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Life Onboard |
LAST UPDATE
July 19, 2005
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| August 9, 2004 |
In Pictures – Photo Tour 3 of Life Onboard |
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| The American tour's "Peace Bus" |
In advance of landing in New York City, GET teachers from the US and Japanese staff with experience
in the US got together to take participants on a special tour around 'America'. The audience of 200
crammed into the "tour bus" room to tour the different sides of the US as seen from the
eyes of natives. Starting in New York City, Chinese-American Cat Poon presented the Big Apple as not
only a melting pot, but as a mixed salad bowl of cultures tossed together. The loaded bus then took
off for Miami, Florida where Korean-American Catherine Chung talked about growing up speaking Spanish
and celebrating religious holidays in her Jewish neighborhood. Next, the audience stopped in web writer
JT Boehm's home state of Nebraska to debunk stereotypes about rural folks. Japanese-American Kane
Niwa, Italian-American Anna Wojtalewicz and Media School Without Borders director Morgan Paar explored
the huge sweep of land called California, comparing the atmosphere of LA with San Francisco. Chuck
Johnson spoke about the violent stereotype and car-building heritage of Michigan. Web writer Tim Wagner
rounded out the trip with a visit to French-Canadian influenced Vermont, the second 'whitest' state
in the country, and the eclectic home of Ben&Jerry's Ice Cream and Burton snowboards. |
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| Participants showing their traditional Vietnamese aoi dai dress colors |
"The Topaz Collection 46" Fashion Show stirred up the ship's hall as it attracted a large
number of participants, with about 120 models and 20 designers, stylists, hair and make up artists.
Their excitement was visible in their presentation of different styles of clothing from ports Peace
Boat has visited, along with Japanese fashion, prompting a barrage of photo flashes from the captive
audience. The show was divided into four sections: "Wa," Hair and Make-up, the World and
Creation. Each piece of work demonstrated the power of youth and creativity aboard Peace Boat. The
first part "wa," which means harmony in Japanese, displayed a mixture of traditional Japanese
and modern expressions. With a diversity of influences, the creators tried to communicate a new way
of creating harmony in a multicultural world. The participants and audience enjoyed sharing the variety
and positive power of cross-cultural communication they have experienced around the world at different
ports and on board. |
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| Annie Sinclair singing blues accompanied by Noriko Kamo's on piano |
Jazz singer Annie Inez Sinclair and Jazz pianist Noriko Kamo, professional musicians from New York
City, travelled with Peace Boat for about a week to work up participants with a taste of America's musical range. Both Sinclair and Kamo mainly play
in New York and have often collaborated with each other. Sinclair, who came on board the 41st voyage,
has liked singing all kinds of music since she was a child. In their first concert the pair focused
on the genres of Jazz, Blues and Gospel, the last of which was especially popular among participants.
The two later held music workshops on gospel singing, teaching such songs as "Oh Peace " and "Amazing
Grace." For many participants, who had never learned singing without using music sheets, it
was an ear-opening experience. After developing their harmony skills and getting into a song's rhythm,
Sinclair and Noriko held another successful concert, this time joined by the voices of their participants. |
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| A group of young girls singing an original song a cappella |
On September 5th, a music festival of musical instruments and powerful voices was held in Windjammer,
one of Peace Boat's public event spaces. The event, which featured both group and solo performances,
kicked off with Tomomi Kusakabe's violin rendition of "Beautiful Romance" by composer Chrysler,
accompanied by a clarinet and piano. Later, Sano Horie, an 80-year old participant, performed on the
classical guitar. Horie, who used to play as a professional during the middle of World War II, presented
a traditional Japanese song. In addition to the guitar and despite her age, she is studying the electronic
organ. Some young gospel music enthusiasts sang "Amazing Grace" and "I Will Follow
Him," which they stayed up late many nights practicing and perfecting their English. Lastly,
a group performed "Uewomuite Aruko" (Sukiyaki), a famous Japanese song, in sign language
with ukuleles. joined by all of the performers and audience. This event was a chance for the musicians
and singers involved to sharpen their specialties, aiming at a bigger show to be held later in the
voyage. |
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| Hirata Takanori teaching Shinbukai Karate |
Jeet-Kun-Do, a martial art movement first started by Jun Fun (also known as Bruce Lee), is considered
a way of living by its followers, rather than just a school or a martial art. Fun's martial arts,
practiced everyday on the ship's sports deck, is taught by Peace Boat volunteer staff member Hirata
Takanori. Although started by Lee, Jeet-Kun-Do's philosophy teaches that it is created by each person
who practices it. A group of eight dedicated people, with ages ranging from 20 to 50-years old, participate
in the lessons. The 29-year old Hirata was approached several times about holding a training program.
Wanting to practice himself, he took on the students, focusing on having fun. But after training,
he holds a special class where he trains earnestly with several of the participants in more challenging
exercises. Besides Jeet-Kun-Do, Hirata also organizes Shinbukai Karate training and hopes to hold
a martial arts day later on in the voyage. In addition to Jee-Kun-Do and Karate, Twae-kwon do (Korean)
and Aikido (Japanese) are also taught and practiced by other participants. |
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Media Team Contributors:
- Hiroyuki Katsuma
- Aya Hiromura
- Tim Wagner
- Tamiko Hirata
- Tomomi Kusakabe
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