Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I Thought I Had it Hard

Tonight as I was driving home from my taiko class I saw a man in the dark crossing the street, heavily burdened by all the things he was carrying. As I got closer, I realized that he was carrying an entire drum set--several drums and stands. Wow! You have to give him major props. It's hard enough carrying my shime and stand and bachi bag to my car--but this guy was obviously walking home from a gig! Imagine having to wheel home a josuke!

So tonight were my first Intro/Intermediate classes. That's two and a half hours of teaching nonstop--no break. Plus I get to RCW early for my own personal practice time, so all in all I'm there from a little after 5pm until after 9pm. It's good but it will be a lot of work, I know. Intro class is small yet manageable and I hope I don't have too much attrition. I might have to tweak with start times to draw more people, we'll see. But if they all stay we can work on slant stands!

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