Hi Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japao members and regular students,

gommenasai, eigo dake. shitsumon wa arimasuka? cafune me-ru kudasai.

Sunday December 17th is going to be a very busy day, so make sure you eat your natto in the morning!

Street Roda

We'll be meeting around 12.30 in Shinjuku for the 1st Open Roda de Rua on Moa 4th Street in Shinjuku 3 Chome. Other capoeira groups going are Grupo Tempo, Abada, Nacao and more. It will be cancelled if it rains that day.
The event runs from 1-5pm but Bantus students will be going back to Kichijoji for our 3-6pm class and roda.
More info here:
http://jp.bantus.org/2006/12/07/open-roda-de-rua-1/

Capoeira Class

After the open street roda we have class at Go Sho gakkou from 3pm-6pm.
http://jp.bantus.org/about-class/schedule/

Meeting

Then after class we have a very special meeting at San Chu gakkou 2F!
All Bantus Members are requested to attend this meeting. That means if your address is in the To: field of this email, you must come to the meeting, please.
More info here:
http://jp.bantus.org/2006/12/06/schedule-update/

Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting where we'll be discussing the past, present, and future of GBC Japão. All Bantus Members are expected to attend this important meeting to have your say about the future of your capoeira group. Don't miss out! You will have an opportunity to comment on classes, give us some feedback, and make suggestions.

We will be discussing HUGE plans for 2007! You don't want to miss out on this!!

In March 2006 we had our very first Annual General Meeting (http://jp.bantus.org/2006/03/10/agm-2006/ ) and these people were voted in as representatives of GBC Japao.

Chairperson: Caçapa (Marcello Pietrantonio)

Vice Chairperson: Cafune (Kinuko Kaneda)

Secretary: Lanterna (Yoshiko Makita) and Cafune

Treasurer: Cafune, Caçapa and others

Events Coordinator: Cafune, Mico Estrela (Jay Arteficio), and Quati (Satoru Nakano)

Promotions Officer: Cafune and Coruja (Noriko Tsukada)

GBC Japão Actions Teams

Translation Team: Cafune and Lanterna

Promotions Team: Coruja and Greg Furr

Blog Contribution Team: Cafune, Mico, and Greg (& Espaguete)

Art and Design Team: Coruja and Caçapa

Internet Research and Knowledge Base Team: Mico and Caçapa (& Espaguete)
Since that meeting many things have changed . We now have many new members and regular students, the name of GBC Japao has become famous in Mitaka/Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, and the world through our many shows and TV/Magazine appearances. Our blog has been improved and now we have a huge pressence on the internet through mixi.jp, youtube.com, flickr.com, and cafepress.com.

Next year we are hoping to take some very important steps in becoming a successful capoeira group here in Tokyo. In fact, we are hoping Bantus will become the biggest, and best capoeira group in Tokyo. We got a long way to go, and a lot of work to do.

We need to do this work as a team. A strong team, a family. It will be a lot of work, but a lot of fun too.

So for the meeting make sure you bring your ideas, hopes, and dreams for the future of GBC Japao.

What do you want from Bantus Capoeira?

We will also provide some food and drinks during the meeting.

We hope to see you all there.

Please RSVP YES or NO by Saturday December 16th 2006, 9pm.

please send this information to your friends and family, invite your coworkers, your boss, your nieghbours, EVERYONE, don't be shy.

axe' galera!
Cacapa