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For three years I have worked at the
JACCC on taiko related projects; the1999-2001 Summer Taiko Institutes
and the 1999 and 2001 Taiko Conferences. Looking back, I can
proudly say that my involvement in these projects have rewarded
me with an interesting array of experiences,
taken me places I had never been before and most of all given
me the opportunity to meet wonderful people who also share the
same passion I have for taiko. Throughout these years, the JACCC
and Little Tokyo has become my home away from home, and all of
you in the taiko
community have become an extension to my family. It is comforting
to know that wherever I travel, I can always feel at home if
I visit the taiko group in the area. I thank all of you who have
shaped my definition of taiko through this amazing taiko experience
over the past three years, into
that which goes far beyond the concept that taiko is playing
a barrel tacked with a cowhide.
Lesley Handa was the Assistant Coordinator
for the 2001 Taiko Conference, which took place at the JACCC
from June 29 - July 1, 2001. She is currently an Event Coordinator
for the Building Industry Association of Southern California,
in the Building Industry Show Division.
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