Beford Library Anime Convention and Michigan Genbukai Karate Spectacular
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 08:59PM
Last Sunday (June 13), we packed up our new van and a trailer and the five of us piled in and drove an hour south to Temperance Michigan. The Bedford Library was holding an Anime Convention and invited us to perform. It was our first outdoor performance since January, when we played Mushi Okuri outside of the University of Michigan Mochi Tsuki event. The weather on Sunday was a lot warmer than it was back in January. We performed in the parking lot in front of the library. As we were setting up, we even attracted the curiosity of several passers by.
"Where are you guys from?" One lady asked.
"The Great Lakes Taiko Center in Novi," I answered.
"And what brings you all the way down here?"
"The Anime Convention."
"The enemy convention!? Who's the enemy?"
"No, no. The anime convention. You know, like Japanese animation?"
"Oh, I see..."
It was very hot and most of us got some sunburn, but we enjoyed ourselves very much. I hope we can perform again next year. See pictures from the event in the photo gallery.
For residents of the Northeast Detroit suburbs, we, along with about 8 of our students, have a performance on Friday evening (June 18) for the Michigan Genbukai Karate-do school. We are a guest performer at their Karate Spectacular: a showcase event to benefit the Special Olympics. The performance is at 7:00 PM and tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. See all the details on the Performances page.
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