Concert at Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts

Superb audience at the beautiful theater! What a great way to conclude the Minnesota circuit of the tour!

Concert in Albert Lea, Minnesota

Despite of the snow and hail, lots of people showed up for the concert! Thank you, Albert Lea, Minnesota! We had so much fun at the concert!

Exercise!

Exercising with my brothers after the concert. Four more shows in next four days in three states. We still have full of energy!

Day 22

We performed in Shenandoah, Iowa last night and stayed in just outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha has the zoo which has the reputation of the world's best zoo, and of course I didn't have a time to go there. Oh well.

Day 22, the final week of the tour begins. It's sad that I'll have to kiss the beautiful views goodbye soon, along with the room I don't have to clean, the bathroom I don't have to wipe, the bed I don't have to make etc..

Well, the tour has not completed yet. The journey continues. Two concerts in Minnesota are coming up!

Working out after a concert!

Concert in Shenandoah, Iowa was successful! Now we drove to Bellevue, Nebraska. It's almost midnight but all of us are exercising! This is how you keep on going with the long tour!! Pain is temporary! Music is forever!

The American Jazz Museum

Day 21. Three weeks have passed. We made a visit to the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City. All kinds of jazz giants are celebrated at that place. We, traveling musicians, were especially fascinated by the tour schedule of Duke Ellington Big Band on both monthly schedule and daily detailed schedule. Wow, they were much busier than us and also we found out that they were totally treated like celebrities. Jazz musicians treated like celebrities? I've never heard of that.

Charlie Parker's contract was interesting too because it was signed on the musicians' union in New York which I belonged to (AFM local 802). I was also glad to find out that, among about 100 pictures of jazz musicians, I found my teacher of my music college.

We are going through the State of Missouri and heading to Shenandoah, Iowa today. Another 6-day streak of concerts begins!

A night off in Kansas City, Missouri

Boys night out! We have a night off in Kansas City, Missouri! We just had the best Italian food and are about to check out the music scene in here!

Practicing after midnight.....

It's 1am. Young musicians, hear me out. Never, I say again, never tour with hard workers! You will be almost forced to work hard because you feel guilty even if you just want chill and read manga or something! We just finished a concert! I am tired and sleepy! Aaaaaaargh!

Concert at Pratt Community College!

The audience tonight was so vibrant! Thank you, Pratt, Kansas!!

The green room today!

I love having a costume room as a green room!