​Dear Miss Corey, I really liked the songs, and the rhythm.  You are a great teacher, and I wish you 
would come back next year.  I liked the drums."

"Dear Miss Corey, I really liked drumming class.  It was nice.  I hope you will miss us a lot.  We will remember you Miss Corey.  I hope your next class goes well, 
and I hope the next group likes your music too. 
 Miss Corey, why don't you send us a post card too."

"Dear Miss Corey,  I liked the drumming classes a lot.  I liked to play the Mother Drum the most. 
 What I didn't like is that we didn't get to have gym on Tuesday."

"Dear Miss Corey, I really enjoyed playing the African drums in drumming class.  It was so fun to play the drums.  I liked the Mother Drum, and the shakers.  The frog instruments are so cool.   I had a great time with everybody.  It felt like nothing could possibly go wrong.  
 I think you did a great job teaching us."

"Dear Miss Corey, How are you?  I really liked the drumming.  Can you come again?  
Will you come?  I hope you do.  If you do, I will play my best."

"Dear Miss Corey, I really liked to play the Mother Drum. 
 The part I liked about the Mother Drum is that it has a nice, soft beat."

"Dear Miss Corey, I really liked the African drum.  I really miss it.  I had the best time.
I also liked the element dance.  I liked the capes and the bells were cool."

"Dear Miss Corey, I really liked the songs, and the drumming and I liked the Mother Drum, 
and your drumming.
  I want to be a drummer like you."

"Dear Miss Corey, I liked drumming because it was a great experience for me.  It would be fun if you came back to Benson Village School.  I will miss you.  I had a great time with you.  
It was fun playing the African drum."

"Dear Miss Julie, Thank you for coming to our school.  I enjoyed it a lot.  
I really like a challenge, and some of those rhythms were challenging!"

"Dear Miss Julie,
I liked it when you came to our school.  Thank you for coming because 
I have always wondered about African drums."

"Dear Miss Julie, I have to tell you I never knew how to drum, and I wanted to learn, and you helped me."

"Dear Miss Julie, I had so much fun playing the drums.  You are the best drummer in the world!
We all miss you.  We wish you can come back to our school.  You can keep teaching kids the same things you taught us.  Please keep looking back at the memories of Benson Village School."

"Dear Ms. Corey, Thank you so much for coming to our school.  You taught us so much in just one week!
I was amazed.  I also liked the different patterns you taught us, and I loved the performance!
I REALLY want you to come back next year!"

"Dear Miss Corey, I think you did a perfect job with the drumming.  I loved all the African songs.  I also thank you for letting us use the bells on our ankles, and the shawls to put on our backs.    There's nothing you need to do to make it better.  I loved your clothes you wore, they were so colorful.    
Signed, Your drummer....."
​Out of the mouths of babes, and the future drummers of America!

"I loved the heart beat."

"I liked the frogs."

"Dear Julie, I really liked drumming with you.  It was fun when you came to our school. 
 It was like one of my dreams come true.  My hands hurts a lot though!  
I hope you can really come back."

"Dear Julie, I loved the drumming!  It made my heart flow with the beat of the drum.  Thank you so much!
I loved the rhythm.  My foot was tapping on the ground the whole time.  
I sang and drummed the beat on the way home, at bed time, in the shower, and even at the barn!"

"Dear Julie, I felt I had a really good time drumming.  I felt I got a lot out of it.  
It was very exciting for me.  
I loved the Mother Drum.  We hope you can come back someday."

"I really liked the drumming.  It was fun and relaxing.  Because I want to become a drummer, 
it taught me new skills to improve my drumming."

"Dear Julie, I loved drumming with you because it was not just drumming, 
it was the best drumming I ever did in my life. 
 I miss drumming with you."

"Dear Ms. Corey, I had a fun time with you.  I hope you did too.  I thought you were very talented.  
I know anyone that's a better drummer than you Ms. Corey.  I think everybody had a good time. 
 I wish we could drum with you again!"

"Dear Ms. Corey, I loved everything, although my favorite was the dancing. 
 It brought all my excitement up. 
 I was screeching the first day when we came in!" 


-The first time I heard about drumming, I didn’t think it would be fun.  But when we started drumming it was so fun!  We even played “We Will Rock You”.  Now I love drumming.  Miss Corey is a very good drum teacher.  Thank you to Miss Corey for taking the time to teach us.  I learned a lot from her.  Thank you!    
                                                

-I loved the drumming.  It was so much fun.  I loved getting to use the drums from Africa!  Miss Corey taught us the beat that we played in the show.  It was really fun. I learned some pretty cool things about Africa.  “Power of the Drum” was my favorite song.  The drumming was really cool, and I hope I can do it again.                                           Thank you, 

 

-Drumming with Miss Corey was really really fun!  When I was drumming, I felt amazing, free and happy. I loved coming to school and knowing I’m going to have a great day drumming.  I loved our song we performed in front of the school.  We sang, drummed and danced to “Take Time in Life”.  I think I’ll keep drumming every day on anything at home like a table, book, book case or something hard.  I love drumming now.  It’s really fun!  I will remember drumming with Miss Corey.  That’s my drumming experience.                                   

 

-Drumming with Miss Corey was fun and exciting.  We learned how to do different drumming patterns.  One of the patterns was a “gun do go do go”. We had to sing while playing the drums.  Miss Corey played games with us and they were fun.  Miss Corey had a lot of drumming teachers that taught her, and Miss Corey taught us what she had learned. 

 

-The first step on the gym floor meant one second less ‘till the big performance.  All the people were cheering us on, waiting for the drummers to start their big show. Now, after three other classes played their pieces in the show, it was our turn to do our part.  When our class was at our drums the pressure came upon me.  But when our drumming teacher, Miss Corey started us on the melody, I totally got lost in the music.

After our huge performance, the whole crowd cheered.  I was so surprised on how loud the crowd cheered.  I will never forget Miss Corey!  Thank you to Miss Corey for being very nice and teaching us.  I will miss you very much.