PAVA Samulnori Performance

Just ten days ago, June 18, the Samulnori group I was in, from the Pacific American Volunteer Organization, performed at Disneyland California Adventures. I was actually able to write a newspaper article on that which actually was published just yesterday. If you didn't know (which you probably didn't), I'm actually a Student Reporter for the Korea Daily. Well, I wrote my last article on Sunday and I'm going to continue for the next year, possibly as an editor *crosses fingers.*

Here's the article link: http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=1217473

Samulnori's actually a percussive music form in that it uses only percussion instruments to play music. However, it's very unique as it uses only four different types of drums in order to create complex pieces. I actually play the buk, one of the simpler instruments yet one of the most important as it keeps the tempo.

I'm pretty tired right now, so I'll cop out and give you the link to the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samulnori

It's a pretty accurate description of the whole form, giving a run-down of the whole thing.

Until next time!

Kimchi, kimchi, and more kimchi

Hey again. :)
I'm making my third post! Woot!
Anyways, over the next few days/weeks/months/years/decades/millenia I will be posting pictures and basically descriptions of events and places I've been to over the past, like a scrapbook for others like you to see. Let's see how this turns out. :)