2019 Lantern Festival, Part 1
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2019 Lantern Festival, Part 1
Fushu Daiko @ the Lantern Festival - 19 Oct 2019
(With dancers) This was originally the Ban festival, relocated to October to avoid the often tempestuous late summer weather.
Fushu Daiko at Hatsume Fair
April 7th, 2019
This is one of our local Taiko drum groups performing at the annual spring festival held at the Morikami Museum. I always enjoy their performances - the music, the motion, the energy and expression. And they make good but challenging photo subjects. To quote the T’ai chi master from Mettle, “Energy does not like to be contained.