Eugene Taiko and Home!
Last night, Shoji and I got into Eugene, OR to a pleasant surprise. We ended up staying with our long time family friends, Misa Joo and Will Doolittle. They cooked us an awesome chicken dinner with some fresh lettuce from their garden. Fresh food and home-cooked meals are the best when you’re on the road and eating nothing but restaurant food. They also took us to a nice coffee shop with some really great pastries. Eugene is a cool, little town! Of course there is the University of Oregon, but we found out that there are a lot of performing venues! And, we now have another nice place to stay along I-5. Thanks so much Misa and Will for hosting us!
This morning and afternoon, we did two workshops for Eugene Taiko and Waka Taiko. It was a great group of people. The kids from Waka Taiko hung in there for the whole five hours! Big thanks to Lois Yoshishige for helping us organize the workshop.
Tonight, we’re in Mt. Shasta. Unfortunately, my parents have a performance in Grants Pass, OR, but my second parents (Shoji’s parents) made us another awesome home-cooked meal. Tomorrow, we’re off to home!!!
Tags: Eugene Taiko, Waka Taiko
Thanks again for the workshop. It was great learning the basic principals from you guys of the flat and slant drums. I enjoyed your CD too. You both are great instructors.
Hey James! Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the CD. Maz and I had a great time in Eugene and hopefully we’ll be able to book a gig in Eugene so we can come back with the entire group! Best of luck with Eugene Taiko you guys were great to teach. Feel free to contact us anytime!