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PHOTOS FROM THE 3rd Annual ASIAN AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
MEET & GREET RECEPTION PHOTOS BY FRANCESCA RHODES, www.PrettigirlProductions.com
PHOTOS TAKEN BY www.SteveEscarcega.com
The Cherry Blossom Festival SoCAL was from 2002-2006 in Pasadena and from 2007-2011 in Little Tokyo District of Los Angeles and grew to over 50,000 in attendance. There is still a support for the return of the Festival.
UPDATES at https://www.facebook.com/cbfsocali/ & www.CherryBlossomFestivalSoCal.org
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SIX WEDDINGS & A DRESS
“Six Weddings & A Dress”
Chiyomi looked stunning in her beautiful wedding dress as she and Kaz Ogawa said their nuptials in the shadow of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains on March 26, 1944. Like so many other young Americans who would take part in launching the start of the “baby boom” that followed World War II, the Ogawa’s had found love and were ready to settle down. What should have been one of the happiest days of their lives must have been dampened by the barbed wire that surrounded their wedding location. They were married while interned at Manzanar, one of 10 “War Relocation Camps” established in the U.S to house American citizens of Japanese descent and Japanese immigrants who lived along the Pacific Coast of the country.
Another internee, Chiyomi’s Auntie Nui, was a professional seamstress designed and made the weeding dress for the bride’s special day. After the war ended and Japanese Americans worked to reclaim and rebuild their lives, Chiyomi’s wedding dress was eventually worn by five other women on their special days. This garment weaved a common thread through the lives of Chickie Hino, Haru Fujihara, Hasie Ogawa, Kay Fujikawa and Nattie Koyama. Just like Chiyomi, all of them made their homes and raised their families in Pasadena, CA.
Chiyomi never imagined that her wedding dress would inspire interest 72 years after she said “I do,” nor did she ever fathom the photo of her and Kaz would generate such intrigue as a unique record of American history. The original wedding dress, Bride Chiyomi and photos and stories of all the brides was on exhibit at The Pasadena Museum of History in an exhibit “I Do I Do Pasadena Ties the Knot” in 2013. Exhibits at Autumn Festival, Aquarium of the Pacific; White Satin Wedding Show; Cherry Blossom Festival Camp Stories Award Show at Santa Anita Tracks. Appeared in Los Angeles Times, Mountain View News, Pasadena Now and Hometown Pasadena. Filmmaker Steven Nagano produced a short fim “Six Weddings & The Wedding Dress”. Featured by Guest Curator Ann Erdman “Mystery History Exhibit” at the Pasadena Museum of History of Wendy Fujihara Anderson’s family settling in Pasadena after release from Manzanar.
Chiyomi looked stunning in her beautiful wedding dress as she and Kaz Ogawa said their nuptials in the shadow of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains on March 26, 1944. Like so many other young Americans who would take part in launching the start of the “baby boom” that followed World War II, the Ogawa’s had found love and were ready to settle down. What should have been one of the happiest days of their lives must have been dampened by the barbed wire that surrounded their wedding location. They were married while interned at Manzanar, one of 10 “War Relocation Camps” established in the U.S to house American citizens of Japanese descent and Japanese immigrants who lived along the Pacific Coast of the country.
Another internee, Chiyomi’s Auntie Nui, was a professional seamstress designed and made the weeding dress for the bride’s special day. After the war ended and Japanese Americans worked to reclaim and rebuild their lives, Chiyomi’s wedding dress was eventually worn by five other women on their special days. This garment weaved a common thread through the lives of Chickie Hino, Haru Fujihara, Hasie Ogawa, Kay Fujikawa and Nattie Koyama. Just like Chiyomi, all of them made their homes and raised their families in Pasadena, CA.
Chiyomi never imagined that her wedding dress would inspire interest 72 years after she said “I do,” nor did she ever fathom the photo of her and Kaz would generate such intrigue as a unique record of American history. The original wedding dress, Bride Chiyomi and photos and stories of all the brides was on exhibit at The Pasadena Museum of History in an exhibit “I Do I Do Pasadena Ties the Knot” in 2013. Exhibits at Autumn Festival, Aquarium of the Pacific; White Satin Wedding Show; Cherry Blossom Festival Camp Stories Award Show at Santa Anita Tracks. Appeared in Los Angeles Times, Mountain View News, Pasadena Now and Hometown Pasadena. Filmmaker Steven Nagano produced a short fim “Six Weddings & The Wedding Dress”. Featured by Guest Curator Ann Erdman “Mystery History Exhibit” at the Pasadena Museum of History of Wendy Fujihara Anderson’s family settling in Pasadena after release from Manzanar.
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The Story of SIX WEDDINGS & A DRESS - now in a film by Steven Nagano
The Story of SIX WEDDINGS & A DRESS - now in a film by Steven Nagano
