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Currently Scheduled 2012 Performances »
    (See below for prior performances.)

Japan Commerce Association of Washington Shinshun Matsuri [New Year Festival], Washington Hotel
     Washington, DC - January 29, 2012



Prior Performances »
2011 Performances:

(Clicking on the event name will open the photo gallery page for that event when available or may link to another site with photos and further information.)

Japan Commerce Association of Washington Shinshun Matsuri [New Year Festival], Washington Hotel
     Washington, DC - January 30, 2011

National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day, National Building Museum,  Washington, DC. -
     
March 26, 2011

Big Cherry Block Party,  Silver Spring, MD - April 2, 2011

National Japan Bowl, 4-H Youth Conference Center, Chevy Chase, MD, April 7, 2011 - 2011 
   
Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom street festival), Washington, DC, April 9, 2011 - 
    
Knollwood, A Military Retirement Residence, Washington, DC, April 17, 2011

Prince George's County Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Opening
     Reception,
Oxon Hill Mansion, Oxon Hill, MD, April 29, 2011

Maryland Day, University of Maryland Libraries, University of Maryland, College
     Park, MD,
April 30, 2011

Festival of Nations, Tucker Road Athletic Complex, Fort Washington, MD
, May 22, 2011

Asian-Pacific Islander Month Celebration, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
, May 24, 2011

Japan-Aid: Healing and Hope for Kids and Seniors, Singapore Embassy, Washington, DC
, May 31, 2011

World Children's Festival, The Mall, Washington, DC, 2:00 p.m.
, June 18, 2011

Washington Nationals "Japan Day" and benefit for Japanese earthquake relief by the Japan Commerce
     Association of Washington, DC, Nationals Stadium, Washington, DC, June 22, 2011.

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2010 Performances:

(Clicking on the event name will open the photo gallery page for that event when available or may link to another site with photos and further information.)

National Aquarium Family New Year Celebration - January 1, 2010,
  
Japanese Commerce Association of Washington New Year Festival - Sunday, January 31, 2010

Winter Dance Concert, Malz Theater, Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), February 27, 2010

Matsuri: A Mid-winter Japanese Festival for Families, Textile Museum, Washington, DC, Sunday, March 7, 2010

National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, Saturday, March 27, 2010

Silver Spring's Big Cherry Block Party, Saturday, April 3, 2010, in Downtown Silver Spring.

Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Saturday, April 3, 2010, Washington DC 20009

Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Street Festival) Saturday, April 10,2010     

Black Rock Center for the Arts Saturday, April 17, 2010 

Song of the Earth: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Music Center at Strathmore Center for the Arts Friday, April 23,2010 at 8:00pm, (A part of “America Sings in the Nation’s Capital Festival”)
  
Kodomo No Hi (Children's Day) at the Discovery Theater Ripley Center (Smithsonian Institute) Wednesday, May 5, 2010

(NOTE: All July and August 2010 performances in Japan are on our Hiroshima Gallery page.)

Hiroshima Pictures Gallery Opening, Hiroshima Peace Center, Honkawa Elementary School, Hiroshima,
      Japan, Saturday, July 31, 2010
Hiroshima Carp professional baseball game, fifth inning stretch, Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, July 31,
      2010
Innoshima Gakuin ("academy"), Innoshima, Japan, August 2, 2010
Fukuromachi Elementary School, Hiroshima, Japan, August 4, 2010

Many Moon Festival, Towson University, Towson, MD, September 12, 2010

FIESTA! benefit for Class Acts Arts, Montgomery College Arts Center, Takoma Park, MD, October 9, 2010

9th Annual [Montgomery] County Executive's Awards for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities, Strathmore Center, Rockville, MD, October 18, 2010 (SKDT's artistic director, Shizumi Manale, received the Outstanding Artist or Educator of the Year award. SKDT performed with Shizumi at the ceremony.) Click here to see a video on the Access Montgomery TV web site



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2009 Performances:
(Clicking on the event name will open the photo gallery page for that event when available.)

Sackler Museum, Washington, DC - January 18, 2009

Round House Theater, Silver Spring, MD - February 8, 2009

National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day
National Building Museum, Washington, DC March 28, 2009

Cherry Blossom [street] Festival, Washington, DC April 4, 2009

Cherry Blossom Diamond and Jewel Show
Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC April 4, 2009

All Souls, Unitarian church, Washington, DC April 5, 2009 

Prince George's County Asian Pacific Islander Festival, Oxon Hill, MD, May 1, 2009

Children's Day (Japanese festival), Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, May 5, 2009

Prince George's County Festival of Nations, Fort Washington, MD, May 17, 2009

Wadsworth  and Melvern Drives Block Party, Bethesda, MD. September 12, 2009

International Street Festival, Hyattsville, MD, September 26, 2009

Reception for the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, Japanese Ambassador’s residence, December 5, 2009


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2008 Performances:
(Clicking on the event name will open the photo gallery page for that event when available.)

Anime USA 2008 Festival - October 12, 2008

30th Anniversary Ambassadors Ball - September 16, 2008

National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day Performance at National Buidling Museum - March 29, 2008

National Cherry Blossom Festival Opening Ceremony at National Buiding Museum - March 29, 2008

National Cherry Blossom Street Festival - April 12, 2008

Kodomo no hi at Discovery Theater (Sackler/Freer) - May 2, 2008

Asian Pacific American Heritage (Newton White Mansion) - May 2, 2008

Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - May 17, 2008

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2007 Performances:

Washington Folk Festival at Glen Echo Park - June 3, 2007

Asian Heritage at Newton White Mansion - May 4, 2007

Kodomo-no-hi Discovery Auditorium at The Freer - May 4, 2007

Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) - April 14, 2007

NCSS Cherry Blossom Festival Luncheon For Princesses - April 12, 2007

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage - April 7, 2007

NCBF Opening Ceremony - March 31, 2007

NCBF Family Day - March 31, 2007

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