Fundraising (for the disastrous March 11, 2011 earthquake/tsunami in the Tohoku region of Japan) will be held at this event.
Tickets available at Yamato Japanese restaurant, 857 E. Grant Rd., phone 520-624-3377. Yamato is just east of E. 1st Street in Tucson.
Website: www.suzuyukikai.com.
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/
