MIKE BROOKS: HEY IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL PERCUSSION CLASS, NNEKA
ALSTON THIS IS REALLY COOL TEACHING KIDS MUSIC! NNEKA: YEAH! WE LOVE
MUSIC, THE STUDENTS LOVE MUSIC. THEY LOVE PERCUSSION.
JAIME FIELD: SOMETIMES
WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUNDS THAT THE DRUMS MAKE. FOR EXAMPLE THE GIRL THAT
SITS NEXT TO ME, WE TALK ABOUT IT. SHE HEARS SOME THING THAT I CAN'T
HEAR (EDIT OUT MISTAKE) SO WE TALK ABOUT WOULDN'T IT BE COOL TO START A
BAND. MIKE BROOKS: THAT WOULD BE VERY COOL!
KENYA FREEMAN: I LIKE
THE DRUM AND I USED TO BE IN THE AFRICAN DRUMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIKE BROOKS: XYLONDA,
THEY TELL ME YOU CAME UP WITH YOUR OWN RHYTHM.
XYLONDA COLLINS: YEAH I
DID, I REALLY LIKED IT... I ENJOYED COMING UP WITH IT.
(SHE PLAYS DRUM)...
MIKE BROOKS: VERY COOL. THANK YOU!
MIKE BROOKS: THIS
SCHOOL IS SO COOL IT HAS A ROBOTICS PROGRAM. ZOOM BAKARI IS THE ROBOTICS
TEAM COACH, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TEAM.
ZOOM BAKARI: WELL, THE TEAM IS DOING WELL. WE ENTERED THIS
COMPETITION AND OUR TEAM GOT SECOND PLACE OVERALL!
APRIL GROVEXIER: I WAS
CURIOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS ABOUT SO I GOT INVOLVED AND FOUND IT
IT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
SHAN BAILEY: AS SOON AS
I SAW THE ROBOTS I SAID LET ME GET ON THIS TEAM!
ZOOM BAKARI - THIS WAS
THE COMPETITION MAT AND THEY HAVE TO DO VARIOUS TASKS TO GET POINTS.
SHE'S USING HER VOICE TO ACTIVATE THE ARM TO COME UP, SOMETIMES IT DOES,
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
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