Name: Kurimoto Japanese Garden Spring Festival
Date: Sunday, June 06, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Parkland County, 5 kms north of Devon on Highway 60, within 30 minutes of downtown Edmonton.
Website: Kurimoto Garden’s Spring Festiva
Guests:
Kito no Taik Drummers
Shakuhachi Flute – Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos
Koto (Japanese Lute) – Akino Kameyama and guests
Japanese Embroidery – Marilyn Preshing
Japanese Calligraphy – Kefukai Calligraphy Group
Kenjitsu Martial Arts Demos (swords)
Edmonton Aikikai Martial Arts Demos
Gojukai Karate Demos
Awa Adori Dancers
Chigiri-e (torn paper art) – Joan King
Chigiri-e (torn paper art displays & demos) – Edmonton Washi Chigiri-e Art Club
Once again the Kurimoto Garden’s Spring Festival is upon us, hosted at the University of Alberta’s Devonian Gardens.
This year Kita no Taiko, Alberta’s premier Taiko Drumming Group, is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary with a special performance.They will be collaborating with Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos, a shakuhachi and shinobue (both common types of Japanese flutes) player from Vancouver. Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos has studied Japanese music extensively in Japan and is one of the few non-Japanese to have received his Dai-Shihan (Grand Master) shakuhachi license.
Alcivin Ryuzen Ramos will be doing his own performance as well.
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Victor Vargas is the manager and editor of Anime-Alberta. He's the former chair of Animethon 16 & Animethon 15 as well as a former president of BAKA (The Banzai Anime Klub of Alberta)