Taiko Arts Center Fundraisers: Give Aloha & Habilitat Christmas Trees!

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Habilitat’s Christmas Tree Fundraiser 2017

TAC will once again be teaming up with Habilitat, for our annual Christmas tree fundraiser. We will be selling Christmas trees, from September to October, to raise money for educational & cultural programs. We need your help to make this fundraiser a success! Please share this wonderful opportunity with your family, friends and co-workers to ensure your family has a fresh Christmas tree or decoration for this coming holiday season!

Click here for an order form, or you may also visit Habilitat’s website and order online.

Make sure to credit Taiko Arts Center when ordering online.

Tree pickup is available Saturday, December 2nd at 6 convenient locations located around the island:
Central Middle School 1302 Queen Emma St, Honolulu
Waimalu Elementary 98-825 Moanalua Rd, Aiea
Koko Head Elementary 189 Lunalilo Home Rd, Hawaii Kai
Kalaheo High School 730 Iliaina St, Kailua
Mililani Waena Elementary 95-502 Kipapa Dr, Mililani
Kapolei location: tbd

Give Aloha is Foodland & Sack N Save’s Annual Community Matching Gifts Program.

Foodland will match all donations made to Taiko Arts Center at the Foodland or Sack N Save’s checkout counter. This is a great way to increase the value of your financial support.

Taiko Arts Center (TAC) is a 501(c)(3) federally approved tax-exempt non-profit organization that promotes the Japanese cultural art of taiko (Japanese drumming) and its related arts, locally, nationally, and internationally through education, support, preservation, collaboration, and innovation. TAC depends on fundraising, donations and grants to support it’s many projects. TAC has been a supporter of many Taiko Center of the Pacific projects as well, such as our fellowship program, Taiko Drum and Dance Concerts and Edo Sato Kagura. You can support TCP by donating to Taiko Arts Center!

Donate through “Give Aloha” at any checkout counter at Foodland OR Sack N Save stores!

http://givealoha.foodland.com/start.php

TAC “Give Aloha” number is:  7846

 

Kenny Endo & Friends LIVE Performance in TOKYO!

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Taiko Center of the Pacific’s Artistic Director, Kenny Endo, will perform at ”初秋” (Hatsu Aki), a special concert featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma (Tsugaru shamisen), Kyosuke Suzuki (yokobue), Kiyohiko Senba (percussion/drum set), Kaori Takahashi (electric violin), and Hitoshi Hamada (vibraphone). ONE NIGHT ONLY at Jazz Club Someday in Shinjuku, Tokyo!

Two different sets on September 19th:
7:45pm
9:45pm

If you happen to be in Japan at this time, check it out!

Summer Taiko Intensives – August 28-September 1

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Our Summer Taiko Intensive series is fast approaching – 5 days of intensive study! A great way to learn a lot in a short amount of time. Register now!

This year, we are offering 6 different and exciting courses to choose from, featuring special guest instructors Kyosuke Suzuki from the Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo and Halla Huhm Foundation’s Mary-Jo Freshly (Korean changgo, hour-glass shaped drum), as well as TCP’s own Sean Shibata (Fukuoka) and Kenny Endo!

The 6 courses offered this summer are:

Kyosuke Suzuki
-Kagura Mai (shrine dance movement)
-Shimedaiko (Edobayashi Techniques for small rope-lashed drum)
-Yokobue (Japanese transverse bamboo flute)
Kenny Endo
-Beta Chuudaiko (upright taiko)
Mary Jo Freshley
-Korean Changgo (predecessor to “katsugi” sling drum)
Sean Shibata
-Japanese Festival Music

Check out our Course Descriptions for more information!

       

An Evening of Edo Sato Kagura – Featuring Kyosuke Suzuki

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Presented by Izumo Taishakyo Mission, East-West Center Arts Program and Taiko Center of the Pacific. Supported in part by the Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office and Taiko Arts Center.

An Evening of Edo Sato Kagura – Shrine Music & Dance of Old Tokyo

Visiting artist Kyosuke Suzuki is from the Wakayama Shachu of Tokyo, a group recognized as an intangible cultural property by the Japan Ministry of Culture. He is acknowledged by many around the world as the top lion dancer of the Edo tradition.

He will be performing his art for one night only at Izumo Taishakyo Mission in downtown Honolulu on Saturday, September 2 at 6pm.

Saturday, September 2, 2017
6pm (doors open at 5:30)
Izumo Taishakyo Mission
215 N. Kukui St. Honolulu, HI 96817

This event is free, but reservations are required! Limited capacity, so reserve quickly!

Taiko Arts Center (TAC) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that promotes the art of taiko through education, preservation, innovation, and collaboration. TAC depends on donations, grants, and fundraising to support and present its programs such as the Edo Sato Kagura project. Donations of ANY amount are always welcome and are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Donate through the brownpapertickets link above or here.  Thank you for your consideration. It is greatly appreciated!