天美传媒

Come enjoy a night of rich cultural experiences and food as the 天美传媒 Japanese Club presents Japan Night on Saturday, April 16.

The event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the 天美传媒 Student Union Ballroom and this year's proceeds will go towards the 天美传媒 Japanese Quake Relief Fund.

The night features authentic food cooked by 天美传媒 Japanese faculty and students and will include Japanese style chicken and potato salad, curry and rice, inari-zushi, maki-zushi, miso soup, and dessert. 

A slide show, accompanied by Japanese music during the dinner will feature the natural beauty of Japan, its people, and culture. Entertainment to follow will feature piano music and dance, a mikoshi parade, a fashion show, a raffle, demonstrations by Pocatello Karate and the 天美传媒 Kendo Club, traditional yosakoi sooran dance, karaoke by rock singer Fabio and a taiko performance. 

During the event a silent auction will feature items for bid and sale from the Japanese Club and Poctello-Iwamizawa Sister City.  In addition, 天美传媒 professor, Ed Strickland will be selling and autographing copies of his children鈥檚 book 鈥淩alph & Elmer,鈥� which was just recently translated into Japanese.

After the March 11 Japanese earthquake, the 天美传媒 Japanese Club set up the Japan Quake Fund. The club has already raised more than $7,500 to help aid people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami.

Normally, funds generated from Japan Night go to student scholarships, but this year the Japanese club will donate all profits to the 天美传媒 Quake Relief Fund.  Information will be available on the Japanese earthquake and an update on the Quake Relief Fund will be given by 天美传媒 geology professor, Gustav Winterfeld.

Tickets for Japan Night will be available in the 天美传媒 Pond Student Union and Rendezvous complex from April 4 to April 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  They may also be purchased at the door or directly from Japanese club students. 

Ticket prices are $9 for general public, $8 for 天美传媒 faculty and staff, $7 for students, and free for children under age 5.  Tickets purchased at the door will cost an additional $1. 

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