IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL SEATTLE CHAPTER #19

  
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear II Seattle Chapter Members,

A Happy New Year!

I trust everyone enjoyed a safe, happy and restful holiday season, and all are now looking forward to the beginning of the Year 2012. Our Chapter will get really busy soon with lots of activities for the remainder of the fiscal year ending May 30th.

Our Chapter's first activity in 2012 is the New Year's Celebration at the Glendale Country Club on Saturday, January 28th. New Year's Celebration Chair Karen Nagata and committee members have been working diligently to plan this important celebration. The Honorable Consul General Kiyokazu Ota and Mrs. Junko Ota, and Consul Shintaro Hara and Mrs. Miyuki Hara from the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle will honor us by attending our New Year's Celebration. If you have not yet made a reservation, please do send your reservation form and check to Karen Nagata before January 14. Let us celebrate this special occasion together!

Soon after, we will participate in the Northwest Flower & Garden Show from February 8th to 12th, 2012 held at the Washington State Trade & Convention Center. This is a very special opportunity for us to introduce the art of ikebana to the public-at-large and promote our Chapter's activities. It is also a great opportunity to recruit new members. Please offer your kind assistance to Barbara Montemayor and Shirley Hill (co-chairs of this event), and make this exhibit a big success!

For future events; please mark your 2012 calendar now! There will be three Chapter Meetings: March 15th, April 19th, and May 24th. Our Chapter will again participate in the Cherry Blossom Festival (April 13th -15th) this year. And our Chapter's Annual Exhibition will be held at Seattle Asian Art Museum during the May 19th - 20th weekend. I look forward to seeing you at the future II functions.

In Friendship through Flowers,

Katsuko Brooke, 2011-2012 President
     

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