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DESCRIPTION:Family special! - TAIKOPROJECT performs a one-hour show for fam
 ilies at 10 a.m. on July 8 at the Ford Amphitheatre (2580 Cahuenga Blvd. E
 ast\, Los Angeles) as part of the Big!World!Fun! series. Kids are admitted
  free!\n\n“Thunder of Drums” is a contemporary fusion of the ancient a
 rt of Japanese drumming and American taiko\, which is a style formed by a 
 combination of traditional Japanese taiko and cross-cultural music influen
 ces such as hip hop\, pop and classical music. The concert features the Ta
 iko Project’s signature piece Expanding\, which blends hip hop rhythms w
 ith “interlocking patterns\, improvisation\, and the passing of energy f
 rom player to player.”\n\n“Thunder of Drums” offers the audience sma
 ll demonstrations between selections on taiko techniques\, the oral tradit
 ion and the use of vocal notation\, in addition to stories of the folklore
  and history behind the art form. The taiko performance ends with Omiyaga\
 , written in 2003 by composer Shoji Kameda\, one of America’s most promi
 sing young taiko artists.\n\nFor tickets\, call (323) 461-3673\n\nFor more
  information:  <a href="http://www.fordamphitheatre.org/">www.FordAmphithe
 atre.org</a>
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SUMMARY:TAIKOPROJECT Family Program at Ford Amphitheatre\, July 8 2006 (Los
  Angeles)
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