Earth Celebration 2007, Waraku Daiko and summer stuff of sorts!
Today is another monsoon day. The day is raining and spirits are destroyed. And my sad laundry will need to be hauled to the laundromat for a proper drying.
All had been blue until a cheerful phone call from O.Div arrived. Waraku Daiko's performance time had been confirmed for the much anticipated Earth Celebration 2007!
Excerpting from my post last year:
For those who don't know, Earth Celebration is an art/music festival hosted by world's best (my own opinion) taiko drumming group Kodo at their home island, Sado.
Every summer, musicians from all over Japan and the world gather for the three days of musical fun. Please visit the link above for more details. There are way too much fun things in the list. It is simply impossible to sum it up in a short blog entry.
That being said, per usual, my taiko group Waraku Daiko will perform at the fringe show on August 19, 2007 (Sunday). The venue is at Kisaki-shrine. It is by the Ogi port, a very short walk from the information center.
We will be on stage at 1:15 PM.
This year's Eearth Celebration is observing the 20th anniversary of Earth Celebration. Along side Kodo, there will be world-known tabla player Zakir Hussain from India, Puerto Rican percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, French Guinean tap dancer Tamango (he was also guest performer for EC 2007), and a few more celebrated Japanese musicians.
Well, there's nothing much else to say, except for... SEE YOU THERE!!! (especially on Sunday August 19 at 1:15 pm KISAKI SHRINE).
Taiko-ly yours,
Taiko Tari -071207
Labels: Curious Japan, Earth Celebration, Taiko, Travels
posted by Taiko Tari @ 11:00 PM
4 Comments:
Is that your whole group? Looks like a merry bunch of people. How many non-Japanese are there among you?
yes, we are a very merry bunch of people. Non-Japanese drummers come and go, so it's rather hard to count how many of us in the group. the hard core non-Japanese drummers currently are something like 5 or 6. So we're almost half and half in composition.
I heard numerous time about this Sado island Earth celebration. Pingin sih liat but...let's see deh dgn buntut2ku ini.
Wish to see Taiko-Tari Taiko-ing around...
Aan, oh please please please come and be there!!! It will be a fun outing for the kids too! :)
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