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Westbury kids find beat in bucket drumming

In an after-school program at the Westbury Middle

In an after-school program at the Westbury Middle School, kids learn life and music skills through a bucket-drumming class. Videojournalist: Jessica Rotkiewicz (May 8, 2012) (May 8, 2012 11:47 PM)

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A routine trip to The Home Depot just got more exciting. Because those loud-orange plastic buckets are good for more than storing bird feed, carting tools or storing cleaning materials -- as an unusual music program at Westbury Middle School shows.

Grab a bucket. Turn it upside down. Grab some drumsticks. And now, let's start, real slow:

Right hand. Left hand. Right. Right.

Left...

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