Performing at West Central Neighborhood on 9/12 was such a blast! The weather was beautiful, the drummers were focused, calm and ready (!) and the crowd was great. It takes an amazing amount of effort sustained over a long period of time to present that level of performance-the energy flying around on 9/12 makes it all worth it! One of my greatest joys is drumming with my taiko friends-we have developed such a cohesive sense of each other and have learned to anchor each other in the moment. Yahoo! I was all revved up for hours after last night’s show–in spite of my hunger and exhaustion and the sore finger I smashed while playing (ouch!). In fact, I drummed all night in my dreams and was still revved when I woke up. I am so grateful to West Central, FWDC and drummers for making last night’s performance possible! And I am so excited about the work we are putting together for our studio performance KNOCK ON WOOD to be presented 11/8, 2 p.m. at FWDC.
(Editor’s Note: I took a mobile video of part of the performance — see the YouTube video attached. —AW)
The joy of a performance like that makes it all worth it. It feeds the soul and people get hooked into the process. I am also excited about the November 8 performance. We have some new material to present that will really amaze everyone!