Note: I wrote this short post two years ago, before Pat Sanchez passed away. Pat worked with my son, Jason, to teach him how to attach the various parts to a gourd to make it into a thunder drum - it makes a sound like thunder when you give the metal spring at the bottom a pat. She also showed him how to paint and stain the gourd so that it had a beautiful luster. I know it was hard for her since she was really sick by this time, but it was special for Jason, who does not consider himself particularly artistic. He still has the thunder drum, and it gives us a chance to remember Pat. Original draft: Last week Pat Sanchez agreed to teach my son how to make a thunder drum. She had to compress the time she had to teach into something manageable given her situation, so she and her family prepared the gourd (cutting and sanding) before we joined her. Jason was excited to learn about the thunder drum, which he had seen at Tracy Art League shows in the past. However, he is very quiet, and Pat was fine with that. I always thought it was interesting that colors Jason chose to stain his gourd were the colors of Pat's dress and sweater that day.
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