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DESCRIPTION:Visitors at Japantown festivals enjoy live music and drumming p
 erformed by San Jose&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;Chidori Band or San Jose Taiko (SJT). 
 Learn about these musical legends via new&nbsp\;exhibits at the Japanese A
 merican Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) on display through&nbsp\;December 2013.
  This year\, they celebrate hallmark anniversaries -- Chidori Band&rsquo\;
 s 60th&nbsp\;and SJT&rsquo\;s 40th.\n\nCome and learn about their early be
 ginnings\, the performers\, attire\, and performances&nbsp\;through artifa
 cts\, photos\, and interactive technology.\n\nSJT&rsquo\;s contemporary st
 yle of taiko was amongst the first to incorporate instruments and&nbsp\;rh
 ythms of other world music with the traditional beats of Japanese taiko. A
 lso known&nbsp\;for their choreography and joyful energy\, SJT travels bey
 ond the state\, performing&nbsp\;nationally and internationally at Perform
 ing Arts Centers. They put San Jose on the&nbsp\;worldwide map.\n\nKimono-
 clad dancers glide to the music of the Chidori Band during the annual Obon
 .\n\nTheir exhibit\, &ldquo\;Music and Memories&rdquo\; includes the origi
 nal score of the Chidori Band&nbsp\;Ondo\, a favorite at Obon time\, as we
 ll as a scrapbook. Masayo Arii\, a founding member\,&nbsp\;recalls that wh
 en returning from camp\, there was no recreation . . . &ldquo\;nothing for
  the&nbsp\;Issei\, Japanese-speaking people . . . They put in long hours a
 nd this was something&nbsp\;that brought them enjoyment and a little relax
 ation.&rdquo\;\n\nThe Japantown air is permeated by a keen sense of harmon
 y as evidenced by these&nbsp\;two groups. JAMsj is proud to be a partnerin
 g organization with these performing arts&nbsp\;groups -- an integral aspe
 ct of our history and culture.\n\nQuestions? Please contact Aggie Idemoto 
 at the Museum: info@jamsj.org\, (408)&nbsp\;294-3138\, or access the web s
 ite\, (www.jamsj.org).
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SUMMARY:New Chidori Band and SJ Taiko Exhibits
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