NEW ORLEANS — Those waiting for the Clean Show “gates” to open this morning were treated to a musical performance unlike any they’ve ever seen before. It was performed … on a clothes dryer.
Jonathan Carollo, 11, whose drumming performance on his family’s washing machine went viral via YouTube, will be performing at times throughout the three-day show.
Carollo’s Whirled Beat video has amassed nearly 2.1 million views since it was posted in September. Carollo’s father, Dan, posted the video for family and friends on Facebook but then uploaded it to YouTube after several people encouraged him to share his son’s talent with the world.
The boy routinely drums on objects around his family’s Washington state home and decided that the top loader, with its large steel drum, was the perfect-sounding instrument when he grew bored playing his drum kit.
“We are extremely delighted to have such a talented person play at the show … especially when it’s on an appliance that most of our exhibitors and attendees work with on a daily basis,” says John Riddle, president of Riddle & Associates, the Clean Show’s management company. “It certainly will give them a new way to look at their washing machines.”
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