| 2002 |
Event |
 |
| 4/02 |
Odaiko Sonora is founded. |
| 7/02/02 |
30 minute taiko set, and
hands-on experience for Challenger Summer Program (for mentally
handicapped children grades 1-4). Tucson , AZ |
| 7/20/02 |
Finale Concert of 5-week
taiko workshop sponsored by OS and taught by Esther Vandecar,
sensei of Fushicho Daiko. Tucson , AZ |
| 7/27/02 |
Japan-America Society of
Tucson (JAST) Summer Matsuri (Festival), 30 minute set |
| 8/29/02 |
Performed at Opening of
Tucson Unified School District's Artsmobile (Fine Arts Dept.
Mobile Arts Display). The Artsmobile theme was Japan. |
| 10/13/02 |
Performed at Tucson Meet
Yourself, 30 minute set on Main Stage |
| 10/25/02 |
Performed at dedication
of new Univ. of AZ East Asian Studies Building |
| 10/25/02 |
Performed at Cholla High
School Homecoming, . Tucson , AZ |
| 11/10/02 |
Performed at Suzuyuki-kai's
30th Anniversary Odori concert, . Tucson , AZ |
| 12/2/02 |
Performed and did Q&A session
at St. Gregory High School |
| 12/12/02 |
Performed at UA Multicultural
Program's Fall Celebration of Achievement |
| 12/28/02 |
Performed at Tucson Children's
Museum Japanese New Year Celebration |
| 2003 |
Event |
|
| 1/19/03 |
Performed 30-minute set
at Family Arts Festival. Tucson , AZ |
| 1/24 & 1/25/03 |
Performed one piece at ORTS
Interior Spaces show. Tucson , AZ |
| 1/26/03 |
Performed at JAST Shinenkai
(New Year's Party). Tucson , AZ |
| 2/15/03 |
UAPresents! pre-performance
Arts Encounter (included performance and discussion of the art
form of taiko) before Kodo performance. Tucson , AZ |
| 2/7/03 |
Tucson Unified School District
Pan Asian Studies Lunar New Year concert, performed finale for
dance/music show for TUSD elementary students |
| 03/09/03 |
Sponsored workshop by Tiffany
Tamaribuchi and Sacramento Taiko Dan, as well as free Sac Taiko
performance on the San Xavier Reservation |
| 3/25/03 |
Performance and hands-on
workshop with kindergarten students at Liberty Elementary. Tucson
, AZ |
| 4/3/03 |
Performance at Broadway
Proper Retirement Community. Tucson , AZ |
| 4/5/03 |
Performance at PCC's 1st
southern Arizona Japanese Speech Contest. Tucson |
| 4/26/03 |
Performance at UA Asian/Pacific-American
Student Association Lotus Laureate Recognition Banquet. Tucson
, AZ |
| 5/8/03 |
Performance at Pima Community
College Desert Vista Campus, included Q&A and discussion of
taiko. Tucson , AZ |
| 5/17/03 |
Performance at Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base Street Fair. Tucson , AZ |
| 5/29/03 |
Led workshop on taiko as
an expression of Japanese culture, and on using taiko in the
classroom, for the Fine Arts Summer Inst. for elementary and
secondary teachers. Tucson , AZ |
| 6/29/03 |
Performance at kick-off
of Tucson's Gay Pride Parade |
| 7/30/03 |
Performance with hands-on
experience for kids ages 11-14 at Rancho Linda Vista summer
day camp in Oracle, AZ |
| 8/27/03 |
Performance at UA Multicultural
Department's "Drums Across Cultures" event |
| 8/26/03 |
Performance for the Cultural
Exchange Commission, included discussion and Q&A about art form.
Tucson , AZ |
| 10/12/03 |
Tucson Meet Yourself, 30
minute set on Main Stage |
| 10/31/03 |
Performed at Grand Opening
of AKKA Karate School, Rancho Vistoso |
| 11/09/03 |
Performed on Viva Stage
at First Annual Family Fiesta |
| 11/23/03 |
Performed at wedding reception
for members of Japan American Society of Tucson. |
| 12/07/03 |
Performed at the final mile
of the Tucson Marathon (5-hours) |
| 12/28/03 |
Performed at Tucson Children's
Museum Japanese New Year Celebration |
| 2004 |
Event |
|
| 1/11/04 |
Tucon Pima Arts Council
Family Arts Festival, 30 minute set on Main Stage |
| 1/16/04 |
A UA Center for Student
Involved Leadership, performance and leadership/diversity workshop
to kick-off weekend-long Leadership Retreat. |
| 1/24 & 1/25/04 |
Performed one piece at O-T-O
Dance "The Backroom Show" |
| 1/25/04 |
Japan-America Society of
Tucson Shinenkai (New Year's Party), 30 minute taiko set |
| 1/31/04 |
Pan-Asian Alliance Lunar
New Year Dinner, performed finale of post-dinner entertainment
show that included Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Marshallese
dance and drum performances |
| 2/6/04 |
TUSD Pan Asian Studies Lunar
New Year concert, performed finale for dance/music show for
TUSD elementary students |
| 2/2 & 2/29/04 |
Appeared with Fushicho Daiko
at Matsuri in Phoenix |
| 3/5 & 3/7/04 |
Performed collaborative
piece with O-T-O Dance at their spring show |
| 3/6/04 |
Performed at Megumi Shimizu's
memorial service |
| 3/19/04 |
Performance for DeGrazia
Elementary School students |
| 3/21/04 |
Arranged performance of
Suigun Daiko Youth Taiko group from Matsuyama, Japan at Park
Place Mall |
| 3/22/04 |
Arranged cultural exchange
performance of Suigun Daiko at San Xavier Mission School. Performance
will include appearances by the Black Mountain Drummers and
Wa:k Tab Basket Dancers, Tohono O'odham youth who engage in
traditional drumming and dancing. Performance will be followed
by a Q&A/cultural exchange session. |
| 4/3/04 |
Performance for 2nd Annual
Southern Arizona Japanese Speech Contest |
| 4/16/04 |
Performance for Doolen Jr.
