Gelato Under the New Moon

On Saturday (22nd), F and I went to the New Moon Festival, a relatively new event to celebrate Asian arts and culture. Only $5 to enjoy Sawagi Taiko drumming (the first all-women’s taiko drumming group in Canada), Japanese textile dyeing by Yuki Blackwell, A mini-concert by Alcvin who plays the koten honkyoku (original zen pieces for shakuchachi) a lantern festival and the best shadow puppet show I’ve ever seen by Mind of a Snail Puppet Co.

In between the kotan music and the drumming, we walked to Mike’s Place to get gelato (mint chocolate for me, black forest for F) and watched the pre-teen boys and girls skateboard and roll down the big grassy hill behind the library. We both smiled at the pure joy of just being a kid!