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Events for Denver Takayama:

 

Alito women's chorale from Takayama

On August 12, the chorale gave a concert at First Baptist Church, followed by a reception.		Behind the scenes: before the concert
	First Baptist Church		Ken did the setup	Rehearsal
Charlene and Nina	Jesus the sushi chef	Mariko Kotaka	Larry pitches in	Quincy helps people find the room
Ticket sales	Important supporters	Amy Bowinski	Calvin Hada	Derek Okubo
The concert begins	Conductor Makoto Hirata	Introducing a song	Okada translates	Glorious singing
A brief intermission gave the audience a chance for a beverage and the singers time to add some color to their dresses
	Robin Post and Rolayne Sellers	Joe and Claudine Locascio	Mariko Murase and Lawton Shinsato	Nina and Larry Rupp
Soon we settled in for the second act.
	Concert part 2	Sing out	Sing out	Sing out
Sing out	Accompany	Sing out	The bow	The entire group
Then we had the reception.
	The wonderous spread	Colorado peaches	Rich dessert	Burmese food
And more than food: friendship
	Friendly singers	A Takayama connection	Hands across the sea	A happy event!

 

All 150 pictures from Marie Verrett are available at Dropbox, here

 

Tanabata, July 23 at the Seller's

Our hosts' home	The house from the garden	Beauty everywhere you look	Beauty everywhere you look	Beauty everywhere you look
The gate	Tracks? Fossils?	Japanese garden	Flowing water	Magical birds
The teahouse	Susan Leibsly	Tom and Roger	Food: somen and toppings	Food: sweets and fruit
Dinner is served	Noriko and Princess Sera	Emily and Junko enhance the evening	Junko plays the gift from Takayama	The gift of music
Koto harmony	Playing hands	Playing hands	Abi is curious	Emily, Hiromi, and Jane
Claire, Robin, and Marie	Claire's grandson	Toki-chan: This is good!	Andy and the elders	Conversations
Conversations	Colleen holds an audience	Jim enjoying himself	Marie, Robin, and Colleen	They got the white memo
Getting to know you	Colleen ties one on	Abi has it down	Marie, Robin, and Colleen	Conversations

 

All 92 pictures from Marie Verrett are available at Dropbox, here
Marie has also posted some short videos from the evening on the Takayama FaceBook page

 

 

Setsubun, February 7 at Sonoda's

Setting Up	Sophie, Marie, and Rob	Charlene and Kiyoko	Rodger Hara	If You Got It, Flaunt It
Kitty	Linda And Kiyoko	Lawton	Colleen And Charlene	The real Rose Tanaka(?)
Tamara	Mikhayla	Sasha	The Devils You Say?	The oni's unmasked! Why it's only Gunnar and Charlene
Fomenting unrest!				Makoto and Charlene

 

 

 

 

Shinnenkai, January 28 at home of T.R. Reid

Organizing the event	Organizing the event	Food keeps coming	Networking	Networking
Networking	Networking	Diane Gunson	Phil Robberson	T.R. Reid
Consul General Ito	The Yoda family with Diane	Last year's trippers

 

 

First monthly meeting of the year - January 17, 2017

Our 2016 Volunteer of the Year Marie Verrett	First meeting, January 17	First meeting, January 17	First meeting, January 17

 

 

 

 

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Events for other organizations

Uta Gassen, singing competition at the Budhhist Temple, January 28, 2017

Marie arrives early	Close-up of her dress	The judges	Score keeper Matusmoto	Introducing the team captains
		Video clips
Captains take the pledge	Yoichi Usui belts it out	Video clips

 

Additional pictures can be found at this Dropbox location (over 1000 pictures!).