Note from June Aochi Berk Fedde Middle School from Hawaiian Gardens in South Central L.A. presented their project on the "Executive Order 9066: Rights Denied Over Race." They came to the Japanese American National Museum to research their project. On the day they came to do research at the Museum, I happened to be at the Museum's Democracy Forum Theater for the "Hidden Legacy" Documentary screening (I'm in the documentary because I performed Japanese classical dance in Camp). The girls from … [Read more...]
Fedde Middle School Goes on to National Competition for National History Day in Baltimore, MD
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Shigin and Bilingual Pre-School
December 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of our interviewees in Los Angeles, Patrick Seki, who is a teacher of the art of Shigin singing (the ancient art of very intense singing of Chinese poetry), told us about a pre-school in Lomita, CA, where students were being given the opportunity to learn Shigin! I always thought Shigin was for adults because whenever I heard people perform it, they would be standing straight up, eyes closed, singing at the top of their lungs! (very healthy art form, I've been finding out!) And the singing … [Read more...]