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  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    FTR TODDLER TAIKO - 19 MARCH 2013- (l-r) Leif Yamamoto, 2, Jason Asano, 3, and Noah Sakai, 2, followed taiko sensei Manman Mui's lead in the Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class which is being held at Washington Middle School. once a week. Behind the children were their mothers (l-r) Kelli Yamamoto, Ivy Asano and Lori Kim (her last name is different). Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Cindy Ellen Russell
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    Leif Yamamoto was guided by his mother, Kelli, during a recent Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class.
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Sensei Manman Mui held her bachi, or taiko drumsticks, high in the air as she led a recent Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class at Washington Middle School.
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Patrick Oiye plays the flute for the toddler taiko class.
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    Sensei Manman Mui leads warm-ups.
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    Noah Sakai, 2, left, and Jason Asano, 3, practice drumming.
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    Leif Yamamoto, 2, waits for his toddler taiko class to begin.
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    FTR TODDLER TAIKO - 19 MARCH 2013- Noah Sakai, 2, held his bachi, or taiko drumsticks, up to his head like rabbit ears as a cue to listen to instructor Manman Mui in the Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class which is being held at Washington Middle School once a week. Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Cindy Ellen Russell
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    FTR TODDLER TAIKO - 19 MARCH 2013- Sensei, parents and their children gathered together to exchange hand taps at the end of class. The Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class which is being held at Washington Middle School once a week. Pictured clockwise, left to right, was Ivy Asano with her son Jason, 3, Manman Mui, Patrick Oiye, Shinzuko Endo, Wendy Sekiya with her son Reese, 3, and Kelli Yamamoto with her son Lief, 2. Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Cindy Ellen Russell
  • CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
    FTR TODDLER TAIKO - 19 MARCH 2013- Reese Sekiya, 3, enthusiastically drummed in the Taiko Center of the Pacific toddler class which is being held at Washington Middle School once a week. Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Cindy Ellen Russell

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