Saturday, April 19, 2008

April 19 — New Mexico









Farmington
Socorro
Las Cruces
Silver City

New Mexico has been wonderful in many ways. At each site, Shidara has done workshops or school shows, for kids from age 5 to college students. The outreach has enabled Shidara to have significantly more contact with the communities. And the communities themselves, being small, have been much more aware of our presence. At the grocery or the local microbrewery (which is kind of a goal to find at each site), people say "oh, you're the group playing tomorrow!" This morning, boarding the bus at the hotel, Shidara was thrilled to find a picture taken at yesterday's school show on the front page of the paper.

PHOTOS
View from the balcony of the Socorro's Macey Center Theater
Sound check in Socorro
Chabo-san tests the wireless mic
View from the tech booth
Cramped quarters backstage at the Las Cruces Rio Grande

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