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July 14, 2006

2006 Summer NAMM Kicks Off with Pre-Show Party

by Jeff Carmack; photos by Eileen Llorente

July 13, 2006 - what better way to kick off the 2006 Summer NAMM Show than with a pre-show warm-up party at the Austin Convention Center featuring music? The NAMM Staff Infection Band, the Kaman Music Band, NAMM CEO Joe Lamond, and special guests, got things rolling Austin-Texas-style.

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2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Eric Langenhann, left, and Mike Stevens, Kaman Music Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Paul Gaedke, Kaman Music Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Eric Langenhann, Kaman Music Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Kaman Music Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Horns, NAMM Staff Infection Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Staff Infection Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Summer Session pre-party


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Staff Infection Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Staff Infection Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Summer Session pre-party


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

NAMM Staff Infection Band


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

L-R: Joe Lamond, NAMM CEO; Daniel Lee, VP of Marketing, Maxell; Cheryl Severini, Senior Marketing Director, Maxell; Zane Williams, winner of Maxell's John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and Brian Rothschild, Executive Director, John Lennon Songwriting Contest


2006 Summer NAMM pre-show kick-off party

Zane Williams






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