The Perfect Pitch

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:

Quick picture package about the TV show that Kari and Julie were invited to. YLE Morning show had Kari and Julie as quests, to talk about KWC. Julie even sang! Later in the evening, the City of Lahti hosted the KWC cocktail party for partners, competitors and the press.

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