Please help with the relief efforts on behalf of all the victims & survivors of the large 9.0 earthquake & tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. Here’s how to help by attending:

JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF CONCERT

Saturday, March 26, 2011 – 4PM

Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ
122 North Craycroft Road (north of Broadway)
www.rinconucc.org

free concert – collecting donations

Organized by Toru & Laura Tagawa / Emma Noël Votapek / Keitaro Harada

Please join us at Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ Saturday,
March 26, 2011 at 4pm in a concert to help raise funds to aid the relief
agencies currently working in Japan. 100% of the donations received will
be sent to the JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY.

Performers include members of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra & Arizona
Opera Orchestra, University of Arizona School of Music Students &
Professors and professional musicians of Tucson and Phoenix, AZ.

Aaron Boyd | Paula Fan | Laura Tagawa | Toru Tagawa | Emma Noël Votapek | Keitaro Harada | Neil Tatman |Mutsuko Tatman | Victoria Hauk | Jonathan Wintringham | Yuri Chayama | Aika Tatebe | Mari Kaneta | and many more…

Special Thanks to University of Arizona Department of East Asian Studies, School of Music & Japanese Student Association | Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ | Suzuki-kai | Yamato Japanese Restaurant |Sushi Yukari | The Japanese Association of Tucson | Dance For A Cause.

For other relief efforts, log onto Southern Arizona Association for Japanese Education website (click here). Fundraising will be occurring at upcoming events in April:

–Suzuyuki Kai Traditional Japanese Dance “Dance of Eternity” on April 17 at Green Fields Country Day School, 2 p.m.

–9th Annual Tucson Japanese Speech Contest on April 23, at PCC Downtown campus, 12 to 5 p.m.

For my previous blog “Please help Japan” click here, about purchasing limited edition Noh mask t-shirts.

4/8/11 UPDATE on Japan Disaster Relief efforts:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2011/04/08/japanese-association-picnicfundraiser-for-japan-disaster-relief/