- Welcome Yukai Newbies!
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Trial Period 2007 has officialy come to a close. A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and helped make Trial Period a great success! So, without further ado, presenting the Yukai Generation 4 Newbies!
Andrew Lin
Elaine Hsia
Evelyn Wang
Jessica Yun
Kiku Ouchida
Lisa Nguo
Stephanie Gregorio
Tiffany Gilliam
Congratulations to those that made it and thank you to everyone who came out!Posted November 15, 2007
- Trial Period 2007
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Thanks to everyone that came out and helped make Open House a success! Trial Period 2007 is now in full swing, and everyone is invited to attend! The calendar of open practice for the remainder of trial period is as follows:
Week 1 Friday, 10/12 8pm-10pm Saturday, 10/13 10am-12pm Week 2 Friday, 10/19 8pm-10pm Saturday, 10/20 10am-12pm Week 3 Friday, 10/26 8pm-10pm Saturday, 10/27 10am-12pm Week 4 Friday, 11/2 8pm-10pm Saturday, 11/3 10am-12pm Week 5 Friday, 11/9 8pm-10pm Saturday, 11/10 10am-12pm Each day we will meet outside the John Wooden Center before relocating to our practice space. Come dressed comfortably and ready to play taiko!
Posted October 15, 2007
- Mini Open House and Practice Update!
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Just a small update about mini Open House and practice on Friday, October 12. Instead of 8:30, we will now meet at 8:00pm outside of Wooden Center. Hope to see you there, and at Open House on Wednesday the 10th!
Posted October 1, 2007
- Open House 2007!
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It's that time again! Yukai Daiko would like to kick off the 2007-2008 school year by inviting you to our annual Open House! Come check out what Yukai is all about, meet some of our current members, and mingle with other people interested in taiko. Yukai Open House will take place on Wednesday, October 10, at 8pm. Meet us outside the John Wooden Center.
If you can't make it on the 10th, come join us for mini Open House and practice on Friday the 12th at 8:30pm outside the John Wooden Center.
Hope to see you then!
Posted September 24, 2007
- UCLA Yukai Daiko 3rd Annual Spring Concert
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"Takushi - To Entrust"
Our 3rd Annual Spring Concert on Saturday, June 2nd will showcase our hard work throughout the year consisting of new songs such as Firefly and Still and some old songs such as Omiyage and Omoide.
The show is FREE and it starts at 2:00 PM at the Northwest Auditorium right next to Sproul Hall. Doors open at 1:45 PM. There is limited seating, so please arrive early to reserve your seat!
Also check out Scott Miyako's adventure during our Pre-Invitational Joint Practice where all the Southern California schools came to UCLA for a joint-practice.
Posted May 29, 2007
- Collegiate Taiko Invitational Coming Up!
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The Annual Collegiate Taiko Invitational is coming up! Yukai and Kyodo are currently working on the final touches for this year's Invitational held at UCLA this year!
The taiko concert will be on Sunday, May 27th at the UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Admission is free and the concert starts at 3 PM. Come out and support collegiate taiko by watching the free show!
We also have a new adventures page for your perusal, click here for Isabella's photo blog on Yukai and UCSD Asayake's joint practice together.
Posted May 18, 2007
- Welcome Newbees!!!!!!!!!
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Tryouts went really well this year. Thank you to everyone who came out. It's always awesome to see a group of people who are excited and interested in taiko. Congrats to those who made the team.
THE Scott Miyako, Scott Ichikawa, Yuri Shindo, Isabella Niu, Ling Tang, Kathy Tu, Kimmie Won, and Shea Handa - welcome to the Yukai family. We are going to be doing a bunch of fun stuff this year.
From co-hosting invitationals with Kyodo, to workshopping with Kenny Endo, to going out for dinner (like all the time) you guys are never going to be bored. It's going to be a great year getting to learn with and about all of you. The 3rd generation of Yukai is set and we are so happy to have you all! Congrats and welcome to the family!
BE EXCITED BE BE EXCITED WHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Jana and Jenn (your excited Yukai directors)
Posted November 27, 2006
- Yukai Daiko Trial Period Starts
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- October 13th - November 11th
- Practices:
- 2nd Floor John Wooden Center
- Fridays 7:45 - 9:45 PM
- Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM
For those who couldn't make it to open house, it's okay! If you are still interested in playing taiko with us then come out to our trial period. We are looking for some new people to join us this year so if you are interested you should come on by. No experience is necessary! We will be teaching basic technique and songs so please wear comfortable clothes, bring water, and come have some fun with us!
