2014 Obon Booklet - Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha

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26 ANNUAL
OBON FESTIVAL
SATURDAY,
SATURDAY, AUGUST
AUGUST 9,, 2014
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CIMARRON
CIMARRON MEMORIAL
MEMORIAL
HIGH
HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL
A HEARTY WELCOME
We thank you for participating in our 26th
Annual Obon Festival. It is the joyful season
to remember all departed relatives and
friends by dancing to our heart’s delight. In
this way, we connect with our cultural and
religious heritage.
So ease your minds and enjoy the
performances, food, drinks, crafts, and
displays that the Sangha members and friends have prepared for this
special occasion.
Stan Isa
Dale Ito
We thank the sponsors for their most generous contributions.
With Gassho,
Dale Ito, Obon Chair
Stan Isa, President
Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
* * * ITEMS for SALE* * *
RAFFLE TICKETS
1 for $3.00
2 for $5.00 4 for $10.00
Booklet of 10 for $25.00
CULTURAL CRAFT ITEMS
Handmade by the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
Craft Group
A LA CARTE ENTREES
Inari Sushi Makizushi Spam Musubi
A VARIETY OF AMERICAN
AND JAPANESE DESSERTS
SNOW CONES and KINTOKI
(sweet red beans on shaved ice)
Soft Drinks
Bottled Water
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2014 SANGHA OFFICERS
Stan Isa, President
Jim Kurashige, 1st Vice President
Harriet Huber, 2nd Vice President
Eileen Castle, Secretary
Pati Lira, Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Sharleen Aoki
Sandi Hiyane
Dr. David Hopper
John Kosora
Gay Kurashige
Dennis Nakata
Margaret Nakata
Ellie Oshiro
Michael Tanaka
Patty Yamano
Dale Ito, Past Pres.
MAILING ADDRESS:
LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA
4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
N. Las Vegas, NV 89032
(702) 633-4810
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha would like to thank all
participants and volunteers for your generous
donations and assistance. For many years, OBON has
served to bring together all of us in friendship,
remembrance, and gratitude. May we put our hands
together in gassho and remember our ancestors and
the sacrifices they made to help us become better
people.
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2014 OBON CHAIRPERSONS
Chairman & Supplies:
Raffle Prizes:
Bento Ticket Printing:
Raffle/Bento Sales:
On-Site Raffle Tickets:
Program Ads:
MC:
Odori Program:
Inari-zushi:
Norimaki sushi:
Chirashi:
Spam Musubi:
Panko Chicken:
Teriyaki Beef:
Rice Cooking:
Shave Ice:
Desserts:
Andagi:
Drinks:
Bento Distribution:
Crafts Sales:
Booklet Layout:
Correspondence:
Money Handlers:
Cleanup:
Dale Ito, Jim Kurashige
Katherine Yoshikawa
Joanne Ruyle
Jim Kurashige
Bob Reynierse, Mits Nakayama
Katherine Yoshikawa
Wayne Tanaka
Ann Mikami
Chizuyo Reynierse
Harriet Huber
Alice Branton
Sandi Hiyane, John Kosora
Rodney Okano, Gene Nakamura
Bill Muraoka, Ben Nakagawa
Delwayne Arakaki
Nicholas, Chelsea, Jimmy Kurashige
Crystal Okano, Kumiko Kashiwada
Frances Akamine
Alan Takemoto
Rosan Ito
Patty Yamano, Margaret Nakata
Sally Hanagami, Sueno Migaki
Roy Suzuki
Eileen Castle
Pati Lira, Mits Nakayama
Stan Isa
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THE LV BUDDHIST SANGHA SINCERELY THANKS:
Tanaka
Elementary
School
Dragons
HOPPER
INSTITUTE
Ann Mikami, Odori Sensei
Ann was born in Lahaina, Maui,
Hawaii. She attended school in
Honolulu and Los Angeles, attending El Camino College where she
met her husband, Richard. Both
taught in L.A. until retiring in 1994
and 1996.
After they moved here in 1998, Ann
joined local Japanese and hula
dance groups. She has served as
Odori Sensei for 9 years.
Ann has been instrumental in
integrating Taiko drumming and
hula into the Obon Dance program.
She continues to teach odori to
honor her maternal grandmother,
Mitsue Fujimura, who was odori
sensei for Lahaina Hongwanji.
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2014 OBON FESTIVAL PROGRAM
11:00 A.M.
11:30 A.M.
12:00 P.M.
