Tom Pressley Playing Nishinjo Bushi in Okinawa.
This is an Okinawan Song performed by Ohsiro Misako and Tom Pressley.
A friend of ours has been battling with a potentially fatal health problem. But after a courageous battle is sucessfully defeating it. We held a surprize party for her and wouldn't you know it the sanshin was introduced and we enjoyed this song.
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The 2006 Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai's Joint Performance with the Kariyushi Kai in Okinawa 17
This was our fourth joint performance with our sister group the Kariyushi Kai. The show took place in Okinawa at the Grand Miyako Hotel.
This is my good friend Tom Pressley performing at Shima Umui while we were in Okinawa during the 4th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival. The guy is great he plays sanshin like a pro and can sing in the Okinawan language.
Yoneko is the Sanshin instructor for the Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai. Here she plays the Taiko drum though showing another of her talents.
This is a demonstration of a Matsri Daiko Routine.
A slide show of the 2005 Picnic!
This is a video of one of our members at practice using the Samba a sort of Okinawan castanet. She's very good at it!
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The 2006 Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai's Joint Performance with the Kariyushi Kai in Okinawa
This was our fourth joint performance with our sister group the Kariyushi Kai. The show took place in Okinawa at the Grand Miyako Hotel.
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