Hi Diversity Fair |
| 04/04 |
Performance at Lotus Laureate
Banquet |
| 5/19/04 |
Performance for Raytheon
Asian Employee Association Luncheon |
| 7/24/04 |
Odaiko Contest (solo performed
by Rome Hamner) |
| 7/29/04 |
Rancho Linda Vista, full-day
workshop with campers ages 3-16 |
| 9/12/04 |
JAST Annual Installation
of Board/Lunch Meeting |
| 9/17/04 |
Compass High School |
| 10/9/04 |
Performed for Tucson Meet
Yourself Festival |
| 12/5/04 |
Performed for 5 hours along
the course of the Tucson Marathon |
| 12/5/04 |
Performed for Tucson Botanical
Gardens Luminaria Nights |
| 12/31/04 |
Performed for private New
Year's Eve Party for Tucson's Chinese-American community |
| 2005 |
Event |
|
| 1/2/05 |
Performed at Tucson Children's
Museum Japanese New Year Celebration |
| 1/14/05 |
Conducted leadership/team
workshop for UA Center for Student Involvement and Leadership
Student Leadership Retreat |
| 1/16/05 |
Performed and had table
at Family Arts Festival |
| 1/22/05 |
Organized and participated
in Benefit Concert for Tsunami Victims, co-sponsored by Krispy
Kreme Donuts and Flam Chen |
| 2/4/05 |
Performed for TUSD Asian
Lunar New Year Annual Concert |
| 2/4/05 |
Performed for St. Gregory
High School "St. Greg Meet Yourself festival |
| 2/12/05 |
Collaborative performance
with Bad Girls Storytelling Brigade: Effortlessness |
| 2/12 & 3/19/05 |
5-week Introductory Taiko
Workshop |
| 2/18 & 2/20/05 |
Collaborative performance
with O-T-O Dance for 20 Years and Soaring concert |
| 2/20/05 |
Performed for Lighthouse
YMCA 5K Run |
| 2/20/05: |
Performed for Pan-Asian
Alliance annual fundraising dinner |
| 2/26 & 2/27/05 |
Collaborative performance
with Phoenix's Fushicho Daiko at Matsuri: A Festival of Japan |
| 4/2& 4/3/05 |
Workshosp by visiting Taiko
Master Yoshikazu Fujimoto of KODO |
| 4/5/05 |
Taiko demonstration at Iaido
Taikai (Japanese Swordsmanship Tournament) |
| 4/12/05 |
Performed at Second Annual
Warehouse Artists Management Organization Party, sponsored by
Flam Chen |
| 4/18 & 4/19/05 |
Collaborative performance
with O-T-O Dance Surreal Buffet concert |
| 4/9/05 |
Performance for 3rd Annual
Southern Arizona Japanese Speech Contest |
| 4/10/05 |
Tucson Museum of Art 80th
Anniversary Celebration and Free Family Arts Day |
| 4/16/05 |
Performance for private
party, organized by Events Made Special |
| 5/5/05 |
Community Foundation of
Southern Arizona Arts Awards. Intro talk and demonstration of
two songs |
| 5/20/05 |
Produced and performed at
2005 Southern Arizona Taiko Showcase with Fushicho Daiko, Suzuyuki-Kai
Taikoza, and special guest members of Sacramento
Taiko Dan, including Tiffany Tamaribuchi |
| 5/27, 5/28
& 5/29/05 |
Memorial Day "Survivor"
Weekend. We play by the pool each night. First 2 nights rained
out |
| 6/4/05 |
MAC Heritage Performing
Arts Series |
| 6/18/05 |
Arizona State Museum Solstice
Celebration |
7/29/05 |
Up With People Conference |
| 8/10 & 8/12/05 |
Arts for All, Inc. residency |
| 9/23/05 |
Lesbian Looks Film
Festival Opening Night |
| 10/7/05 |
Tucson Meet Yourself,
El Presidio Park |
| 10/8/05 |
OutOberfest!, DeMeester
Amphitheater, Reid Park |
| 10/23/05 |
WISE workshop |
| 10/29/05 |
Celebrating Arts in
the Park, Oro Valley Arts Council |
| 11/4, 11/3
& 11/6/05 |
O-T-O Dance Fall Concert |
| 11/6/05 |
All Souls' Procession |
| 12/31/05 |
JNippon Restaurant New
Year's Party, Foothills Mall, 7401 N La Cholla Blvd |
| 2006 |
Event |
|
| 1/1/06 |
JAST (Japan-America Society
of Tucson) Japanese New Year, Tucson Children's Museum |
| 1/8/06 |
JAST New Year's party |
| 1/13/06 |
