Ikebana International Washington, DC Chapter No.1, Inc.

Ikebana International
Washington, DC Chapter No. 1, Inc.
Newsletter
In This Issue
President’s Message ……..Page 1
New Membership Renewal
Requirements ………………Page 2
Report of Nominating
Committee …………………..Page 2
Workshops/Luncheons…..Page 2
Other Events…………………..Page 2
Area Workshops .……….....Page 4
February Workshop………..Page 5
March Luncheon …………….Page 6
Reservation Form …………..Page 8
UPCOMING EVENTS
May
7: Board Meeting, Cancelled
14: General Workshop,
Arlington/Fairfax, Southern
Maryland/Evening are hosts
June
4: Board Meeting, Pot Luck
picnic
11: Summer Luncheon, Midori
Tanimune, Somu Rank in the
Sogetsu School will
demonstrate
**General Workshops are for
members only and are held at
Church of the Covenant, 2666
Military Road, Arlington, Virginia.
Our Inclement weather policy is
that meetings will be cancelled IF
schools are cancelled in the area
where meetings are to be held.
May/June 2013
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear Chapter No. 1 Members,
Over the past two years, I have shared some of the special days celebrated in
Japan and how they impacted my family when we lived in Tokyo. I continue to
understand more about Japanese culture each month with my involvement with
ikebana.
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The end of April through around May 5 is called “Golden Week” in Japan,
since there are many national holidays during this period. Depending on the
calendar, many Japanese offices close between seven and ten days. People
take vacation and travel around the country or abroad, so tourist attractions,
airports, and train stations are crowded during this time. It is hard to get
reservations for accommodations and transportation during Golden Week.
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The first national holiday during Golden Week is April 29 , the birthday of
Showa Emperor, and is called showa no hi (Showa Day). The second holiday
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on May 3 is kenpo kinenbi (Constitution Memorial Day). The May 4 holiday
is called midori no hi (Greenery Day).
The last holiday during Golden Week is kodomo no hi (Children’s Day) on May
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5 . It is also the Japanese Boy’s Festival called tango no sekko, a day to pray
for the healthy growth of boys. It is a Japanese tradition for families of boys to
hang up carp streamers (koinobori) outside their houses around this holiday. A
carp is believed to symbolize success in a child’s life. Also, samurai dolls
called gogatsu ningyo (May Dolls) are displayed in their houses.
Since I have a son, I have great memories of celebrating the
Japanese Boy’s Festival. I still have carp streamers in our home more than
twenty years later. I plan to reflect upon the carp symbolism as the holiday
approaches in May in addition to reflecting on my time as the President of
Chapter No. 1.
Thank you for your encouragement these last two years. I have had many rich
experiences representing Chapter No. 1. All the best to all of you, as we
continue to grow and learn more about ikebana in the upcoming year!
In friendship through flowers,
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I.I. MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: NEW REQUIREMENTS
This year there are changes with regard to I.I. membership. The two most important
changes are:
1) THE DEADLINE FOR DUES IS JUNE 1;
2) DUES TO JAPAN MUST BE PAID IN YEN.
YOU WILL SOON RECEIVE A LETTER OUTLINING THE PROCEDURES. PLEASE
LOOK FOR IT AND ACT PROMPTLY.
If you have any questions please call Elise Schoux at 202 965 4482 or email at
emps41@hotmail.com.
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Submitted by Chairman Jane Redmon
The Nominating Committee of Washington, DC Chapter No. 1, Ikebana International,
consisting of past president, Chairman Jane Redmon, and representatives of each of the
Area Workshops, presents the following slate of officers for the program years 2013-2015, for
election at the Annual Meeting on May 14, 2013:
President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Third Vice President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Judith Roa
Connie Forster
Joyce Overholtzer
Claire Spencer-Spears
Jane Irwin
Julie Cimino
Helen Chin
Elise Schoux
GENERAL WORKSHOPS
Our final General Workshop of the year will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Church
of the Covenant. The Ginza will begin at 10:00 am and we will have many new and very
creative potters as well as the latest for all your flower needs. This Ginza is not to be
missed! The presentation will begin at 11:00 am followed by a luncheon. Our presenters,
Sachiko Furlan and Jane Redmon, will be doing a program on irises. Hosts for the May
Workshop are Arlington/Fairfax, Southern Maryland and Evening.
Please let Cathy Houston cah699@hotmail.com know if you have any suggestions for
programs next year.
