Mary from Tokyo
Rubboard/Dance Moves
As a teenager, Mary found herself in Tokyo Japan, being exposed to all things Japanese. Her stage name was bestowed on her by her bandmates and just seemed to flow naturally one night and has remained ever since.
Mary has always been a dancer. She met her husband at a dance and they have been dancing ever since. A chance encounter with Zydeco hooked her and she has never looked back.
Sidewalk Zydeco needed a scrubber to fill in at their weekly rehearsals at Play Studios in Midtown Manhattan. (http://playstudiosnyc.com/) Finding themselves between drummers the band desperately needed percussion and Mary eventually became a permanent member of the band. She has attended Harold Guillory's Rubboard University on the Zydeco Cruise on a number of occasions earning post doctoral honors. She has also studied with John Paul Gautier, Step Rideau's drummer as well as Martin Chavis of Li'l Malcolm and the House Rockers. Mary has more beats than Louisiana has Bayous and she plays them all on an authentic Key of Z Rubboard. Key of Z Rubboards
Mary from Tokyo always has an extra board at her shows and is only too happy to give any potential scrubber a lesson and invite the successful student onstage to jam with the band!