The Sazanami Band is a band from Itsubu Elementary School here in Amami. I'm not sure if they only play the traditional taiko and shamisen, but they did for the parade. I was pretty impressed with this group. They were enthusiastic about what they were doing and it sounded neat.
The above photo is a shot of the big flatbed crane truck they had at the beginning. I like how they decorated it.
Nikon D60, Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 18mm, 1/320 sec, f/4.0, ISO 400 -- EXIF
The Ending Jump
(so I thought)
After their big jump and they all went quiet, this girl came running out and starting yelling. Then all at once they starting playing and singing again but with even more enthusiasm this time.
The tempo of the song was much faster than before and they seemed to be hopping and dancing around even more than before. The girl without a drum in the above photo seems to really be enjoying herself.
They had some climactic drumming in the end. They started kind of soft and low then grew louder and higher as they screamed a big, "HEY!!" at the end.
I thought this was the best part of the parade. Watching these kids play made me smile.
1 comments:
Great set, Earnest. Looks like a great time. Made me smile as well. I would love to see a video of this. Taiko drumming is a favorite.
Gary in GR MI
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Keep the language clean please. I have family that see this. Tell us what part of the world you're in.