Welcome to Seattle Center
FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH SCHEDULE:
• 45th annual SCBJC Festival Opening Ceremony
10:59am
• Greetings from Tazue Sasaki, Chair, SCBJCF Committee
11:00am
• Greetings from Robert Nellams, Director, Seattle Center
11:04am
• Greetings from Jenny Durkan, Mayor, City of Seattle and Festival Honorary Co-Chair
11:09am
• Greetings from Yoichiro Yamada, Consul General of Japan in Seattle
11:14am
• Recognition of Steve Sneed, Artistic Managing Director, Cultural Affairs, Public Programs, Seattle Center
11:17am
• Recap: 20th Anniversary, Festál 2017
11:22am
• Nanbanzuke by Kimie Kuramoto, with New Day NW
11:41am
• Soba Making by Meee Minamoto
11:51am
• Storytelling with Jeff Chiba Stearns
12:11pm - 1:11pm
• Screening: Conference w/JAXA Astronaut Yamazaki
1:09pm - 1:29pm
• Screening: What Are You Anyways? By Jeff Chiba Stearns
1:30pm - 1:40pm
• Trailer: The Origin of Hapa by Jeff Chiba Stearns
1:40pm - 1:43pm
• Tea Ceremony
1:43pm - 2:13pm
• Folk Tales by Lori Tsugawa Whaley
2:13pm - 2:33pm
• Lecture: Cherry Blossoms with Paul Talbert
2:33pm - 3:00pm