Comments on: MamaLamaSamba http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: She was hiding in my life » odd time signatures http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/comment-page-1/#comment-24986 She was hiding in my life » odd time signatures Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:46:57 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/#comment-24986 [...] Just go read Mocha Momma’s story. It’ll feel like your own. Maybe I haven’t quite finished my ADHD story after all, but the current chapter is much better than the beginning suggested it would be. I remember the exasperation, but now it’s tempered by an overlay of hot jazz and small victories. He smiles at me when he comes in the door, makes eye contact and has a conversation. He’s emerged as a leader at school, playing the Pied Piper and putting together a drumline we were sure was dead. On his own. [...] [...] Just go read Mocha Momma’s story. It’ll feel like your own. Maybe I haven’t quite finished my ADHD story after all, but the current chapter is much better than the beginning suggested it would be. I remember the exasperation, but now it’s tempered by an overlay of hot jazz and small victories. He smiles at me when he comes in the door, makes eye contact and has a conversation. He’s emerged as a leader at school, playing the Pied Piper and putting together a drumline we were sure was dead. On his own. [...]

]]> By: karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/comment-page-1/#comment-24148 karoli Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:05:44 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/#comment-24148 Thank you, Marie, and welcome! This group is a Junior College group, but Sticks and the three behind him are in high school or just out. They are hoping to move from 4th place in the West to 1st this year at the Reno Jazz Festival. :) Thank you, Marie, and welcome! This group is a Junior College group, but Sticks and the three behind him are in high school or just out. They are hoping to move from 4th place in the West to 1st this year at the Reno Jazz Festival. :)

]]> By: Marie http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/comment-page-1/#comment-24125 Marie Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:16:05 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/01/01/mamalamasamba/#comment-24125 Wow! That was really good. Those are high school kids? Again, wow! Actually, it's kind of cool not seeing the brass and wood section. It makes you think about the music. Wow! That was really good. Those are high school kids? Again, wow!

Actually, it’s kind of cool not seeing the brass and wood section. It makes you think about the music.

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