USC NIKKEI CULTURE NIGHT

TUESDAY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

2009-04-06T00:45:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 ~ FULL REHEARSAL #4 ~ 7:00PM - 10:00PM
HERITAGE HALL

6:30PM ~ Meet at Heritage to unload drums and other equipment!
Why? So we don't waste valuable rehearsal time transporting them...

7:00PM - 8:15PM ~ Full SKIT Run-through!
EVERYONE should come and watch if they're not in skit!

8:30PM - 9:00PM ~ YATAI Practice Time!
GO TAIKO! Everyone else, practice, practice, PRACTICE!

9:00PM - 9:30PM ~ SOTRAD Practice Time!
Let's memorize and clean up the SoTrad set!

9:30PM - 10:00PM ~ KBD Practice Time!
Time to perfect that set and have tons of fun!

REMINDERS!

Don't forget to change you Facebook statuses!

EAT dinner BEFORE PRACTICE!

FLYER BOMBING and DAY OF PROMOTION!
Thursday, April 9th, 2009!
Details to follow in another email...

CN T-SHIRTS!
Don't have a CN shirt yet? Ask Kim for one!
NOTE: Bring $6 if you haven't paid yet!

CULTURE NIGHT ON SATURDAY!

SUNDAY FULL REHEARSAL!

2009-04-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

5 MORE DAYS UNTIL CULTURE NIGHT!

SUNDAY, APRIL 5th, 2009 ~ FULL REHEARSAL #3! ~ 3:00PM-9:00PM
HERITAGE HALL!

2:30PM ~ Meet at Heritage to unload drums and other equipment!
Why? So we don't waste valuable rehearsal time transporting them...

3:00PM ~ Announcements!
Let's gather up (quickly) to go over what needs to be done!

3:15PM - 8:00PM ~ Skit Full Run-Throughs!
Let's run through those scenes w/o scripts! ^__^
Not doing anything? On a break from "bird seeds" and "soran sorans"? Come watch Skit do their thing!

3:15PM - 3:45PM ~ Yatai Practice Time!
Work those abs and arms (and hip flexors)!

3:45PM - 4:15PM ~ Kamigami No Uta Practice Time!
Let's clean Kamigami No Uta and get used to the AWESOME SoTrad Mix!

4:15PM - 4:45PM ~ Yosakoi Soran (Paranku) Practice Time!
Time to clean and memorize the Paranku portion of Yosakoi Soran!!!

4:45PM - 5:30PM ~ Yosakoi Soran (EVERYONE!) Practice Time!
Let's bring it all together! For the final SoTrad song!

5:30PM - 6:30PM ~ TED Practice Time!
Ready for the fantabulous finale? I sure as hell am!

6:30PM - 7:00PM ~ DINNERTIME!
It's short, but let's make the best of it! ^__^

7:00PM-9:00PM ~ KBD Practice Time!
Let's tackle those transitions with our gummy bear powers!

REMINDERS and EXTRA NOTES!

BE ON TIME!
If we're all on time, rehearsal will start on time...
which means it will end on time...
do you see the trend? ^__^

WHY IS DINNER SOOOOO SHORT?
Um...did I mention there's like...5 more days...
so we should PRACTICE AS MUCH AS WE CAN!!! ^__^
Can't wait that long? BRING SNACKS!
Way to cope with the short dinner break? BRING FOOD!

WHAT IF I'M IN SKIT AND (INSERT GROUP)?
Practice with your other groups during the specified times.
If we need you for skit, we'll come and get you!
MAIN CAST? Practice with your other groups during scenes you're not in!

DO I HAVE TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME?
YES! Even if your group has specific rehearsal time for only part of the rehearsal, that doesn't limit your practice to only THAT SPECIFIC TIME! The more practice you get in, the better everything will look and the more AWESOME our show will be!
BODY SORE FROM ALL THE PRACTICE? Take a break and check out what skit is up to!

FLYER BOMBING AND DAY OF PROMOTION!
THURSDAY, APRIL 9th, 2009
Come join us for a fun morning (around 7:30AM) of flyering around campus. If enough people show interest, we might make it a competition...which means ONE thing...
PRIZES!
Interested? Let me (Chantelle) know!
For those in SoTrad and Taiko, let me know if you can perform at Day of Promotion (12-1PM).
Taiko is needed from 12:00PM - 1:00PM
SoTrad is needed from 12:00PM - 12:30PM

THURSDAY FULL REHEARSAL!

2009-03-31T17:30:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!

Just a quick reminder, we're having our SECOND FULL REHEARSAL this THURSDAY from 7:00PM-10:00PM!

We are meeting at VKC! The format will be the same except the order for the group specific times will be as follows:

7:00-8:00 ~ SoTrad (end portion dedicated to Kamigami no Uta)
8:00-9:00 ~ Taiko (beginning portion dedicated to Kamigami no Uta)
9:00-10:00 ~ KBD

FOR KBD ~ Please practice w/ Elise whenever you are free! I know she sent out an email already, but just as a reminder.

FOR TAIKO ~ From my understanding you will be going over Yatai and the Relay for Life and TroyPhi CN performances as well.

FOR SOTRAD ~ We will hopefully have the mix for our set by Thursday. I'll send it out once I get it. Please be prepared to work on transitions between the pieces, to work on movement within Yosakoi Soran, and to clean each piece. We only have an hour, so we're gonna have to make good use of it!

Please EAT DINNER BEFORE REHEARSAL! You won't have time during the practice to run off and get food.

ALSO! If you bought something at OFFICER AUCTION please PAY PIKACHU (AKA MARIO). If you don't know how much you owe, ask him! The money from officer auction helps to pay for our AWESOME Culture Night so please pay up!