LUNCHEON PROGRAMS
Summer Luncheon: June 11 at Washington Golf and Country Club, Arlington, VA
Midori Tanimune, Somu Rank in the Sogetsu School
Ms. Tanimune is an Associate Member of Chapter No. 1, with Philadelphia being her main
chapter. She has been teaching and demonstrating in the Philadelphia/Delaware area for
over 30 years. She teaches at the Delaware Art Museum and has exhibited and
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demonstrated at Winterthur Museum, the Philadelphia Flower Show, Longwood Gardens
and several other well-known gardens and venues in the Philadelphia/Delaware area.
The Reservation Form for the June 11 luncheon is at the end of this Newsletter.
We encourage you to sign up NOW.
Save the Dates: October 25 & 26, 2013 at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Bethesda, MD
Special Event: Ricardo Bansho Carrasco, Banmi Shofu Ryu
We have arranged for Ricardo Bansho Carrasco, Headmaster of the Banmi Shofu Ryu, to be
our guest demonstrator at our Fall luncheon. The Luncheon will be on Friday, October 25,
and a Workshop will be held on Saturday October 26 in Virginia. Banmi Shofu is well known
in Florida, but has had little exposure in our area. We are fortunate to be able to bring Ric
Bansho Carrasco and his Banmi Shofu program to Chapter No. 1.
The essence of Banmi Shofu expresses a spirit of naturalness, showing fluidity of line and
fidelity to the way plants grow in nature. Driftwood and telling stories are an integral part of
the arrangements.
OTHER EVENTS
Board Meetings
Board meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month. The May meeting was cancelled;
June will be a Pot Luck Picnic.
Sumi-e Society 50th Anniversary
The Sumi-e Society of America was founded in New York by the late Professor Motoi Oi in
1963. The members practice East Asian painting and calligraphy, using the tools of the Four
Treasures: the brush, ink, ink stone and paper. The Society has eleven chapters in the
United States, and 2013 is their 50th anniversary. To show their artistry the Washington Area
Chapter will present their 50th anniversary exhibition at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan
Avenue, Wheaton, MD, until May 20th. We hope that many members of our I.I. Chapter will
visit the Sumi-e Society 50th exhibition to help celebrate this auspicious occasion.
Plant Sale is on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Every year we count on our members to dig and share their plants at the final I.I. workshop.
The more plants you bring the more there are for our friends to choose from. These plants
find their way to new gardens and ikebana arrangements. Pot your extra plants as soon as
possible and keep them watered until May 14. The proceeds from the sale go to I.I. Chapter
No. 1.
If you need pots or help, please contact:
Marion Scott at marionwscott@comcast.net; 301- 881-7102
Or Jeanne Reardon at jbreardon1@verizon.net; 301- 593-2577
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AREA WORKSHOPS
Alexandria
Meets first Wednesday of the month, except January, at 9:30 am at the Senior Citizen
Center, 1500 Shenandoah Rd, Alexandria, VA
May 1st
June 5th
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Flower Design “Using the Color Wheel” by Bobbi Bruce
Pot luck picnic at 11:30 am at the home of Carla Amerau
Co-Chairs: Carla Amerau 703-360-5055; Jane Irwin 202-285-2599
Treasurer: Marcia Siegert 703-780-8316
Telephone: Judy Phillips 703-519-1948
E-mail: Del Levy 703-799-6540; Gifts: Julie Cimino 202-544-5331
Sunshine: Bobbi Bruce 703-780-0848
Photographer: Marge Silverberg 703-768-8895
Workshop Program designed by Pat Gold
Annapolis
Meets fourth Tuesday of the month, September through May, except for December Holiday
Luncheon, at 1:30 pm at Eastport - Annapolis Neck Library, 269 Hillsmere Dr., Annapolis,
MD 21403
Treasurer: Marcia Siegert
703-780-8316
Co-Chairs: Sue Betz 410-647-3824; Marie Lee 410-315-8844;
Judi McKay 410-280-6942
Telephone:
Judy Phillips
703-519-1948
Arlington/Fairfax
Meets second Friday of the month at 12:00 noon at Lubber Run Center, 300 N Park Drive,
Arlington, VA.
