The 2009 NATI conference and 10th anniversary celebration were a huge success. The Culture and Community Fest was fun and educational. Please send us photos you may have taken so we can add them to our album which we will be posting here. Thank you to all our sponsors, booth registrants, and advertisers in our commemorative magazine. Links to their websites are listed on our link of interest page.

July 23-25, 2009 Bellevue University, Bellevue Nebraska

CELEBRATING A DECADE OF SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

WELCOME TO BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY

Speakers and Session Candids

Recognition of Founding Board and Past Board Members

KUSI TAKI AND FRIENDS

JEROME KILLS SMALL KEYNOTE  & RE-PRESENTATION OF DRUMS TO RECIPIENTS OF THE 'FOR THE GOOD OF THE PROFESSION AWARDS'

ANNUAL MEETING - RAFFLE

CULTURE FEST - LANGUAGE OF THE DRUM - PERFORMANCES

CEDAR RIVER SINGERS - NATIVE AMERICAN DRUM, VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPOEIRA ANGOLA PALMARES - BRAZILIAN / SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICAN DANCE, OMAHA, NEBRASKA

NATI'S WILD BUNCH ON THE JAPANESE DRUMS

KOKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS - JAPANESE, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS - DRUMS OF THE WORLD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA

ARGENTINE TANGO SOCIETY OF OMAHA - ARGENTINA, OMAHA, NEBRASKA

MICHAEL PUJADO - CHILE, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (IN PROCESS)

MICHAEL OPOKU - GHANA/WEST AFRICAN, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE SO FAR - WANT TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR PICTURES OF THE CONFERENCE? PLEASE SEND THEM TO jbonet@cox.net in jpeg format. If you have older pictures you would like to share, we will be compiling an album of past conferences so please send them - even if you only have hard copy or negatives, we can scan them. Thanks, Janet