If you have any questions please email us at yukaidaiko@ucla.edu and we will be more than happy to answer them for you. We look forward to meeting you!
Posted October 14, 2006
- Yukai Daiko Open House this Friday!
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Mark your calenders folks! Yukai is having open house on Friday, October 13th from 8:30 - 10:00 PM on the 2nd floor of the John Wooden Center at UCLA. Come out and learn more about the history of the group, what we are all about, and how you can join Yukai this new school year!
Posted October 11, 2006
- Spectacular!
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Rhythmic Relations 2006 has come and gone, and it was a spectacular SOLD OUT show! Yah! Much props to Bryan Yamami for being our fearless leader through out the following months. Thank you all to the rest of Bombu, TAIKOPROJECT, and Kitsune for letting us jam with you folks this summer. Let's do it again sometime soon!
With the concert gone, our departing seniors have left and are off to bigger and better things: Ryan Ishikawa, Courtney Deguchi, Rie Onodera, Van-Nghi Vo, Paul Shirk, Hitomi Oba, Mariko Yamamoto, Matt Tai, JoAnn Cho, and Jen Chow - we wish you all the best of luck!
Keep an eye out for any performances or events such as Taiko Gathering and UCLA Orientation that Yukai may be performing at!
Finally check out Raphael's adventure at this year's Intercollegiate Taiko Invitational at UC Riverside - a spectacular gathering of collegiate taiko groups for one fun-filled weekend of Taiko workshops and spectacular performances!
Posted July 17, 2006
- One down... one more to go...
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Whew! Our spring concert is over! Thank you to everyone that came. The support from friends, family, and the taiko community truly made our night memorable. Special thanks to Bombu, UCI Jodaiko, UCLA Kyodo, LMU, CSUN for making it out to our concert. We truly loved the support you guys gave us! A very special thanks to Shoji, Kris, and Maz for making it out. We love you guys and keep on making beautiful music!
And to Yuta, well words can't describe our appreciation towards you. Big Yukai thank you for coming down from Portland to support us Yuta......Yukai <3 Yuta.
With that said! Yukai's next big performance is coming up on July 8th! It will be an awesome concert with the rest of the Higashi family this summer! One more concert performance to go! Be excited....be be excited!
Posted June 13, 2006
- UCLA Yukai Daiko 2nd Annual Spring Concert
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"Okage Same De - I am what I am, because of you"
You are cordially invited to our 2nd Annual Spring Concert on Saturday, June 3rd. The concert will showcase our hard work throughout the year consisting of traditional Taiko songs such as Miyake and Buchi Awase, to our most modern interpretations of Taiko including Daichi and Omiyage.
The show is FREE and it starts at 7:30 PM at the Northwest Auditorium right next to Sproul Hall. Doors open at 7:15 PM. There is limited seating, so please arrive early to reserve your seat!
Posted May 11, 2006
- Rhythmic Relations 2006 - Can you feel it!
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We're proud to announce our concert collaboration with TAIKOPROJECT, Bombu Taiko, and Kitsune Taiko in "Rhythmic Relations 2006" at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 8th.
Rhythmic Relations 2006 presents performances by an extended family of affiliated Los Angeles-based groups, who have supported one another's respective endeavors as well as shared the stage in community performances such as at obon, hanamatsuri, and cherry blossom festivals. The different approaches of these four groups represent the range that currently characterizes American taiko: Buddhist-temple-based community groups, children's groups, collegiate groups, and professional performing groups.
The Higashi family have supported us so much these past two years and we are proud to be performing with the whole family on stage.
Reserved Seating: $35, $30
Students & Children under 12: $12
Call the Ford Amphitheatre Box Office at (323) 461-3673
or visit Tickets.com online.For detailed information including the official press release, please go to the official Rhythmic Relations 2006 site.
Also stay tuned for more information about our upcoming Spring Concert on June 3rd!
Posted May 2, 2006
- Yukai Daiko Website Launched
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Welcome to Yukai Daiko’s Website. Some of us have finally been able to use the time from our Winter Break to settle down and learn CSS and relearn their JavaScript. It was a good and productive vacation. So.......yeahhhhhhhhhhh! for Yukai Daiko’s new website!
It's amazing how much the group has grown over the course of just one year. This is our second year as an official taiko group and already we have met so many wonderful people within the taiko community. It’s truly amazing to see how the community have encouraged and supported us. We hope to learn and grow even more this year so we’re able to share the love of taiko to even more people.
Please feel free to browse our website and of course constructive feedback is definitely appreciated. And please keep on going back to the site for Yukai updates.
Posted April 18, 2006
