WEEK IN REVIEW: Tuesday at Deshengmen

Heart of Beijing: In olden days, Deshengmen -- which now looks like a castle from the original Mario Brothers for NES -- was an entrance point for victorious troops returning from battle. Now it overlooks a small square where elder dancers engage in yannge (秧歌), "rice-sprout songs" accompanied by thunderous drums, gong and horns. These are the songs of pastoral Shaanxi, where yangge originated.

Here we are playing at Deshengmen fields this past Tuesday:




PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

Team Va-JJ (see below)

GOOGLE GROUPS POST OF THE WEEK:

James Kirchhoff, 9/1: MORE FUN THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT

Hey everybody!

In case you weren't at pick up this past weekend and haven't heard the word, Team Triple J is officially a GO for Manila.

THAT'S RIGHT!! Beijing's three most fun people in the WORLD, Joe, Jim, and Jeff, are putting together a super fun team for the most amazing tournament of the year! And YOU *points directly at you * are invited.

If that's not enough to get you excited, we're getting a beach house (that's right HOUSE) on the beach at Boracay for the week after the tourney (and probably the week before as well). Team members get first dibs on the party crib. In case you didn't know, not only did Boracay make the list for 10 most beautiful beaches on the planet, but a bottle of Tanduay Rhum (so cool they spell it with an "h") costs about $1.65. That's under 12 rmb! I love the Philippines...

So, the invite has been cast out to the entire Beijing community. We'd love to make it a 100% beijing squad so that we can party with our favorite people. So if you're interested, talk to us! The sooner the better.

Peace out!

Team Triple J

or if you prefer we force Joe to finally embrace his latin american roots and his spanish name "Va",

Team Va-JJ signing off!

=)