The Demotion of Pasadena Rotary President Mary Lou Byrne
Almost 170 Rotarians and guests (including District Governor John Chase and his wife, Elizabeth) gathered together at La Salle College Preparatory to bid fond farewell to outgoing President Mary Lou. With thanks to long-time Rotarian and retiring President and CEO of La Salle, Richard Gray, the beautifully catered dinner (cheers, Romega Events and thank you, Phil Miles and Wendy Anderson for all of the organizing) was followed by a live musical production entitled “Once Upon a Time…” with President Elect Scott Vandrick, Music Director Ross Jutsum and Stage Manager Leah Snell and featuring the Pasadena Rotary Players Don Andrues, Julie Bank, Marilyn Buchanan, Shel Capeloto, Edsel D’Souza, Jonathan Edewards, Deborah Lewis, Robert Lyons, Phil Miles and Frank Nicholas. After music, gags and heartfelt moments filled the stage, President Mary Lou took microphone and was elevated into the ranks of Pasadena Rotary’s distinguished Tarnished Brass. Then Past President Mary Lou pinned Pasadena Rotary’s Centennial President, Scott Vandrick, who said, simply, “Pasadena Rotary, IT’S SHOWTIME!” Congratulations on a fantastic Rotary Year, Past President Mary Lou, and welcome President Scott!
Photos by Agata Gravante. Set Design: Robert & John Lyons, Lyons Design & Build
Almost 170 Rotarians and guests (including District Governor John Chase and his wife, Elizabeth) gathered together at La Salle College Preparatory to bid fond farewell to outgoing President Mary Lou. With thanks to long-time Rotarian and retiring President and CEO of La Salle, Richard Gray, the beautifully catered dinner (cheers, Romega Events and thank you, Phil Miles and Wendy Anderson for all of the organizing) was followed by a live musical production entitled “Once Upon a Time…” with President Elect Scott Vandrick, Music Director Ross Jutsum and Stage Manager Leah Snell and featuring the Pasadena Rotary Players Don Andrues, Julie Bank, Marilyn Buchanan, Shel Capeloto, Edsel D’Souza, Jonathan Edewards, Deborah Lewis, Robert Lyons, Phil Miles and Frank Nicholas. After music, gags and heartfelt moments filled the stage, President Mary Lou took microphone and was elevated into the ranks of Pasadena Rotary’s distinguished Tarnished Brass. Then Past President Mary Lou pinned Pasadena Rotary’s Centennial President, Scott Vandrick, who said, simply, “Pasadena Rotary, IT’S SHOWTIME!” Congratulations on a fantastic Rotary Year, Past President Mary Lou, and welcome President Scott!
Photos by Agata Gravante. Set Design: Robert & John Lyons, Lyons Design & Build
“Something Revealed” exhibit features Curators Maurine St. Gaudens & Joseph Morsman at the Pasadena Museum of History. Video episode produced by Bobbie Ferguson, “What’s Up Pasadena December”, Pasadena Media.
https://youtu.be/6QKm5q3EW-0
This Landmark Fine Art Exhibition of over 250 California Women Artists (1860-1960) offers a new appreciation of the women who defied gender and expectation in an era of inequality are revealed in this exhibit through March 31, 2019.
https://youtu.be/6QKm5q3EW-0
This Landmark Fine Art Exhibition of over 250 California Women Artists (1860-1960) offers a new appreciation of the women who defied gender and expectation in an era of inequality are revealed in this exhibit through March 31, 2019.
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Presentation of
"SIX WEDDINGS & A DRESS"
by Wendy Fujihara Anderson
Pasadena Rotary Club
Wed. 9/26/18 at 12:00 noon-Public Welcome
Featuring Robie & Steve La of Ryujin Taiko
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"SIX WEDDINGS & A DRESS"
by Wendy Fujihara Anderson
Pasadena Rotary Club
Wed. 9/26/18 at 12:00 noon-Public Welcome
Featuring Robie & Steve La of Ryujin Taiko
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THE 70TH BIRTHDAY BASH with fellow Muirites hosted by
WALLY COCHRAN-BOND, CHIP PANKOW & CHIP RUBSAMAN
&
"THE MORNING AFTER BRUNCH" hosted by MOLLY MUNGER & SALLY HOOVER
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WALLY COCHRAN-BOND, CHIP PANKOW & CHIP RUBSAMAN
&
"THE MORNING AFTER BRUNCH" hosted by MOLLY MUNGER & SALLY HOOVER
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CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL SoCAL
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 60,000 in attendance.
There is still a strong support for the return of the Festival in 2020.
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
