Saturday, April 18, 2009

Holy Child Church in Staten Island, NY

 スタッテン島にあるホーリー・チャイルド・チャーチでギグがございました。ここで演奏するのは2回目です。前回同様、ありがたい事に大盛況でした。ちなみに上の写真で私、一平が持っているのは今回のギグから正式採用になった沖縄の民族楽器、三線(さんしん)です。

 ギグの後に伊藤園さんの提供によるお茶の試飲会が行われました。詳しくは下のリンクの写真をご覧くださいませ。

ホーリー・チャイルド・チャーチの写真

We had a concert at the Holy Child Church in Staten Island, NY. It was the second time to perform at the church and, same as the first time, we had so much kind applause from the audience. Thanks to everyone who came to the concert. We also had the tea tasting party. The tea was provided by Ito-en. I put all the photos on another site. If you want to see EVERYTHING, please follow the link below.

Pics from the Holy Child Church

By the way, the string instrument I am holding on the top photo is the traditional Okinawan instrument called Sanshin. This instrument has very particular sound which includes lots of "buzzing sound," or as the guitarists call "fret noise" which all guitarists including myself are trying to eliminate as much as possible. I am going to use it on every WaFoo's concert from this day forward.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Takeshi's Birthday

 ウチのキーボーディストの岳史さんの誕生日です。リハーサルの後に近くのステーキハウスに行ってお祝いしました。

It was the birthday of our keyboardist Takeshi. All the band members went to a steakhouse and celebrate after the rehearsal.

Rehearsal

 リハーサルでございます。一見、なんの変哲もない、いつもの愉快なリハーサル風景ですが、皆様、お気づきでしょうか。キーボードの岳史さん、ベースの一雄さんがギターを弾き、私、一平はベースを弾いております。不思議と楽器をいくつも弾ける人が集まったWaFooですが、『何か楽器を変えてできる曲があったら面白いねー』という話になり、ちょっと練習しているところでございます。

It looks like just another fun rehearsal with WaFoo but Takeshi the keyboardist and Kazuo the bassist are playing the guitars and I, Ippei the percussionist is playing the bass. We did not intend but everyone in WaFoo is happened to be a multi-instrumentalist, so we thought it would be cool to switch instruments and play a tune or two.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Join us on April 18th!

Hi everyone,

We are gearing up for our Spring Concert Series and the first band performance since January!
Join us at the beautiful Holy Child Church on Saturday, April 18th and be the first one to check out the taste of our upcoming CD and some of our new materials!


Saturday, April 18th, 8:30 PM

Holy Child Church
4747 Amboy Road
Staten Island, NY 10312

*There's a tea reception after the concert (by Ito-En)


See you at the show!