Tamagawa Taiko Performances bring Japanese Durm and Dance Culture to Haverford on April 4, 2014
The world-touring Tamagawa Taiko Drum and Dance troupe return
to Philadelphia
for the Japan America Society’s 17th Annual Subaru Cherry Blossom
Festival. The Tokyo-based troupe will bring their lively performances, which
combine traditional Japanese folk dances with thundering percussion and
visually stunning costumes to Philadelphia and its suburbs. A listing of the
show times, venues and ticketing information is below.
Friday, April 4, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Haverford
College in Roberts Hall, Marshall
Auditorium, 370 Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, PA. This event is free.
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Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door and can be purchased at www.paintedbride.org.
Sunday, April 6, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Swarthmore
College in the Lang Concert Hall, 500 College Avenue in Swarthmore, PA. This
event is free.
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Monday, April 7, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at West
Chester University in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall at Philips Memorial
Hall Building, 700 South High Street in Westchester, PA. Tickets are $5 and can
be purchased at http://www.wcupa.edu/visitingartists/VAS.asp.
Additional Festival events include the Cherry Blossom 5K on Saturday,
April 12 as well as Japanese Culture Week at the Liberty Place Rotunda where participants can
get hands on experience with kimono dressing, origami and other activities April
7-11. There is also a food
tasting, an amateur sushi-making competition, kaiseki dinner, film screenings and more. The centerpiece of
the Festival is Sakura Sunday on April 13 at the Horticultural Center in West
Fairmount Park, offering a full day of food, world-class traditional music and dance
performances, martial arts, colorful crafts and activities for all ages. A complete listing of events is available
online at http://www.subarucherryblossom.org
and event information is available by calling 215-790-3810.
support from Subaru of America, Inc as title sponsor. The Festival aims to foster a better
understanding of the cultural, social, and educational customs of Japan building
on the JASGP commitment to plant and maintain cherry trees in local parks. To
date, JASGP has planted more than 1,000 cherry trees, supplementing the 1,600
flowering trees presented by the Japanese government as a gesture of friendship in 1926.
Digital photos and additional information on cherry trees, cherry blossom traditions in Japan, and the work of the JASGP are available at www.subarucherryblossom.org
About the Japan America Society
of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP):
an association of individuals, corporations and organizations devoted to
fostering relationships between Americans and Japanese by promoting and
encouraging better understanding of the business, cultural, social,
educational, and political practices and customs of Japan and the United
States.
