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 [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA&hl=en|Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA]]\\  [[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA&hl=en|Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA]]\\ 
 7 PM, Sunday, February 3, 2013 7 PM, Sunday, February 3, 2013
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-===== the Performers =====+===== Performers =====
   * Kenzo Abe   * Kenzo Abe
   * Akiko Ando   * Akiko Ando
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 I'm surprised to see that within each set, the pieces are run together without pause. Although this might make some sense to the performers, it leaves me wondering if I'd be able to tell the difference between the pieces without the visual cue of a fadeout in the stage lighting. I'm surprised to see that within each set, the pieces are run together without pause. Although this might make some sense to the performers, it leaves me wondering if I'd be able to tell the difference between the pieces without the visual cue of a fadeout in the stage lighting.
  
-The initial piece on the second half -- Onidaiko -- features a pair of particularly grotesque demon-mask clad performers. Very cool!+The initial piece on the second half -- _Onidaiko_ -- features a pair of particularly grotesque demon-mask clad performers. Very cool!
  
-O-daiko spotlights a succession of performers wearing only a shimekomi -- loincloth -- while bashing away on the miya-daiko, a great big festival drum nearly four feet across and weighing about 800 pounds, but my vote for most-heroic performance goes to the guys soloing during the final segment, Yatai-Bayashi, who pounded away on barrel-sized drums from a crunch position -- abs of steel indeed!+_O-daiko_ spotlights a succession of performers wearing only a shimekomi -- loincloth -- while bashing away on the miya-daiko, a great big festival drum nearly four feet across and weighing about 800 pounds, but my vote for most-heroic performance goes to the guys soloing during the final segment, _Yatai-Bayashi_, who pounded away on barrel-sized drums from a crunch position -- abs of steel indeed!
  
 I was happy that the exuberance of the crowd prompted an encore -- it's always a blessing to get a little more, right? -- and I thought it especially interesting that the drummer whaling away on the biggest drum appeared to be using a baseball bat for a drumstick. I was happy that the exuberance of the crowd prompted an encore -- it's always a blessing to get a little more, right? -- and I thought it especially interesting that the drummer whaling away on the biggest drum appeared to be using a baseball bat for a drumstick.
  
 {{tag>music Kodo Zellerbach}} {{tag>music Kodo Zellerbach}}
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