8 August 2025, Issue 1262
Loud is best! While some little girls may be drawn to a pas de deux, tap dancing or flitting up and down the piano scales, eight-year-old Maia Roddick prefers raw rhythm – she’s a drummer. She’s thrashing the skins. Loudly.
It was observed that when she was even more of a nipper that she had beat, had natural rhythm. So after experimenting on the floor with a few pots and a chopstick, the Welcome Bay
girl has graduated to a full drum kit. Maia insists she is not special, because girls can do anything. But her tutor said something else. “Exceptional for her age. Especially her dedication because you need
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more than natural talent to grow.” And besides, her friends who are doing cool things, think Maia’s drumming is cool. A little girl’s infatuation with “loud” is on pages 6-7. Photo / Brydie Thompson