#14 Listen to a live jazz band

Bonsai!
I unexpectedly completed one item today in the most unlikely of places.
I went to Japanfest this afternoon. http://www.japanfest.org/

This event used to be held outside at Stone Mountain but this year moved to a new location inside the Civic Center. The new location is a lot more convenient for me to get to but I’m reserving judgment on whether or not it is a good move as there was a lot of bottlenecking in the layout of the place and events. Too many people crammed into too little space. Hopefully, if they keep it in this location, they will learn from this year’s mistakes.

However, I really enjoyed having the musical concerts inside the Performance Arts Center area. Here is a real stage with good acoustics and adequate seating. So, in a very happy mix of things American and Japanese I listened to not one but two live mini concerts.

"Autumn Breeze" Jazz Concert by Shunzo Ohno and a Blues Concert by Tomi Isobe.
Both had great musicians and good music. Cool man….

My other great find was the good kimono vendor booth and treating myself to two silk haori jackets that were on the special sale rack because I simply couldn’t choose between them. Here is what a haori jacket looks like.

http://www.kimonosource.com/japanese_kimono_information/about_haori.htm

I bought myself a grayish blue-green one and an old rose colored one. Very soft, toned, colored silk, unlike the loud, garish, too-bright colored stuff most everyone else was looking at. What can I say? My artistic training by my Japanese professor has finally sunk in to appreciate the more subtle color palette the Japanese would prefer for themselves.

A beautiful fall day was had by all.