May 10th
June 14th
E-mail:
Del Levy
No meeting, (General Workshop that week)
Pot Luck
at a member’s home
703-799-6540
Co-Chairs: Dawn Clarke 703-979-7414; Patricia Connors 703-486-9635;
Jane Redmon 703-931-5519
Gifts:
Julie Cimino
Bethesda/Chevy Chase202-544-5331
Meets first Wednesday of the month at 1:00 pm at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, 9601
Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD
May 1st
June 5th
Sunshine: Bobbi Bruce
703-780-0848
Ohara demonstration
by Victoria Melzer
Pot luck luncheon at home of Carol Dietzel
Co-chairs: Marianne Enger 301-983-5520; Carol Dietzel 301-963-3954
Refreshments: Ellina Sorokina 301-933-5106
Photographer: Marg Silverberg
703-768-8895
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Evening
Meets third Wednesday of the month, some Saturdays; venues/times vary
May 15th
June 19th
Program tbd, Home of Elinor Schwartz
Dinner at a Japanese restaurant, venue tbd
Chair: Fay McLaren 240- 242-4480
REPORT ON FEBRUARY 12th GENERAL WORKSHOP by Rosalie Ingenito
Photos courtesy of Connie Forster
The demonstrator for the February 12 general workshop was our own Kyoko Petersen. She
is a teacher and professor in both the Ikenobo and Sensho Ikenobo ikebana schools and is
a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers. She teaches both eastern and
western arranging.
Today's demonstration featured proteas. Kyoko stated that there are about 1,400 species,
from delicate to very large. Most come from the southern hemisphere but about 40 years
ago they began to be grown in the U.S., in California and Hawaii. They are in season from
June to October. She showed pictures of varieties not commercially available at this time.
Proteas were named by Carl Linnaeus in 1735 after the Greek god Proteus, who could take
many shapes.
Kyoko made six arrangements; three in the signature Ikenobo styles and three in modern
freestyle.
The first was a shimputai shoka, a modern form of shoka introduced in1977. In a large dark
grey bowl there were three yakueda, as with all shoka. The main stem [shu] was multiple
thin pussy willow branches arching forward. The yo, the contrasting secondary
material, consisted of two large strelitzia leaves in the back, and the ashirai, to complete
the arrangement, was a large pink queen protea placed in front. Kyoko stated that the
misugiwa, the straight line of stems coming from the water was shorter than those of the
traditional shoka shofutai, but, as with every shoka it represented the upward growth
of plants. The placement on the kenzan is the arranger's choice.
The most traditional arrangement was a gendai [modern] rikka which permits the use of
western flowers but requires all the yakueda to be placed in their traditional positions with
the usual de [the level at which the branch leaves the central stem] and placement on the
kenzan or in the kubari [y shaped fixture.] For this arrangement, she
used a tall brown glass container. The shin, uke [receiving] and hikae
were yellow pincushion protea which stood out strongly and the central
shoshin was an orange pincushion. Other materials included fern,
wax flowers, flax leaf, mums, cut leaf philodendron, and hypericum
berries.
A form of rikka introduced in 1999, a rikka shimputai, was created to
show the most modern version of rikka. Like shoka shimputai,
the yakueda are called shu, yo and ashirai. There is free choice of
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the number and type of materials as well as the placement on the kenzan, but the misugiwa
must still be present. The container was a grass green glass bowl. Kyoko used two fine
branches as her shu, two flax leaves as her yo and another branch as her main ashirai.
Other ashirai were three white callas, pale orange pincushion proteas, alstromeria, long flat
leaves, a narrow fern and one orange gerbera. The effect was of light green, orange and
white, bright, open and with movement. Kyoko showed wires, tapes and a kenzan with a
stem to explain the technical aspects of creating a rikka.
I want to state here that much of the green material used in the demonstration could not be
identified as it came with the protea, unlabeled.
The first modern arrangement showed "contrast of color, shape and line." A curly branch
that had been lightly sprayed white spread out from a tall slim
black rectangular container and hung down one side. Three
yellow pincushion proteas were wired so they could be placed
high in the container and a banana leaf was wired internally so
it could be bent back and to one side with the bright proteas in
front of it.
Another modern arrangement used horizontally placed silver
netting tubes on a shiny silver square with a single leaf in two
of them. Two dark orange pincushion proteas were placed at either end, and a cut leaf
philodendron was placed below one of them.
The final arrangement featured a long leaf painted black lying out across the top of each of
two tall gold glass rectangles with black bases and black vertical supports on their
sides. There was a slim pale orange dried protea lying on the front container. Kyoko
stated that it had contemporary clean lines and illustrated "less is more" material. It was
lovely. It gave me the impression of the shape of torii gates. Kyoko said it showed her
Japanese self.
REPORT ON MARCH 23rd LUNCHEON by Ann Waring
Photos courtesy of Fay McLaren
After a delicious luncheon at the Columbia Country Club, we were treated to an amazing
demonstration by Anna Nakada, a Master in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana. Anna, who was
accompanied by several generations of her family, came to Washington from her home in
Morristown, New Jersey. She was ably assisted on stage by Valerie Eccleston, an
Executive Master of the Ichiyo School and the President of the Washington
D.C. Ichiyo Chapter. Iryna Korol-La Torre and Carmel (Duffy) Boyd of the
Ichiyo School assisted her backstage.
