The Perfect Pitch

KWC Organization visited Moscow and KWC Russia to go through the inital plans of KWC 2010, which will be held in Russia on 22nd to 25th of September! The weekend trip included lots of good discussions and magnificent plans for 2010. KWC Organization is happy to announce, that these will be the best Karaoke World Championships ever!

Here are few pictures to illustrate our trip:

We had an excellent time at Karaoke Club Duets, which will be the base for all the international guest during their stay in Moscow.

On Saturday we had a look at the planned venue, Golden Palace. It is an ex-casino that has been renovated to an entertainment center. It has a big main hall and three smaller clubs. View from the stage.

Golden Palace, view from the hall.

Golden Palace, stage.

Golden Palace, view from the stage.

Golden Palace, view from the second floor balcony.

Golden Palace, one of the three additional clubs.

Golden Palace, one of the three additional clubs.

Golden Palace, they’ve got penguins too.

At Karaoke Club Duets.

Kari is testing the soundsystem, it is ready for you guys!

Karaoke Club Duets has its own recording studio.

Posing at the Red Square.

Marriott Renaissance Moscow Hotel. Where all of the international guests will be staying.

Posing in front of the Kremlin walls.

Pro tip; when travelling, catch Z’s whenever you can.

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A small re-cap of the days before KWC 2009 actually started, in pictures:

The first ones to arrive to Finland were Michael Bates, male champion from 2008 and Loveless Johnson III, the producer of the live broadcast from this year’s event.

After that we headed towards Helsinki to Sonic Pump Studios, where Erkka Korhonen (the producer of the album) and some of the guys from band were recording instrumentals for Michael’s upcoming album:

The party officially started when KWC Ireland arrived with the rest of the Irish supporters. Along with the Irish, everyone from the international KWC family headed towards Heinola (the town where the first Karaoke World Championships took place back in 2003) to Cronin’s Cafe & Guesthouse for some karaoke!:

Karaoke World Championships 2009 was scheduled to start on Friday in Lahti Hall, but the launch party was held in Hotel Alex Park on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday the whole KWC family was invited to Lahti Town Hall for a greet & meet cocktail event. The night continued at the hotel: