Author: John
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Katari Taiko – a history, one version
This is a talk I gave at Katari Taiko’s 40th Anniversary event at the Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall. November 2019 This is my version of the beginnings of Katari Taiko and the birth of Canadian taiko. Canadian taiko was conceived in 1979 at the third annual Powell Street Festival, in Oppenheimer Park,…