Ian Paice event, which raised over £7000, was organised by Chris Wright, MD of DrumWright. The show was organised in aid of Tong-Len, which supports primary education for highly deprived children in Northern India. On 31 March – 1 April 2006, Paice joined Don Airey, Thomas Blug and Thijs van Leer at impromptu performances held during the ProLight+Sound fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The show included songs from the highly acclaimed Billy Cobham album "Spectrum" as well as songs by Deep Purple and Focus. Since 2006, Paice has also been involved in The Sunflower Jam, a London-based charity founded by his wife Jacky
North Drums North Drums North Drums are horn-shaped drums that were designed to project their sound outward, so the audience can hear the most direct qualities of the drum. North Drums were invented by then Boston resident and drummer Roger North, while he was a member of band Quill, and later bands the Holy Modal Rounders, The Clamtones and The Freak Mountain Ramblers (Portland, Oregon). North created the fiberglass-shelled drums by hand for his own usage in late 1968, and was granted a U.S. patent, #3603194 on the design in 1971 . Starting in 1973 he began producing the original commercial configuration