26 th ANNUAL 26 th OBON FESTIVAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014 11 11 AM 4 PM CIMARRON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL 2014
A HEARTY WELCOME We thank you for participating in our 26th Annual Obon Festival. It is the joyful season to remember all departed relatives and friends by dancing to our heart s delight. In this way, we connect with our cultural and religious heritage. So ease your minds and enjoy the Stan Isa Dale Ito performances, food, drinks, crafts, and displays that the Sangha members and friends have prepared for this special occasion. We thank the sponsors for their most generous contributions. With Gassho, Dale Ito, Obon Chair Stan Isa, President Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha * * * ITEMS for SALE* * * RAFFLE TICKETS 1 for $3.00 2 for $5.00 4 for $10.00 Booklet of 10 for $25.00 CULTURAL CRAFT ITEMS Handmade by the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Craft Group A LA CARTE ENTREES Inari Sushi Makizushi Spam Musubi A VARIETY OF AMERICAN AND JAPANESE DESSERTS SNOW CONES and KINTOKI (sweet red beans on shaved ice) Soft Drinks Bottled Water 1
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2014 SANGHA OFFICERS Stan Isa, President Jim Kurashige, 1 st Vice President Harriet Huber, 2 nd Vice President Eileen Castle, Secretary Pati Lira, Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Sharleen Aoki Sandi Hiyane Dr. David Hopper John Kosora Gay Kurashige Dennis Nakata Margaret Nakata Ellie Oshiro Michael Tanaka Patty Yamano Dale Ito, Past Pres. MAILING ADDRESS: LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA 4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. N. Las Vegas, NV 89032 (702) 633-4810 The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha would like to thank all participants and volunteers for your generous donations and assistance. For many years, OBON has served to bring together all of us in friendship, remembrance, and gratitude. May we put our hands together in gassho and remember our ancestors and the sacrifices they made to help us become better people. 3
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2014 OBON CHAIRPERSONS Chairman & Supplies: Dale Ito, Jim Kurashige Raffle Prizes: Katherine Yoshikawa Bento Ticket Printing: Joanne Ruyle Raffle/Bento Sales: Jim Kurashige On-Site Raffle Tickets: Bob Reynierse, Mits Nakayama Program Ads: Katherine Yoshikawa MC: Wayne Tanaka Odori Program: Ann Mikami Inari-zushi: Chizuyo Reynierse Norimaki sushi: Harriet Huber Chirashi: Alice Branton Spam Musubi: Sandi Hiyane, John Kosora Panko Chicken: Rodney Okano, Gene Nakamura Teriyaki Beef: Bill Muraoka, Ben Nakagawa Rice Cooking: Delwayne Arakaki Shave Ice: Nicholas, Chelsea, Jimmy Kurashige Desserts: Crystal Okano, Kumiko Kashiwada Andagi: Frances Akamine Drinks: Alan Takemoto Bento Distribution: Rosan Ito Crafts Sales: Patty Yamano, Margaret Nakata Sally Hanagami, Sueno Migaki Booklet Layout: Roy Suzuki Correspondence: Eileen Castle Money Handlers: Pati Lira, Mits Nakayama Cleanup: Stan Isa 9
THE LV BUDDHIST SANGHA SINCERELY THANKS: Tanaka Elementary School Dragons HOPPER INSTITUTE Ann Mikami, Odori Sensei Ann was born in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. She attended school in Honolulu and Los Angeles, attending El Camino College where she met her husband, Richard. Both taught in L.A. until retiring in 1994 and 1996. After they moved here in 1998, Ann joined local Japanese and hula dance groups. She has served as Odori Sensei for 9 years. Ann has been instrumental in integrating Taiko drumming and hula into the Obon Dance program. She continues to teach odori to honor her maternal grandmother, Mitsue Fujimura, who was odori sensei for Lahaina Hongwanji. 10
2014 OBON FESTIVAL PROGRAM 11:00 A.M. CULTURAL CRAFTS SALE BEGINS FOOD SALE & BENTO DISTRIBUTION 11:30 A.M. OPENING REMARKS : Wayne Tanaka, MC WELCOME: Stan Isa, President; GASSHO: Rev. Marvin Harada, OCBC 12:00 P.M. KAMINARI TAIKO PERFORMANCE Performers: Jennifer caballero, Wendy Dwyer, Janeen Nanbu, Chris Holly, Brandon Hernandez-Lee, Vanessa Wilbur, Sergio Minero 12:20 P.M. KUMU HULA CHARLES HERRING and The Ladies of Na Hula Hali a Aloha - Kawa No Nagare No You Ni 1:00 P.M. DANCES BEGIN Dances Ann Mikami, Instructor Richard Mikami, Music Allan Amazaki, Sound System Las Vegas Dancers Chudy Amazaki, Claude Bourbonniere, Kathy Downen, Paulino Espinoza, Rosita Field, Stan Fuke, Harry/Marcy Haime, Nami Ryo Hanayagi, Sally Hanagami, Charlotte Higa, Susan Hirata, Gay Imamoto, Yoko Ishikawa, Lillian Iwamoto, Pat Kaneshiro, Lira Hai-Kelly, Sharece Maikui, Phyllis Moniz, Gene Nakamura, Ricky Nishizuka, Kazuko Sakaeda, Danielle Sato, Satomi Sato, Mitsuko Shimotani, Tilda Silao, Grace Stalbaum, Caryl Suzuki, Yuko Takagi, Noriko Takahashi, Kazuko Underhill, Sadako Wanless, Myrna Wieczorek, Misuoki/Yuko Yamada, Brandon Yee Round 1: 1. Bon Odori Uta (uchiwa) 2. Ue Wo Muite Aruko (kachi-kachi) 3. Akachan Ondo (kachi-kachi) 4. Ashibinaa 5. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa) 6. Kuroshio Bayashi (tenugui) 7. Yuiyo Bon Odori INTERMISSION KUMU HULA CHARLES HERRING and The Ladies of Na Hula Hali a Aloha - Koko No Sachi Ari Round 2: 1. Kyushu Tanko Bushi 2. Hokkai No Abarembo 3. Ashibinaa 4. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa) 5. Shiawase Samba 6. Yuiyo Bon Odori 7. Gassho Ondo 3:00 P.M. RAFFLE DRAWING (need not be present to win) 3:30 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS: Wayne Tanaka 11
