Dress Rehearsal Day

I performed at the cherry blossom festival in White Plains, New York yesterday.
Today, I am doing a dress rehearsal for the Long Island Cherry Blossom festival.

I will be presenting both dance and music on the stage at the Wang Center, as well as presenting a booth of my hand bags at the event. 
I have to shoot some photos of my newly made tote bags
so that I can show them in my blog prior to the festival.
It is a bit of a crazy week for me!

 

 

 

 

Review of the White Plains Cherry Blossom Festival Part 2

I performed Shoshun No Mai (a dance of Spring) first, then
performed two folk songs.

I will introduce a video clip of my Sanshin play and singing later.

ホワイト・プレインズ桜祭りで踊って歌ってきました。
毎年訪れる人が増えているこちらのお祭り、
今年は昨年にまして盛況でした。
遊び庭の歌が受けていました。
歌のほうは、来週末youtubeにアップしますので見てくださいね。

 

 

 

I performed after a children's dance performance.
 

 

 I enjoyed their dance program.

With Fujima Ryu (Ichifuji-kai) Japanese Dance members

 

 

Other performers were waiting for their time to perform

next to the stage.

 

 

 

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This photo was taken at Turnure Park.

Before stage performance

 

 

This photo was taken at my home today.

 

Review of the White Plains Cherry Blossom Festival Part 1

Oh, wow! There were more people visiting the White Plains Matsuri than last year.
 

This was the best crowd ever!

 

Here are some photos:

  

 

 

Rehearsal

Today was dress rehearsal. 

Each year, I am trying to dress in different costume at the annual cherry blossom festival.

This year's costume for the White Plains Sakura Matsuri will be Pink.  

The light-pink robe is my original work. 

今年のホワイト・プレインズ桜祭り舞踊衣装テーマは桜。

ピンクピンクの衣装を着ることにします。

ピンクのローブは、

琉球紅型の型を真似て作ったオリジナル作品です。

自分で作ったローブを着ておどるのははじめて。

Preview of the White Plains Cherry Blossom Festival

I will be joining  the White Plains Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival) this Saturday,

 April 28th (Noon-5:00pm). 

The festival will be held 

at Turnure Park

20 Lake Street, W.P. 10603 

Off North Broadway

My stage performance will be shown around 2:00pm.

Okinawan dance and music program: 

Dance: "Dance of Spring",

 Okinawan Sanshin folk song: "Spring Spring" and "Play Ground"

Please join us!

桜祭りイベント第２弾は、

今週土曜日開催予定の恒例ホワイト・プレインズ桜祭り出演です。

子供の遊び場、ヨーヨー釣り、餅つき、竹とんぼコーナーや

正午から５時までのステージショー等、

日本のお祭り雰囲気たっぷりの桜祭りです。

今年の沖縄舞踊・音楽のステージ演目は

初春の舞の踊りと

三線歌は、春や春節と遊び庭の３曲です。

明るい沖縄民謡曲で盛り上げたいと思います。

Hanami Picnic Day

I went to Flushing Meadow Corona Park with my friends this afternoon.

It was breezy in the morning, but it was perfect weather in the afternoon for Hanami today.

We took some photos with my kimono and played the Sanshin, sang, danced, did karate.

Some people came to listen to our singing.

Some people danced to my Sanshin music and song. 

Usually I attend the annual Cherry Blossom Festivals here and there and I am too busy preparing for stage performances, but today's picnic was totally relaxed and 

I enjoyed viewing cherry flowers.

Japanese Kimono Fashion Show part 6

host

Opening performance

Ako Miyamoto, Kobu opened the fashion show

Their performance was entertaining! 

Finale

After the show

Japanese Kimono Fashion Show part 5

With the models

  daughter and mother

My favorite photo!

The models traveled with their babies.