生花インターナショナル．モントレー支部９月例会お知らせ

日時：　　　９月16日　１２時半より。
場所：　　　Pebble Beach Community Services District　（PBCSD)
　　　　　　　３１０１　Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
出し物：　　草月流の最高師範　（坂井蘇芳さん）による生花実演披露。
ゲスト代：　５ドル　　　茶菓の用意があります。

ペブルビーチ入門料は行く先　（PBCSD)　を告げる事で免除されます。

坂井さんは半世紀近く前生まれ故郷の九州で生花を習い始め、渡米直前の１９６１年に草月流の師範の資格を取得。　現在は草月流の最高資格の理事で、１９７４年以来ベイエリアで教え、今迄に７５名の資格保持者を輩出しています。

２００４年には草月賞を、更に２００７年には草月流８０周年記念の草月海外賞を授与されてます。

お友達お誘い合わせの上、自由で伸びやかな表現、見ていて楽しい坂井さんのお花の実演を見にいらして下さい。　楽しいひとときをお約束します。

詳細はモントレー支部のウェブサイトをご覧下さい。

http://www.ikebanamontereybay.org/

Invitation to the Ikebana Demonstration presented by the Monterey Bay Chapter of Ikebana International

When: September 16 at 12:30 p.m.

Where: Pebble Beach Community Services District　（PBCSD)
　　　　　　 　３１０１　Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA 93953

Program: Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arrangement) Demonstration by Soho Sakai,
Ikebana teacher with the highest rank of Riji.

Guest Fee: $5.00 Light refreshments will be served.

Pebble Beach Gate Fee will be waived by mentioning PBCSD.

Soho Sakai, a native of Kyushu, Japan, began studying Ikebana in 1957. She received her teacher's diploma from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in 1961, just prior to coming to the United Sates. She has been teaching in the Bay Area since 1974, and 75 of her students currently hold teacher's certificates.

The Sogetsu School in Tokyo honored Soho with the Sogetsu Sho Award in 2004 and with its 80th anniversary Commemorative Overseas Award in 2007.

Please be sure to come join us with your friends and enjoy Soho's delightful and entertaining demonstration. I'm sure you will have a wonderful time.

For further details, please open the following web site:

http://www.ikebanamontereybay.org/