Besides Boulder there is also the one in Hawaii this
month:
http://www.japanworldmusic.com/hawaii.htm
I try to keep a list of known events at:
http://www.komuso.com/links.html
Ron
--- JASON CASTNER <jchanwagenki@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I would like to speak about the
> shakuhachi festival that happens for a few days a
> year
> at New York City. I guess I would like to ask why
> it
> has to be in the city when I can think of lots of
> places that might be more suitable. I have 2
> reasons
> for saying this.
>
> One being that I have been to NY City 7 or 8 times
> and
> think that it blows. At the end of the day I feel
> so
> grimy and gross from being there and after a few
> days
> I just wanna leave and go someplace cleaner with
> fresher air. The shakuhachi being what it is - well
> NY city just seems like a whack place to have
> shakuhachi fans gather.
>
> Secondly NY is very expensive and a person could
> easily blow alot of money just from hotel
> accomadations and food not to mention the price of
> attending the festival and traveling to get there.
>
> After saying this it would seem more logical to have
> a
> shakuhachi festival somewhere much cleaner and
> cheaper
> and thus I would bet money that more people would
> attend - People like me who have little to no money
> to
> blow because just the simple act of surviving takes
> all our money - People like me that cherish clean
> air,
> forests all around, clean water, and everything that
> NY City can't offer that is free.
>
> So why cant the festival take place somewhere
> outside
> of Rochester-somewhere upstate NY, somewhere that is
> clean, somewhere like a state or national park. I
> imagine the cost of attending such a ferstival would
> be much cheaper!!! I would attend and I can think
> of
> 5 people of the top of my head that would attend.
>
> just something to think about and sorry if anyone
> got
> mad at me for speaking my mind.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
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