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YouTube: “Tenyo Bushi” uploaded by champuru
Hawaii’s bon dance season is well underway and Donna (champuru) of DancingFools.org uploaded a clip on her YouTube channel: The Young Okinawans of Hawaii (YOH) team up with the Ukwanshin Kabudan at the Pearl City Hongwanji bon dance, August 7-8, 2009. Subscribe to champuru on YouTube. (Via @champuru.)
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Chimugukuru: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit of Hawaii’s Okinawan Community
WHAT IS IT? Come join us for Chimugukuru: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit of Hawaii’s Okinawan Community (featuring storyteller Alton Chung) on Saturday, October 24th at the Hawaii Okinawa Center. 100% of proceeds from this celebration support the Hawaii United Okinawan Association and Ikuyu Madin (HUOA Capital Campaign). The event runs from…
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“Thinking Out Loud” on KZOO Radio [Honolulu]
Chris Yano is hosting a really interesting radio program called, “Thinking Out Loud” on KZOO (1210 AM) at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. On 07.20, she will be talking to Norman Kaneshiro and Eric Wada. They will be talking about playing Okinawan music, issues of identity and their organization Ukwanshin Kabudan. They will play their…
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Blogs: Voices from Okinawa Online
It’s always nice to see a blog about Okinawa (especially if it’s in English) and here’s one you’ll want to check out: “Voices from Okinawa Online: A blog related to the summer 2009 issue of MANOA.” From the MANOA website: Launched in 1989, MANOA strives to bring the literature of Asia, the Pacific, and the…
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Save the Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Shari Tamashiro (All Things Okinawan) emailed about an event she’s organizing for Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Hawaii: I am organizing a FABULOUS program featuring award-winning storyteller Alton Chung, with performances by Derek Ichiro Shiroma and Frances Nakachi. We will be doing two shows: Nuchi du Takara at 1 pm and Okinawan, Japanese and Hawaiian…
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New year get-together and fellowship dinner
Happy New Year to the Okinawa Minyo Kyokai Derek Ichiro Shiroma Kenkyusho and Jane Kaneshiro Sozan Kai who will have a New Year get-together and fellowship dinner this Friday night at the Jikoen Hongwanji Mission. I’ll be there and I’m hoping to see some of you there too. 🙂 (Nifee deebitan for the invite, Derek-sensei!)
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Center for Okinawa Studies Conference 2009
“From Aza, through Sanzan, Loochoo, and Ryukyu, to Okinawa, to Uchinanchu Diaspora—Where is Okinawan Studies Headed?” March 19th – March 21st, 2009 Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, East West Center, HawaiĘ»i The first COS Okinawan Studies conference will feature scholars from UH, the US mainland, Okinawa and Japan and will examine ways in which the…
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Update: Ukulele Picnic 2009 in Hawaii
I posted an entry a couple of weeks ago about the upcoming Ukulele Picnic 2009 in Hawaii concert and it looks like we have a time slot for Keith Nakaganeku and BEGIN’s Masaru Shimabukuro. The special collaboration between these two amazing musicians is set to take the stage from 3:10 PM for a 15-minute set.…
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Mark this date: 2/14/09 Ukulele Picnic in Hawaii
One of my favorite artists of both Okinawan and Hawaiian music is Keith Nakaganeku (with his band Calabash) and I got a tip that he’ll be performing along with his friend Masaru Shimabukuro (BEGIN‘s guitarist) at this year’s Ukulele Picnic 2009 in Hawaii on Saturday, February 14, 2009. He’ll be singing “Nada Sou Sou” and…
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“Amawari, the Lord of Kimutaka Spirit” coming to Hawaii
From the flyer: “Kimutaka no Amawari” Lord of noble soul Kimutaka no Amawari is a Kumiodori musical performed by more than 100 junior and senior high school students from Katsuren, Uruma. It is the story of Amawari, Lord of Katsuren Castle in the days of war in Okinawa 550 years ago. Date: Sunday, November 23,…
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