NY to Philly to Cleveland to Topeka
Monday, January 19th, 2009
With Kyo Daiko and Fruity
Howdy all! We all left NY on Saturday morning. Thanks to the Buddhist Church of NY and Wynn for putting us up! Kelvin and Shoji flew home and Kris and I continued the driving experience to Philadelphia for an Omiyage workshop with Kyo Daiko. I’m returning in early March with TAIKOPROJECT to continue workshopping with them and for a concert. After the workshop, Kris and I raced off to get a much needed oil change, then we met up with a few of the members at Yakitori Boy for dinner and karaoke. Ana is awesome at karaoke! She sounds like Shakira and Dolores O’Riordan from the Cranberries. Thanks to Matt and June for organizing the workshop!
With Icho Mame Daiko and Fruity
The next morning we hit the road at 3:30am and drove to Cleveland for a 2pm workshop. It was snowing and a bit messy, but we made it on time. We ate at this old-school diner called “Marko’s Family Diner” around the corner from their dojo and it was an interesting experience. The food was, well… diner food, but the people were awesome. It was a place where everyone in the neighborhood would go to and everyone knew each other. They would joke around and were really polite to us. After eating we met up with Icho Mame Daiko at their dojo and taught them basic stance at strike. Thanks to Steve for setting up the workshop and thanks to Nozomi and James for housing us.
We drove a good 14-15 hours today to Topeka, Kansas! Next stop – back to Denver!