Before beginning, Anna explained that the Ichiyo School is close to nature
and has three main lines for its basic arrangements---heaven, earth and
man. Each line is approximately ¾ the length of the preceding one. First, a
frame called Hana Kazari, a modification of a kimono stand, held four
arrangements.
At the top of the frame was a Japanese woven bamboo serving tray with a
Bizen vase attached. Arranged in this container was fatsia, pussy willow,
Stargazer lily and eucalyptus. A nageire container held an upright arrangement of white
cherry, red dianthus and calathea leaves which was placed on a shelf. A flowing form
arrangement was created in a black oval moribana container and placed on 3 black
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trapezoid bases on another shelf. In this, Anna used magnolia, orange-red ranunculus and
calathea leaves. The fourth arrangement was a bamboo container, hanging from the side,
containing forsythia, pink ranunculus, solidaster and ruscus.
Anna then made very creative use of 3 structures representing a square, a circle and a
pyramid, as support systems for a spectacular display of floor arrangements, using both
tropical and seasonal plant materials. Some of the wooden structures had been built by
Anna out of salvaged materials.
The first of these wooden structures, the square, had an
added shelf. A large round blue stoneware hibachi container
was placed on this shelf; in it Anna added an array of lovely
dogwood branches, red amaryllis, white cherry branches,
camellia, magenta dianthus and solidaster, making a
dazzling display.
Next, a 4 section folding frame, called a Byobu, was draped with a thick vine of dried
bittersweet forming the circle. Through the holes in the attached, hanging, Ichiyo containers,
Anna placed enormous areca palm leaves, white cymbidium orchids, red Sumatra lilies and
large red and green anthurium, creating a wonderful picture.
Beside this arrangement was a metal stand, forming the pyramid. The exterior was covered
with upright bunches of magnolia and dogwood branches. This formed a support for five
enormous monstera leaves and many dainty pink and white lilies.
This splendid arrangement concluded Anna’s spectacular demonstration.
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JUNE 11 LUNCHEON INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS
Program: Midori Tanimune, Somu Rank in the Sogetsu School
Location: Washington Golf and Country Club, 3017 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22207
Time:
Cost:
Menu:
Social Hour 11:00 am, Cash Bar
Luncheon 11:45 am
Demonstration 1 pm
$35 for I.I. members, $40 for guests, $15 for demonstration only
Baby Greens with Tomatoes and Cucumber, Lemon Basil Dressing
Sautéed Scaloppini of Veal with Mushroom Madeira Sauce
Grilled Zucchini and Roasted Pepper Risotto
Fresh Strawberries with Spiced Bailey’s Cream
Please make checks payable to: Ikebana International, Chapter No.1
Checks must be received no later than June 4, 2013.
Mail Check together with the form below to: Ursula Kondo, 11741 Morningmist Lane, Columbia,
MD 21044-4352. Cancellations will not be accepted after June 4. Seating assignments will be
made as checks are received. An early response will ensure the best seating. Smoking is not
permitted. Also please note: You should expect an e-mail or a phone call from Ursula before the
luncheon to confirm the receipt of your reservation; if you are not contacted by June 4, it means that
your reservation was NOT received.
Directions to the Washington Golf and Country Club:
From I 66 West: Take exit #71 West (Glebe Road, Route 120) and travel north on Glebe Road. Just
after crossing over Route 29, you will see Marymount University and then the Club, on your right.
From Old Town Alexandria: travel north on GW Parkway. Exit left on Spout Run, merge right on
Lorcom Lane, turn right on Lee Highway, then merge right on Old Dominion, and again merge right
on Glebe Road. You will see Marymount University and then the club, on your right.
From Montgomery County, cross Chain Bridge into Virginia and continue on Route 120, North
Glebe Road. The Club is on your left, just before Marymount University.
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LUNCHEON RESERVATION FORM
June 11, 2013
Member(s) attending**____@ $35 each Guests attending**_____ @ $40 each
Demo only____ @ $15 each
Name(s) __________________________________________________________________
**if you wish to sit together with friends, you must send in your reservations together in the same
envelope (names, checks and menu preference for each)
Number of Vegetarian Plates____________
Check total for this reservation form__________
Table arrangements (please helps us and share your talents!) Yes________ No_______
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Ikebana International, Washington, DC Chapter No. 1, Inc.
7800 Grovemont Drive
McLean, VA 22102-2019