Once again we were fortunate to be able to use the International party room with kitchen at the Clark Center. Many delicious food dishes were shared as members and guests ate to their hearts' content. Conversation was plentiful and it only quieted down when the new quartet of Ayako Masuzawa on violin, Rob McGuire on guitar, Kaoru Nakamura on keyboard and Junko Kawabata Hartmann the vocalist were performing.

In addition, we closed out the party with a variety of folk dances performed by those present who were willing to give it a try under the leadership and training of Katherine Fuji Mansoor.

The only business mixed in was to ask those present to write down their ideas for future topics that they would like the group to consider, and we received a number of excellent ideas, which will be discussed at the next Committee meeting.