Photos and post by Dianna Drahanchuk
What a beautiful sunny day at the Guu Garden patio, perfect for the TomoeArts summer fundraiser on Sunday June 5, 2016. To start, guests were able to bid on a wide assortment of Japanese style items offered on silent auction and enjoy the plentiful and tasty Japanese inspired bites.
Eddy Takayanagi, President of TomoeArts, ably emceed the delightful entertainment. Catherine Yamamoto opened the program with the peaceful “Hakusen” or “White Fan” - a Japanese classical dance often performed on special occasions. Later Lan Tung played the erhu in concert with Itamar Erez on acoustic guitar blending their sounds to middle eastern rhythms. Later, TomoeArts board member Koji Ito treated us to some Shigin, or chanted/sung Japanese poetry.
The lovely Colleen Lanki, Artistic & Managing Director, nihon buyoh instructor and driving force behind this event and others during the year around town, is very passionate about the company's mandate to incorporate Japanese traditional arts in interdisciplinary and multicultural ways. She is excited about their next “mash-up” project, a world premiere of a chamber opera featuring guest Noh theatre performers. Look for it in 2017 on their website: www.tomoearts.org.
What a beautiful sunny day at the Guu Garden patio, perfect for the TomoeArts summer fundraiser on Sunday June 5, 2016. To start, guests were able to bid on a wide assortment of Japanese style items offered on silent auction and enjoy the plentiful and tasty Japanese inspired bites.
Eddy Takayanagi, President of TomoeArts, ably emceed the delightful entertainment. Catherine Yamamoto opened the program with the peaceful “Hakusen” or “White Fan” - a Japanese classical dance often performed on special occasions. Later Lan Tung played the erhu in concert with Itamar Erez on acoustic guitar blending their sounds to middle eastern rhythms. Later, TomoeArts board member Koji Ito treated us to some Shigin, or chanted/sung Japanese poetry.
The lovely Colleen Lanki, Artistic & Managing Director, nihon buyoh instructor and driving force behind this event and others during the year around town, is very passionate about the company's mandate to incorporate Japanese traditional arts in interdisciplinary and multicultural ways. She is excited about their next “mash-up” project, a world premiere of a chamber opera featuring guest Noh theatre performers. Look for it in 2017 on their website: www.tomoearts.org.
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