(MFX)Kids love to drum! Create the basic pattern used by rock drummers, recreate the sound of a mbira with xylophones, form your own Haitian meringue ensemble, and learn about hambone and step-dancing. Experiment with call and response, layered ostinatos, syncopation and improvisation; learn the Bamboo Tamboo from the Caribbean, the Highlife from West Africa, and how to make a drum talk! Step-by-step learning is included and the enclosed enhanced CD offers recordings and PDFs of songsheets and instrument parts. Songs include: Bamboo Tamboo Time, BeatBox, Boom Boom Share a Drum, Good News Summer Is Coming, Highlife Christmas, Knock on Wood, The Little Beggarman, Map Rap, StomPa Tap, Take Four, and more.