My neighbours will be pleased to hear (or not hear!) that I haven’t taken up the drum kit as another instrument. However, one of today’s activities was picking up an unused electronic drum kit from one local church, cleaning and testing it and bringing it over to Hathern Baptist, where it will be on long term loan. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I started the day but the kit turned out to be a set of Roland V-Drums – a high quality set and still in decent working order.

Our young cajon player took to them like a fish to water. He has had some drum lessons in the past but that was several years ago but he has an excellent sense of rhythm and that confidence I have seen in many good drummers for sitting down and throwing himself into playing. I’m looking forward to seeing how he grows into that with a bit more experience under his belt.