Last Sunday, a number of us had the opportunity to go to the New York Buddhist Church’s 59th Annual Obon Dance Festival in Bryant Park, NYC. Most of us had never been to an Obon before, so we weren’t sure exactly to expect, but it turned out to be a very enjoyable experience and [...]

On the weekend on May 23-25, myself and two other members of TCNJ Taiko, Chris Leone and Stephanie Pypniowski, had the opportunity to travel out to Stanford University in California to attend the 2008 Intercollegiate Taiko Invitationals.  This was the 14th annual gathering of collegiate Taiko players from across the country, which started in 1995 [...]