Musical chairs event attracts 1,500 Musical chairs attracts 1,500 - Metro

Though the game fell short of the 10,000 player target, winner Mike Sugalski of Nashua took home $10,000 and was crowned the Musical Chairs World Champion. Sugalski, 31, beat the hundreds of competitors who shimmied, pumped their fists and pranced around chairs before the music stopped and they dashed into a seat. Sugalski’s strategy was simple: “Sit before everyone else.”