The elementary/middle school that our friends'(Jim and Jen) kids go to staged a performance last night of Japanese drumming (Taiko) and song and dance (Soran Bushi). The school had received a government grant to help fund it. Jim, who is the middle school art teacher there, participated in a couple of the songs (he's the one with the white headband in the first picture). He also showed us how to make paper cranes the night before which I have completely forgotten how to do already. They used these to decorate the stage. The last picture above are hundreds of cranes strung together. All the cranes that were made for the show are later going to be sent to Japan to be hung in Nagasaki Peace Park and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. We were pretty lucky to come here in time to see this show. It was awesome. It made me want to drum.
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