Maia is 13 now and has been drumming since she was 8. She doesn't have a lot of use of her left arm and it's very contracted but she can really make things happen with every other part of her body.
This is the girl that when she was 4 months old I sat there crying at a picnic watching other kids toss a ball and I thought that she would never be able to toss a ball or do anything other kids would do.... but I had a great therapist who told me not to worry - that our kids figure things out and do things their "own way".
Here's the proof - listen for that drummer girl trying out that Gene Krupa style for the first time.
From her very proud momma,
fran
http://www.youtube.com/franlitz
it opens up right into that benny goodman song "sing sing sing"
more on the playlist on the right (POPS)
3 weeks of rehearsals, 3 weeks of performances
3rd grade to 11th grade