It was about ten years ago, as Joy and I were enjoying a Taiko performance at an art museum in the Pacific Northwest, that I first thought, “I have to do that someday. “
It was three years ago, during the pandemic, that I looked up a local dojo and noted that, now that my schedule had shifted to many meetings’ being on Zoom, I could manage to go to the classes and still get home to attend my meetings. I put myself on the email list for when they resumed classes.
It was a year and a half ago that I got the email notice: the dojo was open! Around the same time, I learned about the D.Min in Theology and the Arts at the United Seminary of the Twin Cities, applied, and was accepted. I was going to have to focus and prioritize in order to add graduate school to my life, so I reluctantly put Taiko back on the “someday” list.
Dance Brigade at Dance Mission Theater
It was three days ago that I learned that Dance Mission Theater, which is a mile from my house, would be offering an Absolute Beginner Taiko class. Even on sabbatical, I have a lot of plans and commitments, but since this will be for only seven weeks, once a week, my hesitation didn’t last for more than a couple of seconds. I joyfully signed up.
And so tomorrow, I will be an absolute beginner at an art form (and serious workout) that has drawn me for years. I can’t wait!
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August 19, 2023 at 9:49 pm
Roger Schriner
Rock out!
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August 20, 2023 at 4:10 am
Sue Magidson
I’m so excited for you! Taiko drumming is incredibly powerful. I wouldn’t have hesitated either, if my body were up for it. (Cal students practice outside the basketball stadium on Sunday afternoons.)
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