Tune into this annual TCA membership drive which will also include contributions from Great Lakes Taiko Center (see below for a sneak peek at our GLTC Community segment video with #MIBON2024 highlights and MUSHI OKURI song track, as well as Eileen’s full video that has clips included in the announcement video about the location of the 2026 NATC-R Midwest Regional Taiko conference!)
From the Taiko Community Alliance (TCA) October 2024 Newsletter:
Taikothon will be aired on Sunday,
November 3, 2024 at 12pm PST (3pm EST).
Our Membership Committee is putting
together a great taiko marathon this year
that includes footage from NATC-R
Seattle’s TaikoGO! Concert, future
NATC/NATC-R announcement videos,
performances from groups all over the
world, AND some funny mascot clips as
we celebrate the friend competition of the
Taikolympics!
…
See you at the watch party!
GLTC submission to TCA Taikothon 2024 Community segment: When we play TAIKO together in COMMUNITY, we Drum, Dance & Dream !!! video: @NelsonWalkerMusic / music: MUSHI OKURI song
We invite you to Drum, Dance & Dream with us for a minute as we share highlights from our 2024 Michigan Bon Summer Festival, co-hosted by our Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective and the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, which took place last August at the Cranbrook Japanese Garden in SE Michigan. #MIBON2024 was supported by grants from TCA, TaikoVentures, and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and made possible by the work and play of our collective members and local community partners.
While this COMMUNITY event celebrates the gift of Taiko and spirit of Bon Dance, it also exemplifies the POWER of the people in our communities when we gather to share with each other, the MINDFULNESS of our cultural traditions and practices to understand who we are, the TEAMWORK necessary to center collective care and play, and the CREATIVITY we bring to make the world we want to live in together!
//Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts Collective in Southeast Michigan USA
Go Taiko Quizter from Michigan (Eileen S. Ho at Great Lakes Taiko Center)
“Can you solve the mystery of the next NATC-Regional 2026 Taiko Conference location?”
Watch our NATC-R Midwest 2026 announcement video at the TCA Taikothon 2024 to find out where our inaugural Midwest Regional Taiko Conference will be held!
And maybe see you next year at the North American Taiko Conference (NATC) 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona!