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Just the other day I went back to Yangju City Hall to go see live performance. If you can recall the last time I went to City Hall I was able to see the Janguu Drum Performance. This time however, I got to see a very talented group called NANTA. NANTA is a very popular Korean culinary themed percussion group (so think of STOMP but with pastry chef hats). And I have got to say, it was probably one of the coolest shows I have yet to see in South Korea. The concert opened with a decent 5 piece Jazz band playing some covers of some old American songs. The most interesting part was that there was a tap dancer that filled in all of the solos sections. I just remembered trying to think of the last time I saw someone tap dancing...ohh that's right SESAME STREET! All-in-all it was a nice addition even if it was a quirky gimmick.

After their set had finished the stage crew rolled a bunch of cooking equipment onto the stage. Unfortunately I took videos on my camera but they were erased but I managed to save some of the low quality stills from the video my camera "claimed" to have shot...ugh! Despite my cameras epic fail I found a couple videos of what NANTA is just for you:

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As you can see they are a very talented and their show was awesome! It was like watching The Blue Men or STOMP back in the states. Being a fellow percussionists I was thoroughly pleased and I plan to see them again at the beginning of October. Also if your are interested in finding out when you can see them I have a link to their website with all of updated performance listings. If you have seen them or if you plan on seeing them leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

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Joe - OUT!!

I'm back! Please hold all of you applause until the end, please. I'm switching it up in this post. Instead of writing a boring article for you to read I decided to make a boring video....(See? I told you to hold your applause).

But seriously I had a great time at this drum performance regardless of how random it was. And to commemorate this day I have hired a new staff member on the minimalist of wage $0.00 Take that OSHA! The character, Kevin Steel, will be played by myself on my Expat News show. So without further ado lets watch the embodiment of my neurosis fly out of control in: KIDNAPPED!

Everyones favorite neurotic news anchor, Kevin Steel, has returned for another installment of Expat News. While Joe describes a recent drum performance it is ruined by Kevin's interpretation of Joe's story.