Didjeridu Jam

We were at a party the other day and the dad of the kids, KM, is also the owner and proprietor of White Raven Drums out in Bridgewater. Great guy, great kids, and great store. If you're ever out there, check out his store/gallery. It's a beautiful building that he built, and inside are his works, which are mainly fine handmade drums made with exotic woods. Beautiful pieces. He also sells didjeridus, and the kids went bonkers over them. KM also let us in on a little secret. You can make a didjeridu with some PVC piping, or any long tube.

Once the seed was planted in our collective imaginations, there was no way we weren't going to do it. We headed over to the hardware store and asked for some PVC piping, which comes in 10 foot lengths. The guy quizzed me as to what sort of application I had in mind, because there are different sizes depending on what you are planning to do (like I know these things?). I wasn't sure how to answer that, so I had to come clean and tell him that we were making didjeridus. Well, if you can believe this, the manager said he was just at a show where didjeridus were featured, and he thought what we were doing was cool. Go figure. Also, the size we wanted was the most commonly used for plumbing purposes, so that was fortunate.

We brought the pipes home, cut them to size, and put on the reducer. The kids picked up on how to play them right away. They're so good. It is not that simple, I can't do it, though I get plenty of laughs from the kids when I try. They're having loads of fun with them, though there is not too much in the way of peace and quiet around here, but such is life.

Until the next time, thanks for reading.