Dutch Air Guitar Championships

The first Air Guitar Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded in 2005 to 82 year old George ‘Trombone’ Vergouw, father of and source of inspiration to the organiser of the Dutch Championships. George played air instruments his whole life. In the 1930’s he started playing the air trombone, especially while interpreting music by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Later on in his life, he progressed to air conducting the same orchestra, as well as performing a range of airinstruments on music by big bands like The Ramblers, Ted Weems, Jimmy Lunceford, Benny Goodman and many, many others. George Vergouw died May 2007. Up to his last moments, he was still interested in qualifying rounds of the Dutch Air Guitar Championships.

Photo is taken while celebrating the announcement of the Life Time Achievement Award.