{"id":40602,"date":"2016-12-04T07:39:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T11:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40602"},"modified":"2016-12-04T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T11:45:04","slug":"2017-sakura-matsuri-looking-for-committee-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/04\/2017-sakura-matsuri-looking-for-committee-members\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Sakura Matsuri: Looking for Committee Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>, an ALT currently living in Toyota City<\/em>.\u00a0Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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P<\/b>osition:<\/b>\u00a0Committee Members\u00a0<\/em><\/span>
\nPosted by: <\/strong>Japan-America Society of Washington DC<\/em><\/span>
\nLocati<\/strong>on: <\/strong>Washington, D.C., USA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Each spring during the cherry blossom season, Japan-America Society of Washington DC (JASWDC) produces the largest one-day Japanese street festival in America, and it is here in the Nation\u2019s Capital! \u00a0This coming year the festival will be held on Saturday, April 8<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span> from 10:30 to 6:00 pm<\/span><\/span> in the Capitol Riverfront Neighborhood in SE DC (Navy Yard Metro Station).\u00a0 Each year, it takes about 65 Sakura Matsuri Committee members and over 600 volunteers to put on this huge event.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival is not only the celebration of the gift of the cherry trees in <\/span>1912, but also JASWDC\u2019s largest outreach program to educate Washingtonians about Japanese culture.\u00a0 For the last three years, we have been able to impact over 100,000 people and show the richness of Japan and its culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sakura Matsuri Committee is divided up into 18 different sub-committees which\u00a0are led by Chairs and Sub-chairs.\u00a0 Each year, JASW is very lucky to have a strong core of committee members who come back year after year.\u00a0 However, there are always a couple of spots we need to fill. \u00a0<\/span>We understand that many of our Sakura Matsuri Committee members work, go to school or live in other cities, and may not be able to come to all the meetings.\u00a0 In that case, each committee and its members should be in contact by e-mail or phone talking about committee responsibilities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Our first meeting is on Friday, December 16<\/span><\/span> at JASWDC from 6:30<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 The following meeting will be a team building meeting on Sunday, January 8 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 The team building meeting is designed for all the committees to meet and get to know each other.\u00a0 We do exercises that help us prepare for the festival; more experienced committee members will discuss their experiences with Sakura <\/span>Matsuri, and have a good time with people all working for the same goal, putting on the best Japanese street festival in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the day of the festival the Chairs and Sub-chairs are asked to arrive at 4:30 am<\/span><\/span> to help unload the truck, and organize their committee supplies.\u00a0 Sometimes, it feels like there is never enough time!<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeting Schedule:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Friday, December 16<\/span><\/span> at JASWDC from 6:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Sunday, January 8<\/span><\/span> from 12 \u2013 4pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. February Individual Meetings with Sub-Committees<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Friday, March2<\/span><\/span> at JASWDC from 6:30 pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. On-site Meeting, TBD at Capitol Riverfront from 10am<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Volunteer Orientation at JASW; tentatively scheduled for March 19 thru March 31<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Last Meeting, Wednesday, April 5<\/span><\/span> at JASWDC from 6:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Sakura Matsuri \u2013 Saturday, April 8<\/span><\/span> at Capitol Riverfront from 4:30am<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Orientations for day-of volunteers will be at the end of March.\u00a0 The Beer Garden\u2019s orientation is mandatory for everyone!<\/b>\u00a0 For the Alcohol Committee orientations, a representative from DC\u2019s ABRA comes out and lectures us on ID checking and JASWDC goes line by line for our management plan for the gardens.\u00a0 We will offer 4 Beer Garden Orientations for volunteers to join.<\/span><\/p>\n

    If you are interested in being a part of the largest and best run Japanese street festival, please feel free to contact me directly at mhitzig@jaswdc.org<\/a><\/span>, and I will let you know what positions on the Sakura Matsuri Committee are open.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Thank you very much and I hope to speak with you soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Sincerely,<\/span><\/div>\n
    Marc Hitzig<\/span><\/div>\n
    Niigata 92-95<\/span><\/div>\n
    mhitzig@jaswdc.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. Position:\u00a0Committee Members\u00a0 Posted by: Japan-America Society of Washington DC Location: Washington, D.C., USA Each spring during the cherry blossom season, Japan-America Society of Washington DC (JASWDC) produces the largest one-day Japanese street festival in America, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-ayS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40607,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40602\/revisions\/40607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}