On the road… with Fruity!
We’re about half-way through tour and things are going great! We’re on the last day of our visit with Odaiko New England, a great group of folks!
We have a travel wonderful travel companion on this tour… Meet Fruity!

KimiAnn and Fruity
Fruity is the adventurous friend of KimiAnn Sano, daughter of Steve Sano and Linda Uyechi, two of the taiko world’s great gurus. KimiAnn made Fruity for a school project on travel. Fruity’s job is go to five places and send postcards back to KimiAnn. So Fruity is hitchhiking with us on tour. So far she’s been to Brattleboro, New York City, and Boston. She’s met all kinds of great people. Here are a few shots!

Fruity meets On Ensemble's agent, Rachel Cohen

Fruity and the gang, from L to R: Kelvin, Shoji, Patrick Graham, Fruity, Kris, drum-maker Patrick Cooperman
KimiAnn – Fruity’s having a great time! She’s headed to Philadelphia tomorrow and will write another postcard soon!
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Hi! How’s Fruity behaving herself? Hope things are going well. I’ll tell my class all about Fruity’s blog. It’s fun to see Fruity having a great time. safe travels! from KimiAnn and (typist) Linda