Our yearly Christmas celebration took place on December 6th at the Shangri-La hotel with a blast after two years of subdued celebrations owing to COVID-19. A modest Ikebana exhibition set up by our members was on display as guests entered the ballroom. Peggy Loh, the President of...
The 2022 TFC Member’s Demonstration took place at Embassy of Mexico on November 16, 2022. The ambassadors’ wives expressed the colors of their countries, and the Japanese ikebana demonstrators did ikebana of hospitality. The Mexican music by B G M was fun, which made the atmosphere of...
The weather in Dubai is very beautiful these days. On December 6 we had a chapter meeting for Christmas celebration at the Internet City which was a very famous business center in Dubai. The venue was in a very modern building combined with a touch of traditional...
The 6th Annual JAPAN WEEK @ Bellevue College was held from Saturday, September 24th through Friday September 30th, 2022. The 4th and 5th JAPAN WEEK events were held as virtual (online only) events. In 2022, this 6th annual event was presented in a “hybrid form” being a...
Anna Nakada is a Junior Executive Master of the Ichiyo School of Ikebana and a longtime student of the late Third Headmaster Akihiro Kasuya of Ichiyo School. She has taught and demonstrated Ichiyo in the US and overseas since 1996, including three solo demonstrations at the Metropolitan...
22 members attended the first meeting for the year 2022-2023. It was hosted by the straight lines and curves group headed by Ramani Liyanage, who organised an interesting Ikebana demonstration by a Sogetsu teacher, Vinita Shenoy. There was a mini exhibition of 8 arrangements by our members....
Our chapter presented an online demonstration titled, “Being Simple, Being Powerful” by Yumiko Tsunakawa, Riji, Sogetsu School on November 23rd. Her whole demonstration had a wonderful flow and was very professionally done with clear explanations both in English and Spanish. She created 8 arrangements showing different aspects...
On September 19 Suzanne Haskell (Ichiyo School) and Susan Taylor (Ohara School) presented “Growing Wild in our Native Gardens”. They utilized Florida native plants and flowers in their demonstration of Ikebana arrangements. We then had lunch together with food brought from home followed by an afternoon workshop...