Thanks guys!

Great Job Guys!

2009-03-30T00:35:00.000-07:00

First off, THANK YOU for all the hard work you put in today! I know it was a very LONG rehearsal, but I feel like we've accomplished a lot!

Hopefully you guys will be able to get enough rest before our next rehearsal on THURSDAY, April 2nd, 2009 from 7:00PM-10:00PM! Rehearsal will be in VKC again. Please try to be on time since it is only a 3 hour long rehearsal.

Please let me, or your group coordinators know if you will be unable to make this rehearsal.

Keep an eye out for emails with important details! ^__^

Again, thanks guys, and I'll see you on Thursday!

Full Rehearsal #1

2009-03-27T01:39:00.001-07:00

Our first Full Rehearsal is THIS SUNDAY (3/29) from 2:00-8:00PM!

The tentative schedule is as follows:

2:00PM ~ Rehearsal Begins
2:00PM - 5:00PM ~ Skit (Runthrough w/o performances #1)
(2:00PM - 4:00PM ~ KBD specific rehearsal time)
(4:00PM - 5:00PM ~ Taiko (Yatai) specific rehearsal time)
5:00PM - 6:00PM ~ Dinner
6:00PM - 8:00PM ~ Skit (Runthrough w/o performances #2)
(6:00PM - 7:00PM - Taiko/SoTrad (Kamigami No Uta) specific rehearsal time)
(7:00PM- 8:00PM - Taiko/SoTrad (Yosokoi Soran) specific rehearsal time)

I've set aside specific times for each performance group for those who are in more than one group. Basically, this is to ensure that each group has the opportunity to work with all of its members. So for example, if you are in KBD and Taiko (Yatai), please make sure to rehearse w/ KBD from 2:00-4:00PM and w/ Taiko (Yatai) from 4:00-5:00PM.

If this doesn't make sense, let me know!

Finally, there's only an hour set aside for dinner (I'm being generous about this). If you could bring food with you, that would be awesome. I know it's going to be hot outside so it might not work so well if you don't have a cooler...

Thanks guys! I'll see you all on SUNDAY!

KBD Practice Tomorrow!

2009-03-25T23:00:00.001-07:00

There will be KBD practice tomorrow at 8:00PM! Note that the time has changed for tomorrow!

Sean will be leading this practice !and will hopefully be teaching new choreo. Please be on time for practice!

LESS THAN 3 MORE WEEKS UNTIL CULTURE NIGHT!

Keep an eye out for Full Rehearsal reminders! ^__^ I'll be posting them here!

<3, your tired, but SUPER EXCITED CN Chair ^__^

SoTrad Practice Tomorrow!

2009-03-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

Just a quick reminder! We're going to have SoTrad practice tomorrow night at 9:30PM in VKC!

We will be deciding who is in which pieces so please come to practice if you are in SoTrad!

If you cannot make it, please let me know via email at ctakata@usc.edu!

Thanks guys!

THREE MORE WEEEKS TIL CULTURE NIGHT! OMGZZZZZZZZZZ!

It's Break Time (but keep practicing....)!!!

2009-03-13T16:24:00.000-07:00

First, I want to with you all a wonderful SPRING BREAK!

But even though it's your break (or at least it's supposed to be) from schoolwork and CN Practices, PLEASE keep practicing! Once we get back from Spring Break we have ONLY 3 WEEKS until showtime!

OMGZZZ IT'S ALMOST HERE! ^_^

Just in case you don't have our CN Rehearsal Schedule here it is again!

3/29 (SUN) - Culture Night Full Rehearsal #1 - (2:00PM - 8:00PM)
4/2 (THURS) - Culture Night Full Rehearsal #2 - (7:00PM - 10:00PM)
4/5 (SUN) - Culture Night Full Rehearsal #3 - (3:00PM - 7:00 PM)
4/7 (TUES) - Culture Night Full Rehearsal #4 - (7:00PM - 10:00PM)
4/10 (FRI) - Culture Night Full Rehearsal #5 - (7:00PM - 10:00PM)
4/11 (SAT) - Bovard Dress Rehearsal & CULTURE NIGHT! - (All day)

Please also keep in mind that our DAY OF PROMOTION @ Tommy Trojan is on 4/9 (THURS) from 12:00PM-1:00PM! Whoever can make it will be performing! ^_^

Thanks guys! You can always email me at: ctakata@usc.edu if you have any questions!

SoTrad Tonight!

2009-03-09T14:21:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

Just a quick reminder that SoTrad practice is TONIGHT at 9:30 PM at VKC! This is the last practice before Spring break and I will be making some IMPORTANT announcements so please come!

For those of you reading this post, please subscribe to the blog so you receive alerts when new posts are added!

Thank you!

T-Shirts and TED Workshop!

2009-03-03T01:29:00.000-08:00

First off, I want to thank you guys for making our CN Retreat super awesome! Everyone (especially our lovely tour guides) were VERY surprised that everyone was on time. Good job everyone!

I just wanted to remind you guys that TOMORROW is our TED Workshop. It'll start at 7:00 PM and end relatively early (7:30 PM or 8:00 PM). Please wear comfortable clothing if you can because we will be moving around!

I will bring the CN T-Shirts with me, so for those of you who didn't get a shirt, bring $6! Also, for those who already received a shirt but didn't pay, please bring your $6! I don't want to chase after y'all for money.

THANKS GUYS!

History

2009-02-23T18:23:00.000-08:00

Founded in 1995, USC Nikkei aims to provide a place for both Japanese American Trojans and those interested in Japanese American culture. Through activities both on campus and in the rich Nikkei community of Los Angeles, we aim to promote the teaching and sharing of Japanese American culture by exploring our roots while finding family in students from all walks of life.