Thanks Eileen and Patrick
We just got back into Los Angeles after a week of successful showcases at the Western Arts Alliance Annual conference and I wanted to give a big shout out to Eileen and Patrick for letting Kelvin and I stay at their beautiful backyard dojo during our stay in Phoenix. Eileen is a taiko performer and instructor who does lots of educational outreach work in the Phoenix area, her husband Patrick is a karate instructor and they have what every practitioner of any artform dreams about, an amazing hardwood floor rehearsal space/dojo right in their back yard!
Not only that Eileen came to all of our showcases and even helped us pack up our copius amounts of gear! So a huge thank you goes out to Eileen and Patrick for their generous hospitality and banana bread!