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Taiko "Swingposium" Teaches History With Music

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San Jose Taiko at work.
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Taiko drumming and swing music are not frequently mentioned in the same sentence.  So here's a new sentence: San Jose Taiko and the Humboldt State University Jazz Orchestra are teaming up for Swingposium on the Road

It goes beyond music; the presentation features a series of living history events set in a mess hall at a World War II Japanese-American concentration camp.  Amy Uyeki and Terry Uyeki join us to talk about the event and how it came together.
 

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.