First off, I want to go back a few years. We were in Kansas City, MO for a new Christian Band Competition. He and the group didn't make it into the final groups but were fourth in their division. The competition only went for the top three of each category. They were so upset that they didn't win the $10,000 prize. They were going to use that money to buy each of the band members a new instrument! We even went to the Guitar Center. It was our first time there, and it's very over-whelming to be in this store!! The store had Andrew's dream drum kit!! His dream kit is a DW set of drums. He has wanted a kit like that for as long as I've know him. The set was just over $6,000. We had talked them down to about 3. This included the stands, a custom snare drum, and all the cymbals!! It was perfect!! Well, we left the store with heavy hearts and very sad because we did not purchase that kit!! I told him over and over that he should have gotten it. They even started to put us on a payment plan to get them. I was almost in tears that we didn't get it!!
Since then, he hasn't stopped talking about getting a DW kit. The drummer at our old church had this type of kit and each time Andrew got a chance to play it, he glowed! You could tell that he's in love with drumming and wants to get better at it!
Well, we have come into a little bit of money because we sold an older kit of Andrew's. He went Monday and got his dream kit! He loves it!! It is the performance series, and it's cherry red!! It is a really beautiful kit!!
He hasn't had much time to play with them since he got them due to work and school, but I know that it's going to get loud in my house once he gets time to play them!!
I'm not sure if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing! I wonder if I'm going to get any sleep now! He loves this kit and I'm glad we could finally get it for him! His dad is a drummer too! He is just as excited about the drum kit as Andrew is! He might even be a little bit more excited than Andrew! Ha!! He's coming up as soon as he can to play them! I can't wait either!! It will be great seeing father and son doing what they love!!
