Monday, November 30, 2015

Taiko Tots Sunday and Tuesday Bonenkai 2015

Aisatsu Song + Mochi Megane

Rundown for Bonenkai Performance:
  • enter stage and singing group preset bachi
  • "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" > playing position
  • Aisatsu Song (drumming group + singing group)
  • bow in place and move to second positions
  • everyone clap and sing "Mochi Megane" once
  • everyone play "Mochi Megane" twice

Bonenkai 2015 Performance


Tuesday Taiko Tots 2015-12-08 rehearsal for Bonenkai

Aisatsu Song Stage Plot

Mochi Megane Stage Plot



Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu (clap clap)
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu (clap clap)

Respect the Sensei
Respect the Dojo
Classmates!
Instruments!
and the Art of Taiko!

Ichi - Ni - So - Re
Don Don Don - Da Di Da dadidum
Don Don Don - Da Di Da dadidum
Don Don Don - Da Di Da dadidum
Don Don Don - Da Di Da dadidum

Yoroshiku (Clap Clap)
Yoroshiku (Clap Clap)

YO - RO - SHI - KU - O - NE - GAI - SHI - MA - SU!


Mochitsuki Mochitsuki Pe-Tan-KO!
Mochitsuki Mochitsuki Pe-Tan-KO!
Pe-Tan Pe-Tan Pe-Tan KO!
Pe-Tan Pe-Tan Pe-Tan KO!
Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-Tan-KO!
Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta teki agari! 
(repeat from beginning)

Sunday Taiko Tots (Age2-3) 2015-12-06 rehearsal for Bonenkai


Tuesday Taiko Tots 2015-11-30



Saturday, November 21, 2015

Chicken Soup with Rice - Full Song for Bonenkai 2015 Performance



Click link below for Chicken Soup with Rice text

Click on links below for reviewing individual tags and parts



Family Thursday 2015-12-03 First Run-through


Family Sunday 2015-12-06 Run-through (incomplete video)

Family Thursday 2015-12-10 Run-through


Chicken Soup with Rice Performance Setup



Family Taiko Thursday - Chicken Soup with Rice

This blog entry is for Family Taiko Thursday class to review their part of the song only, for reviewing the full song, please click here.

Chicken Soup with Rice

a book of months by Maurice Sandak

Family once
Taiko twice
Playing chicken soup with rice!


Mike, Nan, Aki, and Owen - February


In February it will be
my snowman's anniversary
with cake for him 
and soup for me!

Happy once
Happy twice
Happy chicken soup with rice.

Stacy and Chevace - April


In April I will go away
to far off Spain or old Bombay
and dream about hot soup all day.

Oh my oh once 
oh my oh twice
oh my oh
chicken soup with rice

Tammy and Paige


In June I saw a charming group
of roses all begin to droop.
I peeped them up with chicken soup!

Sprinkle once
Sprinkle twice 
Sprinkle chicken soup with rice.

 Lisa and Sophia (Everyone from Thursday)


In August it will be so hot
I will become a cooking pot
cooking soup of course. Why not?

Cooking once
Cooking Twice
Cooking chicken soup with rice

Ching Family - October


In October I'll be host to 
witches, goblins and a ghost.
I'll serve them chicken soup 
on toast.

Whoopy once
Whoopy twice
Whoops chicken soup with rice.

Denise and Beatrice - December

In December I will be
a baubled bangled Chrsitmas tree
with soup bowls draped all over me.

Merry once
Merry twice
Merry chicken soup with rice.

Everybody - coda


I told you once
I told you twice
all seasons of the year are nice
for eating chicken soup with rice!



Monday, November 16, 2015

Family Taiko Sunday - Chicken Soup with Rice

This blog entry is for Family Taiko Sunday class to review their part of the song only, for reviewing the full song, please click here.

Chicken Soup with Rice

a book of months by Maurice Sandak

Family once
Taiko twice
Playing chicken soup with rice!

Iris and Daron - January


In January it's so nice
while slipping on the sliding ice
to sip hot chicken soup with rice.

Sipping once
Sipping twice
Sipping chicken soup with rice.


Ethan and Eric - March


In March the wind blows down the door
and spills my soup upon the floor.
It laps it up and roars for more.

Blowing once
Blowing twice
Blowing Chicken Soup with Rice.

Jynn and Miya - May


In May I truly think it best
to be a robin lightly dressed
concocting soup inside my nest.

Mix it once
Mix it twice
Mix that chicken soup with rice

Carol and Mii - July


In July I'll take a peep
into the cool and fishy deep
where chicken soup is selling cheap

Selling once
Selling twice
Selling chicken soup with rice.

Jake and Shane - September

In September for a while
I will ride a crocodile
down the chicken soupy Nile.

Paddle once
Paddle Twice 
Paddle Chicken Soup with Rice.

Mike and Micah - Nov


In November's gusty gale
I will flop my floppy tail
and spout hot soup. 
I'll be a whale!

Spouting once
Spouting twice
Spouting chicken soup with rice.

Everybody - coda


I told you once
I told you twice
all seasons of the year are nice
for eating chicken soup with rice!