PASIC

Nov 14 2008

I Danced My Way to Texas

Published by Dan under Travel

Raven Map of Texas

I have recently returned from Austin, Texas. Everyone says the greatest things about Austin, and I have no complaints. I’m sure it was lovely. I bet it was spectacular. Maybe it would’ve been my future home. I will never know. I went to Austin not to see the city and its sights…I went to dance!!

There I was on stage in front of 2000 lovely people, or so I assumed, but the lights were so bright! Not too bad right? There is a catch though, this was the opening night for the world’s largest drum convention called The Percussive Arts Society International Convention. PASIC asked the Berklee West African Drum and Dance Ensemble to perform the first ceremony of the convention. So as a drummer and dancer, I was in front of 2000 other drummers and I hoped and prayed that we were all on the beat.