One-on-One Lesson

by Bethany Larson

A few days ago, I was startled by pounding in one of the activity rooms where the elementary school students can be found during relax time. I walked in to find our very own Miss Anna and a couple of students pounding on a toy drum. Even in the midst of pandemonium, one specific student’s interest in drumming was obvious. Pounding away, third grader Quincy was focused and kept a beat in spite of the chaos of other students drumming around him.

Miss Anna also noticed Quincy’s interest and drumming ability. The next day her husband, the drummer from the Christian rock band Remedy Drive, came during relax time to give Quincy a one-on-one drumming lesson. For about half an hour, Quincy got to pound on the snare drum and learn a few cadences. He even got to keep some drum sticks that were used by the drummer!

Quincy prized those drumsticks and his face gleamed the rest of the day. This was a great example of how something which most people would identify as noise, was not only music but an opportunity for one student to explore a talent.