Fooling around for Monday Drum Day, plus big gig news

Today is a holiday in the UK as it will be in many other places for Easter. I have been doing some work in the garden, but found a moment to play some drums. I really need to practice more as we have a big gig coming up in the summer. My band @theriverkicks has been accepted to play at GoatFest. I have not been to this festival, but we could have a big audience for our afternoon slot. Fellow Hivers @purplesinger, @anna-newkey and @daniellemurray are also in the band and we shall have to figure out what songs to play.

Broadway and movie star Keala Settle is headlining and people of a certain age will remember Showaddywaddy who had a few hits in the 70's with their retro rock and roll style.

The Riverkicks play a mix of traditional and more modern folk tunes. There are eight of us with multiple singers, including me, and I play the drums too. We have only played one small gig so far, so this is exciting. We will not get paid, but should get some free food. I am looking into camping for the weekend to enjoy the other acts. We need to find out how things work when it comes to setting up to play as they will need to set us up with microphones and I need to assemble my drum kit. I may look at upgrading it a little before then. It really needs new drum heads/skins.

Rock on!