TV

I was on the evening news tonight in Sapporo! We had the opening concert for the festival this afternoon, and I guess a local TV crew was there. The whole event took a VERY long time, since all of the celebratory speeches for the festival's 20th anniversary were delivered in both English and Japanese.... The opening act was unquestionably the highlight, though- a local elementary school band. It was a little odd seeing this little kids playing so well and putting out so much sound- their band recently won second place in a national elementary-school competition! It made me think of that classic Marimba Ponies video (but considerably less caffeinated, fortunately).