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DESCRIPTION:Date: <a>Saturday\, February 11\, 2012</a> \n Time:<a> 8:00PM</
 a> \n Venue: San Jose Repertory Theatre\n <a>101 Paseo De San Antonio\n Sa
 n Jose\, CA 95113</a> \n Tickets: $25 adult/$20 students &amp\; seniors*\n
  General seating\n\n<strong>*Get a discount by pre-ordering your tickets! 
 </strong> \n Call 408-293-9344 to place your order by 5pm on February 10\,
  and save $5 per ticket.&nbsp\;\n\nContact Information:\n San Jose Taiko\n
  408-293-9344\n info@taiko.org\n\nHIMAWARI (Sunflower) is the union of the
  performers of San Jose Taiko and Hanayui in  a unique collaboration where
  cultural boundaries and aesthetic  sensibilities are shared and tested. H
 IMAWARI will feature&nbsp\;the San Jose  Taiko performing company\, the&nb
 sp\;three members of Hanayui - Chieko Kojima\,  Yoko Fujimoto and Mitsue K
 injo\, and guest artist\, Yoshikazu Fujimoto of  Kodo.\n\nThe project name
 - -HIMAWARI was selected for the sunflower's  strength in character for re
 aching and following the sun\, a symbol of  power\, energy\, clarity\, and
  knowledge\, and a source for nurturing and  sustaining life.San Jose Taik
 o brings the power of the taiko  and movement and Hanayui brings expertise
  of Japanese dance and song.\n\nBoth groups have been creatively exploring
  their common roots and new  offshoots of their Japanese ancestry through 
 music and dance---San Jose  Taiko coming from the Japanese American commun
 ity in San Jose\,  California and Hanayui coming from Kodo Village on Sado
  Island in Japan.The  HIMAWARI program includes traditional folk songs and
  dance from Japan\;  contemporary taiko drumming from America and a collab
 orative process  that has combined all elements into something new and dif
 ferent. The  program will showcase original arrangements from both Hanayui
  and San  Jose Taiko and present the west-coast premiere of several collab
 orative  works.\n\nFrom 2000-2002\, members of SJT and Hanayui  collaborat
 ed&nbsp\;on creating material for the original Himawari (Sunflower)  tour\
 , a full-length concert program&nbsp\;that debuted in Hawaii in 2002.  Alt
 hough the program was well-received by&nbsp\;critics and general&nbsp\;pub
 lic\,  the project was unable to present within&nbsp\;the contiguous US st
 ates at  that time.&nbsp\;Hanayui is returning to the states in February a
 nd&nbsp\;March of  2012\, and SJT suggested a revival of the Himawari&nbsp
 \;collaboration as a&nbsp\;way  to present them in San Jose.\n\n*********\
 n\nHanayui  is a song and dance group made up of Kodo&nbsp\;members Chieko
  Kojima and  Yoko Fujimoto joined by&nbsp\;Okinawan dance expert Mitsue&nb
 sp\;Kinjo. The Japanese  word &ldquo\;hana&rdquo\; means &ldquo\;flower&rd
 quo\; and symbolized the youthful&nbsp\;energy&nbsp\;that  Hanayui puts in
 to their performances. The word &ldquo\;yui&rdquo\; means &ldquo\;to&nbsp\
 ;tie\,&rdquo\; and  recalls the relationship formed in ancient&nbsp\;villa
 ges in Japan  when&nbsp\;families came together to share in both hardships
  and harvests.\n\n<strong><em>Chieko Kojima</em> </strong> &nbsp\;Born  in
  Iwafune\, Tochigi-prefecture\, Chieko first&nbsp\;encountered Japanese fo
 lk  dancing when she joined&nbsp\;Ondekoza in 1976. When Kodo&nbsp\;was fo
 rmed\, Chieko  carved out a niche for herself as one of the few regularly&
 nbsp\;performing  female members. She is noted for the original style of h
 er dancing&nbsp\;in  Kodo's taiko-based performance.&nbsp\;Chieko enjoys e
 xpanding her repertoire  and&nbsp\;meeting new and stimulating people in h
 er travels across the globe.\n\n<strong><em>Yoko Fujimoto</em> </strong> &
 nbsp\;Yoko  joined Ondekoza (later Kodo)&nbsp\;in 1976. After three years 
 appearing as a  Koto player\, singer and&nbsp\;dancer\, she&nbsp\;stepped 
 down from the stage to edit  the monthly Japanese language newsletter&nbsp
 \;'Kodo' for the next 13  years.&nbsp\;In 1989 she began to sing again and
  has been Kodo's&nbsp\;principal  vocalist ever since. In 1996 she toured 
 Cuba and North&nbsp\;America with&nbsp\;her  husband Yoshikazu Fujimoto\, 
 Kodo's principal O-daiko player\,  giving&nbsp\;drum-and-song workshops.&n
 bsp\;She also conducts 'Voice Circle'  workshops which help&nbsp\;particip
 ants to rediscover song and the power of  their own&nbsp\;voices.\n\n<stro
 ng><em>Mitsue&nbsp\;Kinjo</em> </strong> &nbsp\;Okinawa-native  Mitsue Kin
 jo entered the Okinawan dance&nbsp\;groupe &quot\;Hana no Kai&quot\; in 19
 79  and was&nbsp\;trained by Takako Sato. It was&nbsp\;through her activit
 ies in  Okinawan dance that Mitsue first encountered Kodo.&nbsp\;Later\,&n
 bsp\;after  receiving the Okinawa Times Highest Award for Achievement in  
 the&nbsp\;Performing Arts\, Mitsue married a Kodo&nbsp\;member and moved t
 o Sado  Island. Mitsue&nbsp\;first participated in the Kodo Village Festiv
 al as a  member of Hanayui\, and&nbsp\;has&nbsp\;continued in to participa
 te as a dancer in  other capacities since.
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SUMMARY:Himawari: A collaboration of San Jose Taiko and Hanayui
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