Make this new year a great one; get fit, have fun, and make lots of noise! Come learn to play the big drums with us in Oakland. No experience or equipment necessary. Current schedule and details are in the Classes section below.
Upcoming performances
Saturday, February 7, 12:00 pm
The Solano Avenue Merchants Association presents its annual Lunar New Year parade and festival with stage performances.
Saturday, February 7, 2:30 pm
Lunar New Year Festival at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.
Join us as we bring in the year of the Ox with the OACC! The festival features Tibetan Opera, Mongolian throat singing, Taiko, Chinese music and dance, and Korean drumming."
Saturday, April 19
Northern California Taiko Expo at the Morgan Hill Haru Matsuri (Spring Festival)
Sunday, April 26
Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival at Memorial Park on Stevens Creek Boulevard across from De Anza College
January performances
Anna Yates School in Emeryville
Monday January 19
We played a lively set celebrating Martin Luther King Day and the completion of renovations at the school. Audience participation drew many of the students, and the school principal favored us with an odaiko solo to top off the occasion.
Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce New Year Bazaar
Saturday January 24
We performed at the annual Lunar New Year Bazaar inside the Pacific Renaissance Plaza's courtyard, open to the cloudy sky. Our entrance was delayed by the MC's fruitless search for last year's winner of the Little Princess competition. We performed Umi and Saidai, with the MC providing help with the call and response. There must have been 500 people watching from above and all around. Part way through the performance, one of the organizers tapped her watch, so that was the end. Maybe the princess had been found.
Getting the drums and stands into this area was quite tricky, as firstly we had to load them from the Church in silence (our room was being used), then had to wheel them through the crowded streets of Chinatown. This took 4 hours door to door!
Continue for the full class schedule
For more information contact All About Jazz.