LDA International Exchange Christmas Party
A huge party–attendance is expected to be somehwere around 1,000 people.
Date: December 6th (Saturday), 5PM - 7PM [Front Desk opens at 4PM]
Venue: Heartfull, Morodomi Cultural Gymnasium [Oza Morodomito 52, Morodomi Town, Saga City]
What to Expect: Brass Band, King School Chorus, Handbell Performance, Guitar Performance (and, between you and me, I hear a bunch of Sasebo GIs are going to attend, with the permission of the base commander. Good opportunity to meet someone who can get you access to a military supply store!)
Entrance Fee: 500 yen (free for children up to 7–kids get free drinks and presents, too! Bring your school kids and butter them up.)
On the schedule is a potluck party as well, so bring some food if you can–anything, even an old tootsie roll you found in your back pocket. Of course, it wouldn’t hurt to cook something special or buy something nice for the occasion, you cheapskate.
The event is being organized by the Citizen’s Activity Association L.D.A. (Ladies’ Dream Action). For more information, or to ask about how you can volunteer to help make the party an even bigger success, contact:
Tel: 090-8397-1783 (1pm - 6pm), ask for Mr. Tsugami
HP: http://www.ldajapan.blogspot.com/ (Japanese)
Email: ldajapan@live.jp
Partnerships: Saga Brass Band, Sasebo Base King School, Saga Joshi High School, and those who volunteered in putting on the handbell performace
Support: Saga Prefecture, Saga Prefecture Board of Education, Saga Presefecture International Exchange Association, Saga City, Saga University, Saga Newspaper (Saga Shinbun)
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Please RSVP for the party by contacting me, at b(dot)gesiak (at) gmail(dot)com. The deadline for reserving your ticket is November 30th (you can buy tickets at the door no problem, though. The LDA just wants an idea of how many people are coming by the 30th).
Anyway, sorry to be the middle-man here, but I was told to tell you guys to email me in order to reserve your spot, so them’s the breaks. Lemme know!
26 November, 2008 at 6:58 pm JST
Wow. In my town! If potluck is not your bag, Happy Tree is literally right next door. You could also come visit my apt. which is about 200 meters away….but I’ll be no fun, since I plan to be cramming for the JLPT that day.
26 November, 2008 at 7:09 pm JST
I can give directions if you want. It’s quite easy to bus from Saga Eki:
Take your choice of the #21 or #20 (leaving from platform 3)
OR
Go to platform 1 and look for the Nishitetsu Yanagawa/Okawa/Morodomi bus (柳川/大川/諸富..the last two kanji are in pink/red on the front of the bus)
Get off at Morodomi-Shishomae stop. Turn to your right. Do you see the car place and the fork in the road? Cross all the way to the far side of the fork and continue down that for a few seconds. The huge building with the green roof is Heartful.
Fare is 420 yen from the station.
Allow a little over 30 minutes to take the bus and then walk. 40 should be plenty.