A young musician is the top British contestant in an international competition for female drummers.
Bridie Stagg, 12, of Nafferton, is in the running to be crowned the best under 18 female drummer worldwide, in the Hit Like a Girl competition run by Drum! Magazine.
Entrants into the competition submit a video of their drumming ability which is then voted on online before going before a panel of judges - Bridie currently has 1,569 votes and is eighth in the overall leader board for her category.
She said: “I did it last year and it was pretty good fun. I want to do it because I would like to get more noticed and to show people that there are a lot of girls who are drummers. I have always wanted to drum - it is a passion.
“Hopefully the competition will help me get noticed and eventually be in a band and doing this professionally.
“I would be really shocked if I won, although my mum says I am better than I am I think I would still be really shocked.
“I am pretty quiet, but love to play live and get a real buzz from doing it, I’m not bothered about being known as the best girl drummer in the world, I just would be happiest if I could be busy enough and lucky enough to earn my living from drumming when I am older.”
The Driffield School and Sixth Form student says she takes inspiration from another female drummer, Meytal Cohen who is session artist.
As previously reported in the Times & Post, Bridie took part in a world record breaking drum-athon and helped raise over £75,000 to help fight against Multiple Sclerosis.
Voting is set to end on Sunday 31 March, finalists will be announced on Tuesday 2 April and the winner will take the prize on Monday 8 April.
Prizes up for grabs include a drum kit.
For more information visit www.hitlikeagirlcontest.com