- A field of flax seed blossoms at night with a hazy moon
- A 15 year old writing a letter seeking advice from her 30 year old self
- A flower peddler having troubles sleeping after attending her first dance
They are each a topic within the songs we'll be singing Sunday
- Oborozukiyo
- Tegami - by Angela Aki
- I Could Have Danced All Night - from My Fair Lady
I'll be in a concert/recital with the Flower Basket group at Nara Family Akishino Hall (5th floor?), in Saidaiji.
The event is free, starts at 11am and our group will sing close to 3pm. Our songs last about 10 minutes. If you're in the area and want to attend you may come and go as you need. Other vocal and instrumental performances will fill up the other 4 hours.
Two of the songs are in Japanese one is in English. For those of you faithful blog readers you may realize that two of the songs are the same ones we sang in our winter and fall concert. We changed the seasonal one (spring flower theme instead of Christmas).
This is teaching me about the high value that Japanese place on - "Gambaru" or "Gambatte" To press on and continue striving to reach your highest level at something. Perseverance might be similar in English but doesn't quite capture it.
When I was in choir in America we sang lots of new songs each quarter with something new at each concert. Here we practice the same 2 songs for 1 year. I've memorized them and now we're adding some syncopated clapping with one of the songs. I guess we'll find out tomorrow if I'm coordinated enough to clap, sing, and remember Japanese words all while smiling!
I'll be spending the day (10:30-8:30) with the ladies from the singing group. Please pray for clear communication as I dig back into my brain for conversational Japanese vocabulary. (I mainly use English at school). Pray also for deepening of our relationships as we celebrate the end of our year. 2 of the 8 group members are Christian. Pray that our lights will shine so that God will get the glory.
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