Barbara Attends an Advanced Ikenobo Seminar,

and we watch the Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, April 20 - 21, 2013

The lesson plan for advanced rikka - exagerating mikoshi with hidari nagashi for balance	Professor Masakazu Kakizawa with Kurashige-sensei and translator	Joined branches form mikoshi	Adding Uke
Prepping to join branches for nagashi	Prepping to join branches for nagashi	Joining branches for hidari nagashi	Adding remaining branches
Prof. Kakizawa receives a plaque	Prof Kakizawa ("An-chan")	Prof Kakizawa correcdting Mrs. Banno's arrangement	Prof. Kakizawa's finished arrangement (having changed nagashi to joined pine branches)
Detail of joined branch from the back..	My finished arrangement	Sakura!	Double cherry blossoms
Double cherry blossoms	Prof. Kakizawa arranging 5 liatris in matagi	Prof. Kakizawa and finished arrangement	Student arrangements
Prof. Kakizawa correcting Mrs. Banno's arrangement	My arrangement with 7 liatris	Closing remarks	Japan Town or J-Town
Wisteria bonsai	Bonsai clematis	Bonsai pine	Dancers
Dancers	Dancers	Dancers	Dancers
Dancers	Dancers	Boy scouts and Daruma	Boy scouts and Daruma
Boy scouts and big Daruma	And around he spins...	Awa odori	Awa odori
Awa odori	Awa odori	Awa odori	Okinawan musicians
Okinawan musicians	Okinawan dancers	Okinawan dancers	Okinawan dancers
Okinawan dancers	Mikoshi	Mikoshi	Yasokoi
Yasokoi	Yasokoi	Mixing cultures -- Hawaii ipu and Japanese drums	Mixing cultures -- Hawaii ipu, Mexican maracas and Japanese drums
Drummers	Drummers	Shrine attendants	Small mikoshi
Small mikoshi	Medium mikoshi	Medium mikoshi going in circles	Medium mikoshi going in circles
Leading the group	Big mikoshi	Big mikoshi

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