Ho Etsu Taiko

Back in August 2011 we were fortunate enough to perform at a wedding for Karl and Atsuko at Loft on Lake in Chicago.  Recently, their lovely wedding was covered by the blog “A City Wedding“; you can read more about their wedding and how Ho Etsu played a part in making their day extra special.

Snippets and behind the scenes footage from this performance can also be found in our 2011 short film.

Congratulations again to Karl and Atsuko and we are glad that we could be a part of your special day.

Ho Etsu will be performing at this year’s 2nd annual (University of Chicago) JSA’s Spring Festival on Friday, April 6th!

On Friday, February 3rd, starting at 7 PM, Ho Etsu will be doing a 45 minute workshop at Wheaton College as part of Wheaton College’s 2nd annual Multicultural Extravaganza hosted by the Office of Multicultural Development at Wheaton College. Following the workshop, Ho Etsu will give a 40 minute performance at 8:30 p.m.

The workshop and performance will be held at the Todd M. Beamer Student Center on the Wheaton College campus in Wheaton, Illinois.

As part of the Wheaton College’s Multicultural Extravaganza along with the Ho Etsu workshop and performance, the countries of Thailand, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Israel, and Palestine will be represented during a taste reception which will include cultural displays and food samples. This event is FREE and open to everyone! If you have any questions about the event or would like more information, you can contact Sydney Clark at sydney.clark@my.wheaton.edu.

We hope that everyone had a great winter holiday and will continue to have an excellent New Year.

In case you missed it, here is the 2011 Ho Etsu Holiday Card.

Again, thank you Rich Sun for creating a wonderful card for Ho Etsu!

Ho Etsu Taiko will be performing on October 9, 2011 at the Japan Cheering section for the 2011 Chicago Marathon sponsored by the Osaka Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International organization

Please join us this weekend as we play and cheer for the runners in the 2011 Chicago Marathon.

We will be playing (and cheering) on the northeast corner of Sedgwick St. and Eugenie St. in Old Town neighborhood between 8 am and 12 pm on Sunday, October 9th. 

Here is a link to an article written by the staff of the Japan House at University of Illinois on our recent (June 2011) performance for Professor Gunji’s retirement party.

Today’s Ginza show went off without a hitch! If you missed us today, please stop by the festival around 4:15 PM tomorrow to catch our second performance of the weekend celebration going on at Midwest Buddhist Temple.

In the meantime check out this video – this is the “teaser” trailer for a long promotional video we are currently putting together.

Check out our video from Taiko 10 under our Media page!

We are getting ready and pumped for our upcoming performances at the Ginza Festival at the Midwest Buddhist Temple next Saturday (August 13th) and Sunday (August 14th).  Hope to see you there!

Three of Ho Etsu's members (Emily, Alexa and Lannie) working hard and enjoying Ginza Festival 2010

Ho Etsu, once again, will be participating in this year’s Ginza Festival held at the Midwest Buddhist Temple in Old Town Chicago (located at 435 W. Menomonee in Chicago)

The Festival hours are

Ho Etsu Taiko will be performing at the Japan House at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on June 11, 2011 for the retirement party of Japan House’s Director Kimiko Gunji!

Check out details of the event here.