Matsuri '11. A Festival of Japan
Sunday, March 27 at St. Michaels College
The Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) and St.
Michael’s College are presenting Matsuri ‘11, a Festival of Japan. on
Sunday, March 27 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Ross Sports Center,
St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT.
Satellite parking with shuttle bus service will be available 12-5pm
Fletcher Allen Health Care-Fanny Allen Campus, 790 College Parkway, Rt.
15 Colchester, VT.
Over two dozen booths and 50 tables will provide opportunities for
festival attendees to get hands-on experience with Japanese arts and
crafts. Visitors can try on a kimono, sample and discuss haiku and
tanka poetry, learn to write their own name in katakana characters,
fold a paper crane, and make torn-paper collage. Or they can dance away
the afternoon at a “dance dance revolution” game booth highlighting
Japanese pop culture. Local artisans will be hosting displays of bonsai
plants, flower arrangements, pottery and other crafts. Several book
stores and shops will be selling omiyage souvenirs.
The Opening Ceremony will feature a performance by Burlington Taiko and
opening remarks by The Consul-General of Japan in Boston Takeshi
Hikihara, St. Michael’s College Board of Trustees Member, Ms. Noriko
Kameda of Boston and Larry
Solt, President of JASV.
Matsuri '11 Stage Schedule
(Subject to adjustment)
| 11:00 |
Opening ceremony
with performance by Burlington Taiko and remarks by St. Michael’s
College Board of Trustees Member, Ms. Noriko Kameda of Boston, Mr.
Takeshi Hikihara, The Consul-General of Japan in Boston and Mr. Larry
Solt, President of JASV.
|
| 11:10 |
Opening Calligraphy
(Michiko Imai) – Purification (Vermont Kyudo) |
| 11:40 |
Koto (Kyoko Davis,
Michiko Oishi, Kimiko Yumoto, Mutsumi Matsuhara) |
| 11:55 |
Sakura collaboration
(Koto, Singing, Dancing) |
| 12:05 |
Nagauta Shamisen (TOYO) |
| 12:25 |
Taiko (Burlington
Taiko) |
1:25
|
Aikido/Iaido (Aikido of
Champlain Valley) |
2:05
|
Calligraphy (Michiko Imai)
|
| 2:25 |
J-Club (Middlebury College) |
| 2:55 |
Karate (Japan Karate
Association) |
3:15
|
High school dance groups
(Essex High School) |
| 3:45 |
Shakuhachi and Haiku
(David Budbill) |
4:05
|
Tottori performing group
(Tottori Japan)
|
| 4:10 |
Kyudo Zen Archery (Vermont
Kyudo) |
| 4:40 |
Grant prize drawing
|
Matsuri '11 Exhibitors
Aikido of Champlain Valley
Anime Society of VT / Bakuretsu Con
Calligraphy
DDR Dance Dance Revolution
Game of Go
Green Across the Pacific
Gyoyaku Fish Rubbing
Haiku and Tanka Poetry
Ikebana
IACE Travel
Japan Consulate
Japanese Language Mini Lesson
JASV Membership
Jenny’s Japanese Stencil Dying
Karate
Kimono Try-on
Kyudo Archery (Kyudo Vermont)
Matsuri t-shirts
Millbrook Bonsai
Omiyage Souvenier Shop
Omochya Traditional Toys
Origami Paper Folding
Tottori Art Craft Worshop
Tottori Mingei Display
Tottori Prefecture Government
Tuttle Books
United Airlines
Vermont Aikido
Matsuri '11 Food Vendors
Press Release
as html:
http://jasv.org/matsuri/Matsuri11_Press_Release.html
as pdf:
http://jasv.org/matsuri/Matsuri11_Press_Release.pdf
