Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai Performances, Events, and People.
Tom Pressley Playing Nishinjo Bushi in Okinawa.
Tom Pressley Performing in Okinawa in 2007.
This is an Okinawan Song performed by Ohsiro Misako and Tom Pressley.
This is a video of the Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai members performing the Hukilao Hawiian dance at the Abington Nursing home in June of 2008.
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.
These are members of the Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai practicing the Hawaiian dance called "The Hukilau."
This is a demonstration of a Matsri Daiko Routine.
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 video of one of our members at practice using the Samba a sort of Okinawan castanet. She's very good at it!
In 2007 we visited the Hawaiian Plantation Villiage in Waipahu Hawaii. The village is a historical collection of stuff from the immigrant workers who came to Hawaii to work the sugar cane and pineapple plantations in the early 1900's. This video is of our guide who explained where the Okinawan people originated. Please comment if you have an opinion on what he says.
This is a slide show of pictures I took in 2006 at the 4th joint performance between the Kariyushi Kai and the Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai.
This is a recording of the Chicago Matsuri Daiko Performing at the Chicago White Sox Game on August 11th 2007.
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Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai congradulate Cuba Okinawa Kenjinkai
This is a video we made to congradulate Cuba Okinawa Kenjinkai on 100 years in Cuba.
This is a performance by the Matsuri Daiko group that took place in early 2007. The performance was played on the local cable TV stations in the Chicago area.
This is a skit that was performed at the 2007 Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai New Years Celebration. The actors are Yoneko Cabel and Nabuko Gonzales.
This is a taiko performance that took place in my back yard in 2007. My friend Hisako who is closest to the camera was just a beginner that day but she did a fine job with the routines.
A slide show of the 2005 Picnic!
This is a slide show of Kenjinkai members from the 1970's
This is a slide show of the members of the Kariyushi Kai who visited us for our third joint performance.
This is a slide show of the Chicago Matsuri Daiko in 2005
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