26th Okinawan Festival Program
Live Entertainment at Kapiolani Park Bandstand
click here for printable program in Japanese
click here for printable program in English
Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:30 am –
9:30 pm
| 8:35am | Ryukyu Sokyoku Koyo Kai Hawaii Shibu |
| Yasuko Arakawa, Chapter President | |
| 9:05am | Kilauea Okinawa Dance Club |
| Toshiko Neumann, Leader | |
| 9:35am | tba |
| 10:00am | OPENING PROCESSION--HUOA CLUB BANNERS |
| Shishimai, Chondara, Paranku Clubs of Hawaii | |
| 10:35am | Urizun |
| Derek Shiroma, Leader | |
| 11:00am | OPENING CEREMONIES |
| 11:30am | Celebrity Kachashi |
| Noon | Radio Okinawa |
| Tatsuya Shimabukuro, Radio Okinawa's Miuta Taisho Winner & the Tokonatsu Band | |
| 1:00 pm | Miyagi Keiko—Tamagusuku Ryu Teda no Kai |
| 1:35pm | Royal Hawaiian Band |
| Michael Nakasone, Bandmaster | |
| 2:40pm | Mamoru Miyagi, Singing Sensation from Okinawa |
| 3:15pm | Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Hawaii |
| Akemi Martin, Regional Director | |
| 3:40pm | Jimpu Kai USA Kin Ryosho Ryukyu Geino |
| Cheryl Yoshie Nakasone Sensei | |
| 4:10pm | Ryusei Honryu Ryuko Kai--Toguchi Mitsuko Ryubu Kenkyusho |
| Mitsuko Toguchi Nakasone, Kaishu | |
| 4:35pm | Haitai Miyarabi |
| Yumi Nakama, Contact | |
| 5:00pm | 2008 Okinawan Festival Bon Dance |
| Young Okinawans of Hawaii | |
| Yamada Dance Group | |
| Iwakuni Odori Aiko Kai | |
| Aiea Taiheiji Yagura Gumi | |
| Hawaii Eisa Shinyuu Kai | |
| 10:30pm | LAST SHUTTLE to Kapiolani Community College |
Sunday, August 31, 2008
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
| 9:00am | Pauahi Okinawa Buyo Club |
| Shigemitsu Kaneshiro, Instructor | |
| 9:20am | Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate/Shinden Ryu Karate Association |
| Mitchel Shimamura Sensei | |
| 9:45am | Kikue Kaneshiro Ryubu Kenkyu Kai |
| Joyce Shimabukuro and Shizuko Shiroma, Leaders | |
| 10:10am | Tatsuya Yasuda |
| Sosakudaiko Ryukyu Yuihana | |
| Francis Toyama, President | |
| 10:50am | |
| Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone, Grand Master | |
| 11:20am | Shinsato Shosei Kai |
| Katsumi Shinsato Sensei | |
| 11:50am | Tamagusuku Ryu Senju Kai-Frances Nakachi Ryubu Dojo |
| Frances Nakachi, Artistic Director | |
| 12:15pm | Royal Hawaiian Band |
| Michael Nakasone, Bandmaster | |
| 1:20pm | HUOA Sanshin Class & Nidaime Teishin Kai Hawaii Shibu |
| Richard Yamashiroya, Chapter President | |
| 1:50pm | Afuso Ryu Gensei Kai Hawaii Shibu |
| Grant Murata, Chapter President | |
| 2:20pm | Majikina Honryu Buyo Dojo |
| Yoshino Majikina Nakasone Sensei | |
| 2:45pm | Mamoru Miyagi |
| 3:25pm | Ryukyu Sokyoku Hozon Kai Hawaii Shibu-Sarina Sokyoku Kenkyusho |
| Sarina Udd Sensei | |
| 3:55pm | Hui Okinawa Kobudo Taiko - Hilo, Hawaii |
| Troy Sakihara, Leader | |
| 6:00pm | LAST SHUTTLE to Kapiolani Community College |
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| Click on the above map for a printable map - use landscape format. |
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| Take photos? Enter the 26th Okinawan Festival Photo Contest. For details, see the entry form. |