Tachibana School of Nihon Buyou

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The Tachibana School in New York City
Activities (page 1)		MP3 file: Tsurukame "Crane and turtle" (see Acknowledgements page)
Album page	Description	Comment
	May 4, 2003, Fourth Annual Sakura Matsuri festival, White Plains NY	A Tachibana delegation attended and performed at this event in Tibbits Park. The cherry blossoms were right on time.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri:The dance is: sakura kamuro	Two kamuro (young attendants of a courtesan) are let out to romp under the sakura trees ...
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: sakura kamuro	... and play with the fallen blossoms, unaware of (or putting aside) the analogy their own lives present.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Juurakumai	The dancers commemorate the splendor of the Juuraku-tei (palace) in Kyoto, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and completed in 1586.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Juurakumai	Perhaps they also recall its transience: the dictator had it torn down in 1595.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Kuroda bushi	Sakura time is also sake-drinking time. The samurai acknowledges the cup (sakazuki) of heroic size.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Kuroda bushi	Having won the prize for sake-quaffing, he prepares to mount his horse and head for home.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Sakura sakura	The dancers celebrate the cherry blossoms, which are, in fact, at full display (hana no sakari) all around.
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Sakura sakura	How soon they fall, like snow (yuki to nomi furu).
	May 4, 2003, Sakura Matsuri: The dance is: Anko wo oyome ni	The exuberant finale: Girls of Shizuoka pick the new tea, celebrate spring, and dream of romance.