CULTURAL CRAFTS SALE BEGINS
FOOD SALE & BENTO DISTRIBUTION
OPENING REMARKS : Wayne Tanaka, MC
WELCOME: Stan Isa, President;
GASSHO: Rev. Marvin Harada, OCBC
KAMINARI TAIKO PERFORMANCE
Performers: Jennifer caballero, Wendy Dwyer, Janeen Nanbu, Chris Holly,
Brandon Hernandez-Lee, Vanessa Wilbur, Sergio Minero
12:20 P.M.
1:00 P.M.
KUMU HULA CHARLES HERRING and The Ladies
of Na Hula Hali’a Aloha - Kawa No Nagare No You Ni
DANCES BEGIN
Dances
Ann Mikami, Instructor●Richard Mikami, Music●Allan Amazaki, Sound System
Las Vegas Dancers
Chudy Amazaki, Claude Bourbonniere, Kathy Downen, Paulino Espinoza, Rosita Field, Stan Fuke,
Harry/Marcy Haime, Nami Ryo Hanayagi, Sally Hanagami, Charlotte Higa, Susan Hirata, Gay
Imamoto, Yoko Ishikawa, Lillian Iwamoto, Pat Kaneshiro, Lira Hai-Kelly, Sharece Maikui, Phyllis
Moniz, Gene Nakamura, Ricky Nishizuka, Kazuko Sakaeda, Danielle Sato, Satomi Sato, Mitsuko
Shimotani, Tilda Silao, Grace Stalbaum, Caryl Suzuki, Yuko Takagi, Noriko Takahashi, Kazuko
Underhill, Sadako Wanless, Myrna Wieczorek, Misuoki/Yuko Yamada, Brandon Yee
Round 1:
1. Bon Odori Uta (uchiwa)
2. Ue Wo Muite Aruko (kachi-kachi)
3. Akachan Ondo (kachi-kachi)
4. Ashibinaa
5. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa)
6. Kuroshio Bayashi (tenugui)
7. Yuiyo Bon Odori
INTERMISSION
KUMU HULA CHARLES HERRING and The Ladies
of Na Hula Hali’a Aloha - Koko No Sachi Ari
Round 2:
1. Kyushu Tanko Bushi
2. Hokkai No Abarembo
3. Ashibinaa
4. Bambutsu No Tsunagari (uchiwa)
5. Shiawase Samba
6. Yuiyo Bon Odori
7. Gassho Ondo
3:00 P.M.
3:30 P.M.
RAFFLE DRAWING (need not be present to win)
CLOSING REMARKS: Wayne Tanaka
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LV Buddhist Sangha Thanks
Nakata Market of Japan
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Many of us go through life simply seeking the next goal or
accomplishment, such as a better job, a bigger salary, or a nicer
house.
But are we really happy? Buddhism teaches a philosophy that
allows us to be happy no matter what our social or economic
status.
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha is offering classes in Happiness
and other subjects that will help you to enjoy your life, your
family & friends, and your job.
Attend our Services! Become a Member!
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha invites you to attend our
services; and, if you are a Las Vegas resident, we hope you will
consider joining our group.
We have services at our new Las Vegas Sangha Center, on the
second Sunday of each month, except August, at 10:00 A.M. (see
photo and map below). School age children are encouraged to
attend our Dharma Class.
Each month, we have a different visiting minister, who is
assigned by Reverend Marvin Harada of Orange County Buddhist
Church. He is also Executive Assistant to Bishop Umezu.
Yearly dues are only $20 per family. For more information,
please call the Sangha at 702-633-0410, write us at the address
below, e-mail us at: lvjacl@cox.net, or go to our web site:
www.lasvegasbuddhist.org.
N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Craig Road
Sangha Center
4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd.
