TaikoFest!

[onefemaledog]

Hey... don't forget to tell peeps that Kaminari will be at the Miller Theater this year too in 2009, April 25/26 for freeeeeeeeeeee! I'll be there sellin' shirts again... cuz I'm not good for the stage... yet! Break a leg, or rather... a bachi!!!!

[onefemaledog]

I think you still are the only white girl. lol! xoxo see you during practice!!!

[werterr3]

Sounds really cool; Dutchie living in Japan, seen some Taiko here again really cool... hope you had fun :)

[tamlin2day]

You could make a fortune cleaning windows with that wave!

[EldritchMask]

Hope your performance went well. Sounds great.

I saw a performance of that sort of drumming at the Festival years ago. Really blew me away; especially I was near the front. Still have the CD somewhere that refuses to play on Windows Vista.

[Festerius2008]

I'm overtly creepy... ;)

[lisasimpson]

I would if I could but I can't!

[ConayR]

Tiny question: is makeup really necessary to perform in this event? I don't want to sound like a creepy asshole (too late!) but you look so much better w/o excessive makeup. IMO.

[Prepoceros]

Um, yes. It's stage makeup, not meant for close-ups. Anything subtle is totally invisible from the back row.

[thatgirl33]

aww. this sounds soo much fun. i live in CA.

Have fun though. :(

[DClaudeKatz]

Just saying hello...

I won't be able to attend, obviously, since I'm in Massachusetts.

You are one of the few clothed people whose videos I still watch on YouTube.

[Piworld13]

BRING BUG SPRAY!!!!

[HKurck]

Sounds fun :D Though, Houston is kinda far from here :(

Where does overly creepy start? :P

[websnarf]

Freaky coincidence! I just went to a Taiko drum thing in San Francisco a couple weeks ago! I must say its a lot cooler seeing it live than on YouTube videos.

I am so sad that I don't live anywhere near Houston.

[Prepoceros]

Oh neat! We're something like an offshoot of the SF taiko group, I think. Their sensei taught us to play Tsunami, which he wrote.

[marjan15]

Nothing is free. Who pays?

[Prepoceros]

The theater is funded by public money, I think from the city. In the end, its taxpayers and private arts donors who pay. I think we (as performers) might also be paying to rent the venue, but I'm not sure.

At any rate, all Miller shows are absolutely free to audience members.

[howtofoldsoup]

Ok, I'll come. It better be good, or I'm going to want a full refund.

Are there mosquito issues? I'll bring some Off™ just in case.

How did you come by becoming a part of this troupe? That seems like it would make an interesting vlog.

[Prepoceros]

Yay! It'll be DAMN good, I promise.

It sometimes gets buggy up on the hill---might be worse after Ike, I don't know.

Basically, I was a fangirl for a year or two and went to some of their performances. They do beginner lessons once a week, and I finally got around to signing up in April.

[howtofoldsoup]

Me, my girlfriend and another friend (a drummer) went this evening. It was entertaining and fun. I was on the hill so I couldn't identify which one you were, but I'll take your word for it.

I wasn't expecting the fire acts. Those were quite good as well.

Off vs. Mosquitoes; victory Off. Though I do smell like a chemical plant right now.

If anyone else is planning on going, get there a little early to get decent seating.

Give my regards to your crew, they were great.

[Prepoceros]

Yay, I'm glad you could make it! Yeah, the fire spinners were pretty neat, eh?

I was on the far (audience's) left of the front row on the first and last song, so if you remember seeing that person bouncing up and down way more than necessary, that was me.