YMD!! There is still time to sign up and participate in this group at our festival in Philadelphia! Spots are being claimed daily! Submit your application TODAY!
Here is a flyer for the July 25th youth festival in Philadelphia!!! (Click on the image to see a larger version) There are two versions located on the right side of this page... one is the full color JPG version for those who would like to email it to their friends.
The other is a black and white PDF version, which will be easier to make copies of.
Regardless of which version you prefer, please share this flyer with all members and guests!!!
The YMD Gymnastics group is an activity group with an extensive history - particularly at large youth festivals! Its primary focus of training is to instill a "never give up" attitude in the YMD that participate in this group!
Please use the following video for ideas and instructions on how to incorporate YMD Gymnastics at your local Rock The Era activities!
AND CHECK OUT OUR EAST TERRITORY YMD LEADER JOSH JOFFEE ON THE BASE OF THE HUMAN PYRAMID!!!! (THANK YOU JOSH FOR HOLDING IT DOWN FOR THE YMD!!!)
The following is from Bob, the East Territory Taiko group representative:
Greetings Taiko Drummers!
Here is the instructional video for the introduction to our Taiko Piece, to be performed in Philadelphia in July!!! It's a good amount to learn and practice tomorrow. Enjoy! :)
One thing to watch out for, which did not come out clearly in the video: The ">" symbols on the sheet music (located on the right side of this page) denote accents (when you hit the drum harder from having pulled your stick further away first).
Introduction to the Taiko performance (without instruction):
Instructional video (which also includes the above video):
Exciting update from Tony, the Territory Chorus representative...
Thanks so much for all your support for promoting the chorus. I do not have the final #'s yet, but I know each locale and the territory are diligently working at compiling all of this detailed information. I just wanted to provide a quick update on where we're at heading into our May RTE rehearsals.
As you know, the song "Rise" will be our finale. For this reason most likely at the festival we'll be singing this in 2 parts. I'm attaching the instrumental version at this time for distribution (please see entry below as the instrumental version has been added). We will have sheet music before the Saturday rehearsal. I apologize for the delay, its 99% done.
In addition, with the support of Josh and Ebony, a second song has been chosen called, "If You're Out There." This was done by John Legend, but the lyrics come off as if written to be a gakkai song. It's really inspiring and I think being sung by hundreds of people will be so powerful in that arena in July. Here is a YouTube video of the song, with lyrics:
"A great human revolution in just a single person will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will cause a change in the destiny of all humankind." -Daisaku Ikeda
