We wanted to leave you a post to let you know where things are at.
#1) We did not meet our financial goal in our last campaign to raise enough funds for shipping...
However, we have found some friends who need to ship some items from Jakarta, Indonesia to Santa Cruz as well. They have suggested that we ship our items together and in doing so, they will help us with the additional shipping costs. What a blessing & great timing!
#2) It should be ready for packing and shipping next month (October 2014) and takes about 6 weeks to sail across the seas to us. Once the items ship, we will post another update to let you know when our "baby" will be arriving!
Our Jegog set needs to be tuned one more time by Gede Oka's father, I Ketut Suwentra. I found out while speaking with Bapak Suwentra last Summer that as the bamboo dries it must be tuned 3-4x during the process to find the "sweetest sound."
Sweet Sounds Coming Soon....
Thank you again to all of you who have contributed to and promoted our campaigns.
Our "GIANT Bamboo Sound" campaign raised enough funds for us to commission/purchase the instruments and our "Go-Go Gamelan" campaign helped us raise funds for shipping.
<3 Much Gratitude! <3
I Gede Oka Artha Negara, Artistic Director
Sarah K. Artha Negara, Business Manager
