland Steen of Reel Big Fish, Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger, Gabe Barham of Sleeping with Sirens, Brent Taddie of Crown The Empire, Mike Kennedy of The Wonder Years, Andrew Oliver of I See Stars, Aaron Stern of Itch (aka Jonny Fox, previously frontman of The King Blues), Russell Dixon of New Years Day, and Christian Coma (real name: Chris Mora) of Black Veil Brides.
