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DESCRIPTION:Manzanar Committee\n \n*for Immediate Release*\nApril 21\, 2005
                   \n \nContact:                                           
                                            \nJuliet Wong                  
                                     \nPhone:  (626) 278-9944\nEmail:   <a>
 manzcomm@yahoo.com</a>\n \nProgram announced for\n37th Annual Manzanar Pil
 grimage \n\n\n \nLOS ANGELES\, CA – The Manzanar Committee announces the
  program for the 37th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage to be held next Saturday\
 , April 29\, at the Manzanar National Historic Site.  \n \nThemed “Foots
 teps in the Hallway: The Effect of Internment on America’s Youth\,” th
 e program will feature authors Frank Chin (USA Ni Umarete Born in the U.S.
 A.: A Story of Japanese America\, 1889 – 1947) and Jane Wehrey (Voices F
 rom This Long Brown Land : Oral Recollections of Owens Valley Lives and Ma
 nzanar Pasts)\; Campaign for Justice director Grace Shimizu and Cal State 
 Long Beach Nikkei Student Union member Corey Miyano.  \n \nMusic will be s
 hared by Victor Silva (original composition inspired by the pilgrimage) an
 d Grateful Crane Ensemble member Darrell Kunitomi. A roll call of all ten 
 WRA camps will be followed by a traditional memorial Scottish hymn by Drew
  Anderson leading to the interfaith service at the cemetery.  The pilgrima
 ge will conclude with a gathering for all to participate together in tradi
 tional Japanese ondo dances.  \n \nThe young adult/family discussion progr
 am\, “Manzanar at Dusk” will take place this year at Lone Pine High Sc
 hool (538 S. Main Street in Lone Pine)\, beginning at 7:00 p.m. with the 4
 0-minute version of “The Camp Dance: The Music and the Memories” by Gr
 ateful Crane Ensemble (sponsored by the Manzanar Committee\, Manzanar Hist
 ory Association and Friends of Manzanar).  \n \nOther associated events du
 ring the weekend include a reception at the Eastern California Museum on F
 riday afternoon from 4 – 6 p.m. (sponsored by Friends of the Eastern Cal
 ifornia Museum) as well as screenings of the film “Music Man of Manzanar
 ” featuring special guests Arnold and Brian Maeda on Sunday from 10 a.m.
  – 3 p.m. and a weekend-long exhibit of works by renowned artist Henry F
 ukuhara at the Manzanar Interpretive Center.  \n \nThe Manzanar Committee 
 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit\, volunteer organization (Federal ID # 95-3078317
 ) that depends on community support to hold its yearly pilgrimages to the 
 Manzanar National Historic Site\, where approximately 10\,000 persons of J
 apanese ancestry were held without due process during WWII.  For more info
 rmation\, email <a>manzcomm@yahoo.com</a>\, call (626) 278-9944 or visit <
 a href="http://www.manzanarcommittee.org">www.manzanarcommittee.org</a>.\n
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SUMMARY:37th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage- Program Announced
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