“We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.”
If those words mean anything to you, spend a few minutes watching these awesome kids getting their Zeppelin on.
> The 2014-15 Louisville Leopard Percussionists rehearsing Kashmir, The Ocean, and Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin.
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists began in 1993. They are a performing ensemble of approximately 55 student musicians, ages 7-12, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos and piano.
Note the two drummers, keeping the beat through the whole series. Then keep an eye out for the kid on the right with that awesome hat. So great!
This made my day!!
There is no higher compliment to that, than this… https://www.facebook.com/jimmypage/posts/10153137369247612
Indeed. Thanks for that link!!!
I really love the kids in the back waving their arms during rests for their instruments.
Mine too!
That is fifty shades of AWESOME!
NPR interview here. http://www.npr.org/2015/03/01/390033537/young-louisville-percussionists-love-led-zeppelin-and-jimmy-page-loves-them
Money quote (literally): “We’re non-profit, we don’t have any money.” Imagine if programs like this were as fully-funded as most schools’ sports programs. Hell, these programs should be funded even more than sports, especially footall. Students get the same ” ‘Oh, this is why we work so hard in rehearsal'” message that practice makes perfect without those pesky concussions.
Except that these are elementary school kids and absolutely nothing is funded in elementary schools. Not even pencils.