Gig on the 5th of June 2016 @ 360 Café, Seafront, Swansea

We performed on Sunday the 5th of June at 360 Café Bar in Swansea, the weather was being very kind 🙂

The gig started at 1:00 and was free for all. It was part of the initiative called ‘Wake Up Drums‘ initiated by Tsunagari taiko centre in Paris.

We started with three strong beats, played at 100% energy, to wake people up to improve their lives:

We then carried on to play all of our songs, and some of our younglings were brave enough to perform a song brought to us all the way from Sado Island by James Barrow:

Taiko workshop for children – 14th of May 2016

Aber Taiko ran a children’s taiko workshop on Saturday the 14th of May 10-11am at St. Paul’s Parish centre, De la Beche Road, SA2 9AR.

The children – from 6 to 9 year olds –  stood in front of our big drums, sticks in hands and learnt a simple and fun Japanese song. That song was written by Yoshikazu Fujimoto and taught to us by James Barrow. Simple rhythms, group work, and some stories of the Japanese group, KODO.

Children having fun while learning a simple taiko drumming piece.