7th Annual Cherry Blossom Kite Festival 2010
The Cherry Blossom Kite Festival is hosted by the Springfield Sister Cities Association on Saturday March 27, 11AM – 3PM (Rain date – Sunday, March 28). Activities will include kite-flying, authentic Japanese traditions, crafts, and the Kite Design Contest.
Celebrate by creating a design for the Springfield Regional Arts Council's 2010 Kite Art Design Contest. This competition is open to grades Kindergarten through 5. Entries are due to the Arts Council office at The Creamery Arts Center by March 5, 2010.
The Kite Art Design template can be found at www.SpringfieldArts.org/Kite2010 and can be decorated in any medium and style. Download the entry form also located on the website and turn in with the decorated template no later than Friday, March 5. Prizes will be awarded for the Most Artistic, Most Japanese and Most Humorous designs. Students do not need to build a kite for this contest.
All winning kites will be on display during the festival. Kite Design Contest awards will be announced at noon on the stage at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden within Nathanael Greene Park.
Bring a kite or a limited quantity of kite-making kits will be available for $3.
The Springfield-Greene County Park Board's SPARC (Schools, Parks Are Reaching Communities) and Springfield Regional Arts Council will announce winners of kite design and kite building competitions at noon.
Limited Japanese snack food items will be available for sale.
For more information regarding the Kite Art Design Contest, call the Springfield Regional Arts Council at 862.ARTS (2787).
The Cherry Blossom Kite Festival is brought to you by the Springfield Sister Cities Association, call 864-1191 for festival details.
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The Mizumoto Japanese Garden in Nathanael Greene Park is demonstrative of the “stroll” variety. It takes advantage of techniques typical of tea gardens, using stepping stones, lanterns, and a tea hut to act as architectural features to enhance the landscape. Movement through the garden is around ponds and islands, employing the “hide and reveal” concept in which the individual scenes in the garden are experienced separately.
A Japanese Garden must always have one thing — rocks. A garden may be created without water, mounds, grass, or even plants, but it must always have rocks. In Japan, rocks are objects that demand attention. They are viewed with much consideration and reverence. This can be attributed to the history, mythology, and topography of the country. Nearly two-thirds of Japan is covered by mountains.
A true Japanese Garden always maintains as its basis the essence of nature. Although the basic structure of the garden is constant, change is always evident through the passing of seasons, weathering and aging. The design should require the viewer to go beyond the physical surface to complete the picture in his or her mind.
The Garden design demonstrates the Zen influence in Japanese culture. The best way to describe Zen is that it is a sense of realization, of feeling. A garden is seen as a direct expression of ones’ attitude toward his environment, and we invite you to experience the peaceful setting of Springfield's own Mizumoto Japanese Garden.
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