Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Blogging Day 2
Nice feedback! I sent a link to several people about this new blog and got some instant feedback. Sounds like local travel news people here in the "Sin Cities" as well as in other parts of the country are interested in the pub gathering idea. I'll look into it more and post a date and venue later. Thanks Sue for the blog tips. I'm a newbie and appreciate all advice about this writing format.
We did a little world travel last night! Rob, Anil and I went to the Zakir Hussain concert last night at Orchestra Hall. The hall looked to be sold out and people were certainly riveted! Zakir is a master in connecting the spiritual essence of drumming with righteous grooves. It started with a honoring of Lord Ganesha, the God of drumming and incorporated martial arts drummers, contemporary electric drums, stringed instruments (I've never heard samples of "The Pink Panther" on a sitar before) and playful challenges between all the musicians as they followed each other in rounds. The most fun was watching them enjoy themselves so much. Zakir is a master or percussion and a master teacher to everyone in his audience. You simply cannot walk away without being touched deeply by his (heart) beats. There is a good description of Zakir's current tour at http://stage.variety.com/review/VE1117930436?categoryid=34&cs=1. It certainly added to our anticipation of our trip to India this summer. Thanks to Pangea, IMSOM and KIDS AID for bringing it to Minnesota!
We did a little world travel last night! Rob, Anil and I went to the Zakir Hussain concert last night at Orchestra Hall. The hall looked to be sold out and people were certainly riveted! Zakir is a master in connecting the spiritual essence of drumming with righteous grooves. It started with a honoring of Lord Ganesha, the God of drumming and incorporated martial arts drummers, contemporary electric drums, stringed instruments (I've never heard samples of "The Pink Panther" on a sitar before) and playful challenges between all the musicians as they followed each other in rounds. The most fun was watching them enjoy themselves so much. Zakir is a master or percussion and a master teacher to everyone in his audience. You simply cannot walk away without being touched deeply by his (heart) beats. There is a good description of Zakir's current tour at http://stage.variety.com/review/VE1117930436?categoryid=34&cs=1. It certainly added to our anticipation of our trip to India this summer. Thanks to Pangea, IMSOM and KIDS AID for bringing it to Minnesota!
