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Dano 2008

Official photos from the Dano festival

by Philip Gowman on 17 July, 2008

in Dano 2008, Event reports and reviews, Pictures

Justina Jang of the Korean Cultural Promotion Agency, the organisers of the Dano Festival in Trafalgar Square, has kindly sent me some of the official photos of the event, which I have now uploaded to Flickr.

Some good photos of the very entertaining Noridan (above), some great crowd scenes which really convey the atmosphere of the [...]

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Music at the Dano!

15 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Saharial wraps up on our coverage of the 2008 Dano Korea Summer Festival, and launches the LKL YouTube Channel with exclusive live video footage from her camera.
Its now a week on from the Festival, but the memories still linger very happily. Of course, there was more going on than Noridan, with three musical sets Guy [...]

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Imagination at play with Noridan

12 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Saharial meets with the members of Noridan, the unexpected stars of the Dano Festival.
Before going to the Dano festival in Trafalgar Square this year, the highlight for me was going to see the Yoon Band play again and feel thoroughly spoiled for having the opportunity twice. Much to my surprise, I actually found that the [...]

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Sun, percussion, and yang energy

11 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Jennifer Barclay celebrates her first anniversary with LKL with her report from the second Dano Korean Summer Festival
The sound of percussion crept around Trafalgar Square as a strange vehicle circled the fountains and wheeled into view: a tall Mad Max-style contraption with coloured flags waving from poles, people dressed in black and orange hanging off [...]

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More photos from the Square

9 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Here’s a selection of Jennifer Barclay’s pics. Jennifer’s article will be up soon.

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The new ambassador’s first outing

9 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Peter Corbishley adds to the appreciation of the day, and Noridan gets another vote
Congratulations to Justina Jang on this year’s Dano festival, especially, especially the Noridan performance. The festival dropped a generation or two from last year. Tomi Kita was somewhat as his name suggests when pronounced – viz Tommy Guitar. Somewhat less of an [...]

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Yesterday in the Square

9 June 2008 Dano 2008
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We’ll be seeing a number of accounts of the Dano Korea Summer Festival yesterday. I could have decided to exercise some executive editorial control and make sure that every aspect was covered once and once only, but instead I’m going with the flow and seeing what comes my way.
Things never happen entirely as planned anyway. [...]

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Photos from Trafalgar Square

8 June 2008 Dano 2008
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I seem to have mislaid my camera, and am therefore dependent on my phone for pictures at the moment. Hence the snaps I took in Trafalgar Square this afternoon are very poor.
Please feel free to send in any photos you’re particularly proud of (my email address is philip at this website’s URL), or upload them [...]

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Dano: the VIP messages

8 June 2008 Dano 2008

In all the excitement of the day, often the messages from the sponsors, both financial and political, can be overlooked. But it’s worth taking a look at the messages to put the day in context and consider it in the bigger picture of UK-Korea relations.
“Opening” the Dano Festival was one of the first (if not [...]

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Yoon and Tall Lee crowd-surf in Kingston

7 June 2008 Concert reviews
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Saharial reports from the Yoon Band’s gig at The Peel, Kingston, 6 June 2008

Arriving at 5.30pm, Y.B. (Yoon Band) was almost instantly swamped by the dozen or so Korean youngsters that had been lurking for a while, and amiably chatted to them whilst posing for photos and signing autographs. I chatted briefly to Lee from [...]

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Dano Festival 2008: final programme details

6 June 2008 Dano 2008

Here’s the final schedule for the Dano Festival in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 8 June.
Bear in mind that last-minute on-the-ground logistics may lead to adjustments to the timings and running order, but this is as close to final as we’ll get:
1pm – Korean food stalls and workshops open
1:30~ 2:00 Parade – Noridan (an environmental percussion [...]

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The versatile Yoon Band plays London

21 May 2008 Dano 2008
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Saharial introduces the talents of the Yoon Band, which will be performing in Trafalgar Square on 8 June

When I heard that the Yoon Band was coming to the UK for two gigs in June, I was almost jumping round my room with excitement. That my room is rather small and I suffered a few blows [...]

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Trafalgar Square Dano Festival 2008: initial details

19 May 2008 Dano 2008

DANO Korea Summer Festival
Trafalgar Square
Sunday 8 June 2008
1pm to 7pm
FREE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Trafalgar Square will be transformed into a mini Korea for the annual DANO celebrations on Sunday 8 June. The second DANO Korea Summer Festival provides a fascinating insight into the culture and customs of Korea featuring performances by Korean artists, crafts [...]

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Dano Festival – Trafalgar Square

8 May 2008 Dano 2007

The scheduled Dano Festival 2008 in Trafalgar Square is one month away: Sunday 8 June.
To whet the appetite, here’s the official video (10 minutes) from last year’s event:

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