Kyodo Taiko of UCLA performed a 30 minute set at the Zenshuji Obon in Little Tokyo on Sunday, July 8. "Matsuri" was the second song in the set, and is often played at Kyodo's performances. It is a song often taught to and performed by the newbies early on. However, it is a song that many Kyodo veterans love to play. So, this obon "Matsuri" set-list was dominated by the veterans. :)

[Kyodo Taiko at UCLA was the first collegiate taiko group to form in North America, founded under UCLA's Nikkei Student Union. Striving to live up to the group’s name, Kyodo Taiko functions as a family, sharing the joy and spirit of taiko with more and more of the surrounding community each year.]