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Greeting

Orientation
12-week Course System
Each Class Schedule
-Greeting
-Stretch
-Set Up
-Instruction
-10-minutes Alone
-Clean
-Greeting

Hachijo history and background

Moving of Drums: Establish Rules Explain stand/Pitch of drum relationship

Stance and Grip

Shitauchi (下打) - base keeper
Uwauchi (上打) - soloist

Shitauchi Types
Yuukichi (ゆうきち) - dondoko
Shabataki (しゃばたき) - donko
Honbataki (本ばたき) - zu - do zu

Uwauchi Practice Pattern
Don Don Don Don Don Don Don Don (sticking: R L L R R L L R)

Clean

Greeting

Hachijo Island Stats and Background

Land Stats
178 miles (287km) south of Tokyo, 26.8 sq/miles (69.53sq/km), 36.6 miles (58.9 km) circumference
8,000 -8,500 people
Farming -
-Robe, Sub-tropical plants and Fruits
-Ashitaba
Fishing
-Tobiuo - Flying Fish
-Katsuo - Bonito
Products
-Shochu
-Fabric - Kihachijo (Yellow Hachijo) dye from leaves of trees found on Hachijo
History
Edo Period (1603 - 1868)
Used as island of Exile
Political Activists that brought Art, education, culture
Samurai: Martial Arts -> Taiko
Community artform untied with Rituals

Recent Taiko Development
Rokuninkai - emergence of a wave of taiko players affected by Kumi-daiko movement on mainland (Japan)
Women Taiko players (Hitomi, Chieko)
On Chieko - a taiko masterpiece vs Folk Hachijo Daiko - Drunken entertainment for the laymen

Current status
taiko still exists for all special occasions on Hachijo
mainly outlet for drunken fun (Karaoke)
Move towards preservation - High School taiko clubs