Pretend Play: The Percussion Ensemble Version

I was cleaning up the kitchen and getting ready to cook supper on Monday night and heard a lot of racket from the living room.  I peeked my head around the corner and discovered that Sarah had organized the kidlets into a percussion ensemble.  They set up the large gathering drum next to the real music stand.  They set up the small gathering drum and improvised a music stand out of baskets for The Banana.  Each player had his or her own set of mallets, and Sarah had turned one of my pink knitting needles into a conductor's baton, which she wielded in a surprisingly appropriate fashion, giving dramatic cues for entrances and cut offs.  The Banana was singing and banging, and Mr. SP was banging (but in a very organized fashion) and they actually followed her cues and stopped and started when she wanted them to. Oh the power of the baton.  It went on for a good half and hour.