I had a conversation with Cheyfaun the other day about her experience thus far with YWDEP. Here is the gist of what she said:

“My mom set me and Tomi up with YWDEP. I’ve never drummed before this which is weird because just about everybody in my family drums. Like my grandfather, my uncles, and my sister Tomi too, she plays the snare. Drumming is awesome here. It’s not something I’m amazing at but it feels good to drum. It’s a lot of fun and it feels like you have a lot of power. Now I listen to songs and try to figure out how to play them with drums. Or if there’s a drum part then I’ll try and play along with it.

I’ve never encountered any  kind of program like YWDEP before – women getting together and drumming – and it feels good doing it. I also like that drumming is at the root of what we’re doing. We’re learning a lot of different things and we don’t always drum for the whole workshop, but we always come back to that. I think it’s important for girls to have YWDEP because there are so many emotions that come up when you’re drumming and you can deal with them right there. It’s kind of like exercising. You don’t do it every day but when you do you put it all out there and leave it.

I’m really excited about the show. We have a good group of girls. I like all of them and we have a lot of fun together. So yea, I’m really excited.”

I’m excited too! The girls have such good ideas and they are combining all their skills to create something that I know is going to be fabulous. Well said Cheyfaun!