UA Student Involved
Leadership Retreat workshop, Triangle Y Ranch |
| 1/15/06 |
6th Annual Family Arts
Festival, Tucson Pima Arts Council |
| 1/18/06 |
Benihana Restaurant
Grand Opening |
| 1/27/06 |
Tucson Unified School
District Lunar New Year Celebration, Pan-Asian Community Alliance |
| 1/29/06 |
Casino del Sol Lunar
New Year Celebration, Pan-Asian Community Alliance |
| 2/4/06 |
Pan-Asian Lunar New
Year Banquet, Desert Diamond Casino |
| 2/12/06 |
Casino del Sol Lunar
New Year Celebration, Pan-Asian Community Alliance |
| 2/18/06 |
The Vagina Monologues,
Oasis Center fundraiser, UA Social Sciences Auditorium |
| 2/19/06 |
Lighthouse Y 5K Run/Walk,
McCormick Park |
| 2/25 &
2/26/06 |
Matsuri: A Festival
of Japan, All AZ taiko group spectacle each day. Heritage
Square Park, downtown Phoenix |
| 3/1/06 |
DeGrazia Elementary
School performance. |
| 3/2 &
3/4/06 |
Flying and Films at
the Fox, produced by OTO Dance. Historic Fox Theatre |
| 3/18/06 |
Rancho Linda Vista Fundraiser
and Celebration, workshops and performance. Oracle, AZ |
| 4/5/06 |
Living the Future Conference.
Library Sciences Research Professionals pre-conference team-building
session. |
| 4/8/06 |
Pima Community College
East, 4th Annual Tucson Japanese Speech Contest |
| 4/21/06 |
Opening night of Borderlands
Theatre's Conjuntoat
the Leo Rich. |
| 4/25/06 |
Microbusiness
Advancement Center 3rd Annual Luncheon |
| 4/28/06 |
American Cancer Society
Relay
for Life at Canyon del Oro Riverfront Park |
| 5/5/06 |
2006 Southern Arizona
Taiko Showcase featuring Odaiko Sonora, Fushicho
Daiko, Suzuyuki Kai Taikoza, and special guest Mu
Daiko at the Leo Rich. |
| 5/6/06 |
Borderlands Theatre
fundraiser |
| 5/12/06 |
ASU In Tucson MSW and
BSW graduation ceremonies at the Berger |
| 5/13/06 |
Rancho Resort, Sahuarita |
| 5/20/06 |
Arivaca residency |
| 6/2/06 |
Davis-Monthan Luau |
| 06/17/06 |
Historic San Pedro Chapel
in Tucson. An Intimate Evening "Beyond Words" CD
release party with Gentle Thunder, Will Clipman and AmoChip
Dabney. |
| 07/18/06 |
Green Valley Recreation,
Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley.
Full-length concert.
|
| 08/26/06 |
SHIDARA,
from Japan! |
| 08/27/06 |
Shidara Workshop, Hana
Matsuri at ArtFare, 55. N 6th Ave.
|
| 09/28/06 |
Kellond Elementary |
| 10/1/06 |
Aki Matsuri, Albuquerque,
NM |
| 10/8/06 |
Tucson Botanical Gardens
fundraiser dinner celebrating the opening of the new Zen Garden
and the Butterfly Magic Exhibit |
| 10/13/06 |
Tucson Meet Yourself |
| 10/20/06 |
University of Arizona
Family Weekend |
| 10/26/06 |
UA President Robert Shelton's
Inauguration, leading the procession from Gould-Simpson to
Old Main. |
| 10/26/06 |
Opening with Batucaxé
for djembe master Ubaka Hill concert at Anjali, 330 E. 7th
St. |
| 11/5/06 |
All Souls Procession |
| 11/11/06 |
Tucson Pima Arts Council
Open Studio Tour. See our new space, observe our practices
and ART class. |
| 12/1/06 |
Border Patrol Diversity
Fair |
| 12/6/06 |
DeGrazia Elementary
School
Concert concluding a 5-week taiko residency for 3rd through
6th graders. |
| 12/7/06 |
UA Student Union Ballroom
Multicultural Programs Celebration of Achievement, opening
procession |
| 12/10/06 |
Tucson
Marathon. For the third year, Odaiko Sonora urged runners
home with a final mile marathon taiko performance! |
| 12/12/06 |
Blue
Chip Leadership Retreat at Triangle Y Ranch |
| 12/14/06 |
Family
Arts Festival |
1/19/06 |
Red Rocks Elementary School,
workshop and performance |
1/21/06 |
JAST Shinenkai at OS SPACE
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