Kyoto Tachibana 2021 Executive Students Interview: “The New KT”
Interview, text and pictures by Rei’ichirō Fukuno (Wikipedia)
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O-VILS. (=former Groo Me!) concert on April 3 is streamed also abroad!
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Hisashi Hiramatsu (January 1, 1935-March 13, 2021)
Professor Hisashi Hiramatsu (photo by Masayuki Arakawa (GENROQ))
Video Interview Series by Yuina Mita
107th Class Tachibana alumna and J-Pop drummer vocalist/songwriter Yuina Mita (see more of her here) has conducted a series of video interviews with English subtitles featuring other Tachibana alumnae members of her upcoming brass ensemble O-VILS. (=former Groo Me!) (see more of that here).
116th Class “Tama-chan” (Clarinet):
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Garasha Parade with Tachibana in November 2019
Videos, pictures and text by stephan908
When orangedevilsfan asked on the blog which other brass band the readers of this blog follow, I wrote up my experience of how I got to know KT and how we saw them for the first time live at the Garasha Matsuri in Nagaokakyō in November 2019. I dug up the pictures and a few short video clips I took that day and included a selection here.
Tachibana roaring to go!
Tachibana wins Sky-A Online Video Tournament!
St. Ursula Eichi Sendai Honor Band participating in the Virtual Performance of the 2021 Rose Parade
New Music Video “Love&Dancing” from Yuina Mita features Tachibana alumnae
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Events of 2021 (118th Class Senior Year)
Book on Tachibana by Tanaka-sensei will be in bookstores on January 27, 2021
Streaming of the Band 57th Regular Concert – Order Now Tickets in English!
Izusho publishes their first BD/DVD
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More information on Izusho can be found here.
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Online video tournament by Sky-A
132nd Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2021 has been cancelled
Third Tachibana BD/DVD Features More Regular Concerts
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Tachibana collaborates with J-Pop singer Kalen Anzai
22 Years of the Green Band Association as told by the founder Yuzuru Kumagai -san
GBA has announced that the 138th Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2027 will be the last expedition supported by them after which the organization will be disbanded. Click here for the relevant blog post.
Interview and text by Rei’ichirō Fukuno (Wikipedia)
All pictures by GBA, All rights reserved
Green Band Association official website is here and Facebook here.
Also car entertainment magazine “GENROQ” has written an article on GBA, click here (picture of the article courtesy of Orange Fairy).
Yuzuru Kumagai’s Twitter is here, Instagram here, and YouTube-channel is here.
Shirakawa-gō in winter
Click here for Kumagai-san’s article on moving to and living in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Historic Village of Shirakawa-gō. Another story of interest by him is here, how Tachibana was saved by a cup of soba.
22 Years of the Green Band Association
Band launches Official Website
Details of the 2020 Japan Honor Green Band U.S. Expedition
This text is based on the interview with General Director of the Green Band Association Yuzuru Kumagai by Rei’ichirō Fukuno (Wikipedia).
GBA official video of Rose Parade 2020. Click picture to watch it.