LV Buddhist Sangha Thanks Nakata Market of Japan At the end of the day, what truly matters in your life? 12 Derek Uehara, CFP, MBA President Uehara Financial Group, LLC Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. 8687 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89117 (702) 228-3534 (702) 460-4060 mobile Derek.Uehara@raymondjames.com
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2014 LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA MEMBERS* 16 Jim & Frances Akamine Kenneth & Gladys Akita Minoru & Sharleen Aoki Emiko & Hiroaki Aoki Noboru & Ann Aoyagi Delwayne & Cathy Arakaki Alice Branton Eileen Castle Dennis & Brenda Creed Shannon Cummings Thomas & Lynn DeMann Nam'e Dukes Shioji Fukawa Hana Fukumoto Mabel Fukumoto Adam & Akiko Graves Clara Hamasaki Sally Hanagami Deborah & Arthur Harlig Richard & Carolyn Higa Sandi Hiyane Tomico Honda David Hopper James & Harriet Huber Mel & Betty Igawa Stan & Nancy Isa Dale & Rosan Ito Alice Kado Rosie Kakuuchi Sadie Kasamoto Kumiko Kashiwada Margaret & Albert Kayatani Albert & Georgiana Kobayashi Helen S. Koga Dan & Katie Kosora John Kosora Wayne & Myrna Kozai James & Gay Kurashige Pati Lira Henry & June Maruyama Roy & Kanyarat Matsuda Darrel & Julie Matsuyama Aiko Mayeda Sueno Migaki Jimi & Barbara Mitsunaga Daniel Miyake Tom & Aiko Miyamoto Frances Miyasato Ms. Florence Mizuki Clifford & Cathy Moses Bill & Nan Muraoka Shumei & June Nagaya Ben & Marilyn Nakagawa Gene Nakamura and Tilda Silao Kumiko Nakata Margaret & Dennis Nakata Mitsuyoshi Nakayama Steve & Myrtle Noguchi Jon Ogata Takako Ogata Rodney & Crystal Okano Ellie Oshiro Henry & Mary Ozaki Bob & Chizuyo Reynierse Bill & Janet Sakahara Paul & Alice Sakamoto Lily Sakemi Jason & Marlo Sando Muriel Scrivner Jim & Eleanor Shibata Kazuo & Edna Shiotani Ron and May Soeda Akira & Madeline Sonomura Aileen Sung & Brent Sumida Mike & Becky Suyeyasu Roy & Caryl Suzuki Alan & Oratai Takemoto Michael & Sharan Tanaka Wayne & Sadie Tanaka Arthur & Haru Toimoto Fred & Carolyn Tomiyoshi Agnes Tsuchiyama Flora M. Tsuma Sadako Wanless Kyle & Kimberly Watanabe Scott & Tami Watanabe Grace Wertz Tom & Myrna Wieczorek Masaichi Yamada Fred & Patty Yamano Tom & Sumi Yanagihara Stan & Arlene Yokoyama Katherine & Ryan Yoshikawa Shirley Yoshioka *We apologize in advance for any omissions. Please call the Sangha with your corrections.
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Special thanks to Gerald Morita and Hoops for Friends, Inc. (a non-profit corporation) for their continued generosity & support of our Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Obon Festival. Hoops for Friends is conducting its 21 st Annual Las Vegas Invitational Basketball Tournament for Asian Americans on September 5 & 6. For information on how you can support or participate in the tournament, visit their website at www.lvihoops.org or contact Gerald at: Gerald Morita 3479 Motor Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034 Gmorita@aol.com Judge Kalani Hoo, with Krista, Kaylee, and Catherine Judge Kalani Hoo* and his family extend their congratulations and best regards on the occasion of the 26th Annual Obon Festival, hosted by the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha. *Kalani Hoo is the Department 1 justice of the peace on the North Las Vegas Justice Court in Nevada 20
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Second Annual Gassho Golf Tournament Hole Sponsorships The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Thanks Rev. Marvin Harada Hatsumi Yamamoto Tom Yanagihara For sponsoring holes at the golf tournament Congratulations to the members of the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha on their 26 th Anniversary Obon Festival! The objective of the Las Vegas Culture Club is to promote the appreciation of Japanese cultural convention and to foster harmonious personal inter-relationships of members and with associated cultural groups. Come celebrate our heritage/culture of song and dance. Now enrolling new members for our Karaoke and Odori groups. Please contact us at: lasvegasjcc@embarqmail.com Please visit our website at: lasvegasjcc.com 27
28 The Las Vegas Japanese American Citizens League congratulates the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of their 26 th Annual Obon Festival and invites all participants to join us in improving civil rights & diversity, and honoring cultural values. Our yearly dues are only $20, which includes a newsletter and many social and cultural events. We have moved into the new Sangha Center at 4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., N. Las Vegas, 89032! For information, please call our president, Delwayne Arakaki, at (702) 595-6893, or visit our website at www.lvjacl.org.
Namu Amida Butsu Calligraphy by Rev. Zuiken Saizo Inagaki