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We thought we had made a big splash when we were interviewed for a Cochrane newspaper and had a radio interview during Canada Day 2015, but it didn’t compare to be invited to do some live Taiko drumming on one of Canada’s largest broadcast corporations – CTV Television! We were invited to their studios to “drum up” some excitement in a short segment to promote this year’s Calgary Japanese Festival Omatsuri as part …
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Last year we were fortunate enough to be invited to The Calgary Opera’s closing gala for their production of Madame Butterfly at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium for a Japanese-themed evening with lots of cultural entertainment. To kick off the main portion of the event, we invited the guests into the auditorium with the sounds of our drums where we treated everyone to a Japanese drumming performance. The atmosphere was festive and intimate …