In July we held our much anticipated Tanabata Festival party. The children had been practicing the Tanabata and other songs as well as musical instruments.
All the students and teachers and some of the parents came in yukatas or jimbeis. Everyone looked very cute and the children were excited to be dressed so nicely and to see their friends in their traditional festival garb.
 First off we had a short observation lesson so the parents could see how their children are progressing in their studies.
After that everybody wrote their wishes on their own tanzakus and hung them on the bamboo tree in the hope that they would come true. Then it was time to show off the songs we had been practicing for weeks. Everybody did a great job singing and playing instruments, with one student playing the Tanabata song on the piano! |