Seniors in North Carolina have to complete a writing project. In my day it was a straightforward 20-page paper. These days it's a project that includes a short paper, a tangible "product" and a "service" component. Eli chose to explore ethnic (African) drumming, since he does some of that in the context of drumming/percussion at church. His paper was on that topic, and for his service-learning he helped teach basic drumming to kids at church. For his "product" he built a sangban drum with the assistance of his mentor, Andy Gwynn, a member of our church and accomplished drum-maker himself. Here are some pictures from the project.
That's sawdust flying around!
Though you can't see it, Eli is drumming on a djembe he built at summer camp, also under Andy's tutelage.
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Love the first picture. And in the last pic, we can just pretend Eli's drumming on Calvin's head. I'm sure that's never happened!
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