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1013 S. Tyndall Ave.
Rhythm Industry Performance Factory

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Updated June 26, 2009 (Pretend you didn't miss a thing! Go to our News & Perf page archive.)

View new video: Odaiko Sonora performing 'Raku' (by Shidara's Chabo-san) at AZ Matsuri, 2008.

This has been the busiest May and June in Odaiko Sonora's history. We've already done 16 events—from private parties, team building sessions, school residencies, summer camps, library presentations and straight on performances—and still have two to go.

Yesterday, we returned from two days on the San Carlos Apache Reservation and plunged immediately into a corporate team building workshop. It's amazing how taiko appeals to and can become a learning tool for groups as different as at-risk Native youth and sales professionals... but it does!

Our class schedules continues through June and into July with Drop-in sessions on Fridays at 3pm, Community Group at 10am Saturdays, and a new Taiko 'tweens class starting on July 16. Call (520) 481-8003 or email karen@tucsontaiko.org for more information and to register.

In July, there'll be an exciting new offering at Rhythm Industry Performance Factory: Energy Hoops with Kelly. See www.rhythmindustry.org and clickon the Yahoo calendar for all classes and to contact instructors.

 

On Solstice weekend, Odaiko Sonora provided the music
for Flam Chen's massive, site-specific spectacle
in honor of architect Paolo Soleri's 90th birthday.

Flam Chen at Arcosanti

Odaiko Sonora at Arcosanti

Upcoming Shows & Special Events

Date Location Event Time

July 27–31

  Fenster Ranch Camp  

Aug 22

  Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) conference kick-off team building session  

Sept 12

1013 S. Tyndall Rhythm Industry Review: featuring performers who call RI Factory their home... with Flam Chen headlining 7–10pm

Oct 3

  Vietnamese Fall Festival (tent.) day

Oct 3

  Private party evening

Oct 6

  Center for Spiritual Living  

Oct 10

  Tucson Meet Yourself  

Nov 8

  All Souls Procession. Stay tuned for the free community dance workshops and join us as we process.  

Nov
20–22

Stevie Eller Taiko Plus! Concert : Taiko and taiko collaborations with local performing groups Theatrical Mime Theatre, Thom Lewis Dance, and Batucaxé  

2010

Feb 14

  Vietnamese New Year Festival, Our Lady of La Vang Parish  

 

     

Odaiko Sonora is a 501(c)3 arts education agency supported in part by your tax dollars, granted through Arizona Commission on the Arts (with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts) and the Tucson Pima Arts Council (with funding from the City of Tucson and Pima County). Partial funding also comes from individiuals and corporations through the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the Ralph L. Smith Foundation, City of Tucson Ward V & VI Education funds, and Friends of Odaiko Sonora. Thank you for making us possible!

Performance fees cover drum construction, purchase of other instruments and equipment, costumes and general operating expenses. Odaiko Sonora does not operate for a profit.

For more information, email us at info@tucsontaiko.org
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