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‘Dako-On’ drum group performs at Street Market
Seisa High School?s drum group, Dako-On, have their picture taken before their performance at the Street Market last Thursday. (Jayson Camacho)
Despite the rain that drenched vendors and visitors alike, students from Seisa High School’s drum group, Dako-On, gave a booming performance at the Thursday Street Market in Garapan.
About 10 students impressed the more than 300 viewers that huddled close to the stage to watch one of the highlights of the evening.
Dako-On is a Japanese drum group that started in Yokohama, Japan. A club in Seisa High School became a part of the Japanese drum company. They have given performances in elderly facilities, preschools, elementary schools, junior high schools and elsewhere in Japan. They have also performed in foreign countries: in Cuba in 2000, in China in 2002, and The Netherlands in 2005.
They won first prize at the Kumagaya Dome 2011 Japan Final in December 2011 and became the best Japanese drum group in the country. They missed the finals in December 2012 and came in second, but won it again in 2013 in Saitama, Japan.
The drum group plays traditional Japanese drums and promote their art with their slogan “Seeing sounds.”
The group came to Saipan with about 200 high school students that are sister schools with Marianas High School. Their trip was arranged by the Nippon Travel Agency.
This is the 28th year that the Seisa High School has traveled to Saipan. The group left Saipan last Saturday.
