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THE ANNUAL GAMELAN EXTRAVAGANZA

Today, Sunday April 6, 2-5 pm, Robson Square Theatre

Presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia.

Featuring Gamelan Madu Sari (Javanese), Gamelan Gita Asmara (Balinese), VCC School of Music (contemporary Sundanese), SFU School of Contemporary Arts Gamelan, and Indonesian students, performing traditional music and dance and new music.

To find them, go under Robson Square, through the UBC doors, then down the stairs to your right.

Free admission (donations for the musicians gratefully accepted)

For the record, this isn’t the gamelan I played with, but the one my mother used to play with.