N. Las Vegas, NV 89032
Alexander Avenue
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2014 LAS VEGAS BUDDHIST SANGHA MEMBERS*
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Jim & Frances Akamine
Kenneth & Gladys Akita
Minoru & Sharleen Aoki
Emiko & Hiroaki Aoki
Noboru & Ann Aoyagi
Delwayne & Cathy Arakaki
Alice Branton
Eileen Castle
Dennis & Brenda Creed
Shannon Cummings
Thomas & Lynn DeMann
Nam'e Dukes
Shioji Fukawa
Hana Fukumoto
Mabel Fukumoto
Adam & Akiko Graves
Clara Hamasaki
Sally Hanagami
Deborah & Arthur Harlig
Richard & Carolyn Higa
Sandi Hiyane
Tomico Honda
David Hopper
James & Harriet Huber
Mel & Betty Igawa
Stan & Nancy Isa
Dale & Rosan Ito
Alice Kado
Rosie Kakuuchi
Sadie Kasamoto
Kumiko Kashiwada
Margaret & Albert Kayatani
Albert & Georgiana Kobayashi
Helen S. Koga
Dan & Katie Kosora
John Kosora
Wayne & Myrna Kozai
James & Gay Kurashige
Pati Lira
Henry & June Maruyama
Roy & Kanyarat Matsuda
Darrel & Julie Matsuyama
Aiko Mayeda
Sueno Migaki
Jimi & Barbara Mitsunaga
Daniel Miyake
Tom & Aiko Miyamoto
Frances Miyasato
Ms. Florence Mizuki
Clifford & Cathy Moses
Bill & Nan Muraoka
Shumei & June Nagaya
Ben & Marilyn Nakagawa
Gene Nakamura and Tilda Silao
Kumiko Nakata
Margaret & Dennis Nakata
Mitsuyoshi Nakayama
Steve & Myrtle Noguchi
Jon Ogata
Takako Ogata
Rodney & Crystal Okano
Ellie Oshiro
Henry & Mary Ozaki
Bob & Chizuyo Reynierse
Bill & Janet Sakahara
Paul & Alice Sakamoto
Lily Sakemi
Jason & Marlo Sando
Muriel Scrivner
Jim & Eleanor Shibata
Kazuo & Edna Shiotani
Ron and May Soeda
Akira & Madeline Sonomura
Aileen Sung & Brent Sumida
Mike & Becky Suyeyasu
Roy & Caryl Suzuki
Alan & Oratai Takemoto
Michael & Sharan Tanaka
Wayne & Sadie Tanaka
Arthur & Haru Toimoto
Fred & Carolyn Tomiyoshi
Agnes Tsuchiyama
Flora M. Tsuma
Sadako Wanless
Kyle & Kimberly Watanabe
Scott & Tami Watanabe
Grace Wertz
Tom & Myrna Wieczorek
Masaichi Yamada
Fred & Patty Yamano
Tom & Sumi Yanagihara
Stan & Arlene Yokoyama
Katherine & Ryan Yoshikawa
Shirley Yoshioka
*We apologize in advance for any omissions.
Please call the Sangha with your corrections.
JCSVEGAS@yahoo.com
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Special thanks to Gerald Morita and Hoops for
Friends, Inc. (a non-profit corporation) for their
continued generosity & support of our Las
Vegas Buddhist Sangha Obon Festival.
Hoops for Friends is conducting its 21st
Annual Las Vegas Invitational Basketball
Tournament for Asian Americans on September 5 & 6.
For information on how you can support or participate in the
tournament, visit their website at www.lvihoops.org or contact
Gerald at:
Gerald Morita
3479 Motor Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Gmorita@aol.com
Judge Kalani Hoo, with Krista, Kaylee, and Catherine
Judge Kalani Hoo* and his family extend their congratulations and best regards on
the occasion of the 26th Annual Obon Festival, hosted by the Las Vegas Buddhist
Sangha.
*Kalani Hoo is the Department 1 justice of the peace on the North Las Vegas
Justice Court in Nevada
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Second Annual Gassho Golf Tournament
Hole Sponsorships
The Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha Thanks
Rev. Marvin Harada
Hatsumi Yamamoto
Tom Yanagihara
For sponsoring holes at the golf tournament
Congratulations to the
members of the Las Vegas
Buddhist Sangha on their 26th
Anniversary Obon Festival!
The objective of the Las Vegas Culture Club is to
promote the appreciation of Japanese cultural convention
and to foster harmonious personal inter-relationships of
members and with associated cultural groups.
Come celebrate our heritage/culture of song and dance.
Now enrolling new members for our Karaoke and Odori
groups.
Please contact us at:
lasvegasjcc@embarqmail.com
Please visit our website at: lasvegasjcc.com
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The Las Vegas
Japanese American Citizens League
congratulates the Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha
on the occasion of their 26th Annual Obon Festival
and invites all participants to join us in
improving civil rights & diversity,
and honoring cultural values.
Our yearly dues are only $20, which includes
a newsletter and many social and cultural events.
We have moved into the new Sangha Center at
4110 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., N. Las Vegas, 89032!
For information, please call our president,
Delwayne Arakaki, at (702) 595-6893,
or visit our website at www.lvjacl.org.
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Namu Amida Butsu
Calligraphy by Rev. Zuiken Saizo Inagaki