Today was the day for the local community center to have their annual christmas jazz concert party. The center was nicely decorated with christmas decorations. Basically today the elementary school kids and their parents get together at the community center to have a mini, mini flea market, enjoy some food, watch santa claus, jazz musicians, sing songs, etc. Probably around 100 or so people.
Last year i went, and it was pretty fun to hang out with all the little kids. This year i was joined by my fellow JETs, chris, cindy, and ryan the traveler. Chris a month ago mentioned that he played the drums. So suprise today, chris was included in a skit with santa claus and rudolph. Luckily it was an easy part which after many gestures and translations he got the hang of it. The interesting point of the day came when the band asked chris what songs he played on the drums. Being a casual player, chris mentioned he didnt read any music notes and mostly just played rock music. So the band member asked do you know the beattles? Chris replied no. Then again the member asked do you know songs from the beattles or carpenters (japanese favorites). Unfortunately after many dumfound looks by chris, he repeated the same answer, no, mentioning he could improvise and thats about it. So the member turned to his band and said yes, he can play the beattles. .... ha ha ha ... i was laughing inside, but couldnt say anything. Somehow i was not suprised with the end result.
But anyways when the skit was on, chris did a good job in his role and played nicely on the drums. After a couple songs by the band, and singing by the kids, the day was over. It was a good day to enjoy a kamae center xmas party even though it looked like a monsoon outside.
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