2012 Nisei Week parade to feature youth dance from Sapporo, Aug 12
The 2012 Nisei Week Parade will feature 30 dancers of Hiragishi Tenjin team (above photo) from Sapporo, Japan.
Young members will dance to the upbeat tempo of Hokkaido’s unique but traditional Soran Bushi folk songs through the streets of Little Tokyo.
The parade will start at 5 pm on Sunday, Aug. 12, from the corner of Second Street and Central Avenue.
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2012 Nisei Week Grand Parade line up
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2012 Grand Marshal: Adam Schiff, US Congressman, California 29th District (Pasadena, Burbank, and Alhambra)
Jun Niimi, Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles
Michael Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 5th District
Jan Perry, Los Angeles City Councilmember, 9th District
Tom LaBonge, Lo Angeles City Councilmember, 4th District
Jose Huizar, Los Angeles City Councilmember, 14th District
2012 Parade Marshal: Mary Kageyama Nomura, the “Songbird of Manzanar”
Japan R&B singer, Ai
Japan’s Yosakoi Soran Festival Dancers, Hiragishi Tenjin – The 2011 Champion group – Sapporo Yosakoi Festival
Odori dancers, taiko drum performers, local community groups, high schools:
Azuma Sumako and Azuma Kikusue- Kotobuki Kai (50 dancers)
San Fernando Valley Japanese Community Center Meiji Dance Club (30 dancers)
Public Dancers (40 dancers)
Hanayagi Rokufukumi Kai (20 dancers)
Nippon Minyo Kenkyu kai- Hoshun Kai (8 dancers)
Genchi Minyo Kikuta Kai (20 dancers)
Nippon Minyo Kenkyukai- Kotobuki No Kai (20 dancers)
Okinawa Association of America Geino-Bu (over 35 dancers)
Nippon Minyo Kenkyu kai- Hoen kai- LA Branch (21 dancers)
Awa Odor Tokushima Ren and Awakko Ren (48 dancers)
Haneto dancers and Hayashi musicians with the Nebuta float
