Taiko Choreo Ho Etsu Workshops return with this 5 session class. LEARN MORE AND SEE OUR TAIKO CHOREO VIDEO Dates: Saturdays, March 27th, April 3rd, April 10th, April 17th, and April 24th. Time: 10am-11:30am PST / 12pm-1:30pm CST / 1pm-2:30pm EST Location: zoom link to...
Taiko Choreo Ho Etsu Workshops return with this 5 session class. LEARN MORE AND SEE OUR TAIKO CHOREO VIDEO Dates: Saturdays, March 27th, April 3rd, April 10th, April 17th, and April 24th. Time: 10am-11:30am PST / 12pm-1:30pm CST / 1pm-2:30pm EST Location: zoom link to...
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE for more information: Chicago Day of Remembrance (wordpress.com)
Ho Etsu Concert Monday, April 11 at 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Norther Illinois University Boutell Memorial Concert Hall 550 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115 for more information: NIU Events
About Anderson Japanese Garden Summer Festival July 30-31 July 30-31 - Anderson Japanese Gardens Summer Festival celebrates the spirit of Japan with traditional entertainment, artisans and food - fully enjoyed with the breathtaking backdrop of the award-winning Garden. Visit the Anderson Japanese Garden website for...
Ho Etsu to perform at MBT's Ginza Lite Festival August 13 & 14 We are so happy that MBT is holding its Ginza Festival after a 2 year absence. This will be a "LITE" version of Ginza but will still feature food and entertainment. For...
Ho Etsu to perform at MBT's Ginza Holiday Festival August 11-13 MBT's Ginza Holiday Festival is back in full on August 11th through 13th. After a 3 year absence we are excited to announce that Ho Etsu will perform on Ginza's outdoor stage with shows...
We will be performing at Tri-C's annual Aki Matsuri annual Japanese Food Festival and Concert. Our performance will begin at noon - see the Aki Matsuri flyer for all the details.
We are excited to return to Illinois College for their Fine Arts Series. Our concert will be on February 17, 2024 from 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at www.ic.edu/fas. From the IC website: Ho Etsu Taiko brings its youthful, energizing and powerful sound back to...
Join us for our concert on April 20th 8:30 pm (doors open at 8 pm) at the legendary Constellation Performance venue. Tickets are available at https://www.seetickets.us/event/ho-etsu-taiko/590581
Composer’s note: Poston is an incarceration camp in Arizona that held over 17,000 Japanese American citizens rounded up and displaced by the US government during World War II.
Only what you can carry, they said
An unknown future, moving forward
Separation, nulled identities
Stories hidden, some may never know
Divided by war (Unified to forge ahead)
What lies ahead from here? (We’re staring into present day)
No time for the past (Unified in face of hate)
What lies ahead from here? (Won’t let it repeat again)
All life
All life is
All the love you give
Tell me Where does your heart
Your heart live?
All life
All life is
All the love you give
Tell me Where does your heart
Your heart live?
In the nightwood, dark and deep
The tiny songbird cries in sleep
Sleep my love, though the wind do wail
And snow clouds pile, and storm and hail
Black bough trees, cold earth beneath
The breath of night bares icy teeth
Water moves, though the moving’s slow
And the deepest root guards life below
Fire flicker, warm and bright
Bind us in your ring of light
Shadows tall on the cold ground cast
Draw dancing shapes of those who passed
Gather now in the circle round
While the hoarfrost kiss the ground
Heart and hand and drum and song
We speak of them, we speak of them, our voices strong
Mountains high and oceans wide
The dead stand with us, side by side
Greeting’s sweet and parting’s sore
And still time’s tide wears on our shore, wears on our shore
And still time’s tide wears on our shore
Come by me and share your light
Walk hand in hand into the night
Glowing hearts and our faces cold
Life catches us in a web of gold
In the nightwood, dark and deep
A tiny songbird sighs in sleep
Sleep my child though the wind do cry
My love will keep you by and by