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SUMMARY:Night of the Ninjas Costume Contest Aug 13th
DESCRIPTION:Night of the Ninjas – Contest for Prizes!\n\n\nDEF CON Arts &
  Entertainment Presents: Night of the Ninjas featuring TAIKOPROJECT\n\nJoi
 n us Saturday night (Aug 13) at the Forum for an experience never seen at 
 a hacker con! Treat yourself to a performance of modern taiko drumming\, b
 lending traditional formats with innovative arrangements and fresh artistr
 y from TAIKOPROJECT.\n\nTAIKOPROJECT (https://taikoproject.org/) performs 
 at 23:00.\n\nDoors open all day for Chillout lounge.\n\nPre-show magician 
 Kody Hildebrand (https://www.tiktok.com/@hildebrandmagic) at 18:00.\n\nMus
 ic starts at 19:00 and continues to 02:00!\n\nContest – Win the cost of 
 a DEF CON badge – $360 cash!\nNow for your turn to participate! We seek 
 the best dressed in the style of ninjas! The winner will receive a cash pr
 ize equal to the cost of the DEF CON 30 badge. Culturally insensitive dres
 s will be disqualified.\n\n\nContest immediately following TAIKOPROJECT (0
 0:00- 00:15).\n\nAbout TAIKOPROJECT\nTAIKOPROJECT was founded in 2000 in L
 os Angeles\, California by a group of young\, emerging taiko drummers led 
 by Bryan Yamami and Masato Baba. The group continues to define a modern Am
 erican style of taiko\, blending traditional forms with an innovative and 
 fresh aesthetic.\n\nTAIKOPROJECT first made waves when they became the fir
 st American taiko group to win the prestigious Tokyo International Taiko C
 ontest in 2005\, besting all of the Japanese taiko groups in the competiti
 on. That year\, they were cast in the Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial (https
 ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM3cZfC0lk0)\, the first and still only nationa
 l advertising campaign to prominently feature taiko.\nSince then\, the gro
 up has performed on the Academy Awards\, the Grammy Awards (https://www.yo
 utube.com/watch?v=IWIwRg9CKu8#t=0m43s)\, NBC’s “The Voice\,” (http:/
 /www.thehollywoodgossip.com/videos/vicci-martinez-dog-days-are-over-the-vo
 ice/)Syfy’s Face/Off\, The X-Factor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5
 QurCmVas)\, rock band 30 Seconds to Mars’ “Up in the Air (https://www.
 youtube.com/watch?v=y9uSyICrtow)” music video\, Conan (https://www.youtu
 be.com/watch?v=gxITLTRFD4g)\, Jimmy Kimmel Live\, the iHeartRadio Music Fe
 stival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaGg0Tgtkzw)\, and were honored wi
 th the prestigious Visionary Award from East West Players (https://www.you
 tube.com/watch?v=Bn_-vZC97SA).
URL:https://forum.defcon.org/node/243016
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220813
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LOCATION:Chillout Ballroom
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