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SENME wins 10th Annual "Hamonepu" competition on FUJI TV

The independent a cappella group, Senme, wins the 10th annual "Hamonepu" competition broadcast by Fuji TV Group in Japan.

Hamonepu focuses on high school acappella groups. 15~18 groups are selected through each region, in which are split into A, B, and C blocks. The top group from each block is eligible to compete in the finals.

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Into the Woods - Musical at St. Mary's

St. Mary's International School's annual musical will be held at the St. Mary's gymnasium from April 16-18.
Read more on St. Mary's website: www.smis.ac.jp

4/10/10 - Kanto Plains MS & HS TRACK

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SENME airing on Hamonep on April 13, 2010

St. Mary's International School student group "Senme" to appear on Hamonep.


SENME is a six-member high school acapella group made up of seniors from St. Mary's International School in Tokyo, Japan.  The group competed on the nationally televised Japanese acapella contest, Hamonep (airing April 13th on Fuji TV, channel 8, from 7-9PM).  
http://senme6.blogspot.com/ (Majority of content in Japanese)

4/3/10 Kanto Plains Track

Source: K. Terai

ASIJ Track:

Source: ASIJ

TOP 3 RESULTS.

For full results, Athletic.net

Mens Results

X 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Ryan Christianson	11.4	ASIJ	12
1	Chaun Lynn	11.32	Kinn	11
3	Sam Callon	11.7	ASIJ	11
3	Sean Williams	11.69	StM	10
X 100 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Stephen Chen	12.0	ASIJ	10
2	Zac Oshima	12.28	ASIJ	10
3	Rui Morimoto	12.62	StM	11
X 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Ryan Christianson	22.8	ASIJ	12
2	Chaun Lynn	23.62	Kinn	11
3	Riya Ridge	23.8	ASIJ	12
X 200 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Bradley Cole	25.75	Kinn	9
2	Ben Andrews	26.52	ASIJ	10
3	Timothy Merritt	26.62	Kinn	9
X 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Ryan Christianson	52.2	ASIJ	12
2	Sam Callon	52.7	ASIJ	11
3	Sam Olson	54.9	ASIJ	10
3	Jonathan Bartsch	54.81	CAJ	11
X 400 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Eugene Temlock	57.97	ASIJ	10
2	Lyle Tachikawa	1:00.59	ASIJ	9
3	Robert Beard	1:01.50	Kinn	9
X 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Soren Rasmussen	2:01.96	ASIJ	12
2	Jonathan Bartsch	2:04.64	CAJ	11
3	Kelly Langley	2:07.75	StM	11
X 800 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Trevor Maggart	2:11.63	ASIJ	10
2	Kai Layden	2:21.91	ASIJ	9
3	Bryce Yazzie	2:24.45	YHS	9
X 1500 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Samuel Krauth	4:06.78	ASIJ	12
2	Soren Rasmussen	4:18.67	ASIJ	12
3	Kelly Langley	4:29.76	StM	11
X 1500 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Trevor Maggart	4:45.09	ASIJ	10
2	Kai Layden	4:47.96	ASIJ	9
3	Robert Beard	5:00.00	Kinn	9
X 3000 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Samuel Krauth	9:07.35	ASIJ	12
2	Soren Rasmussen	9:49.88	ASIJ	12
3	Jared Joh	9:56.26	CAJ	11
X 3000 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Kai Layden	10:15.03	ASIJ	9
2	Ryan Bowers	11:15.43	Kinn	9
3	Joseph Moseri	11:47.95	Kinn	9
X 110m Hurdles - 39" - Varsity - Finals
1	Cory Serfoss	15.38	Kinn	11
2	Shige Suzuki	16.06	StM	12
3	M Peterson	16.3	CAJ	12
X 110m Hurdles - 39" - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Yoshiki Kawada	20.12	ASIJ	9
2	Lawrence Huang	21.37	ASIJ	11
X 400m Hurdles - 33" - Varsity - Finals
1	Fred Gustafsson	58.9	ASIJ	10
2	Tanjib Hasan	1:00.21	StM	11
3	Cory Serfoss	1:01.06	Kinn	11
X 400m Hurdles - 33" - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Dean Aizawa	1:09.74	ASIJ	10
2	Morio Hamada	1:11.36	ASIJ	10
3	Yoshiki Kawada	1:12.05	ASIJ	9
X 4x100 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1	John Bures Justin Smith Ryan Wong Chaun Lynn	45.72	Kinn
2	Hamish Denham Fred Gustafsson Riya Ridge Sam Callon	46.03	ASIJ
3	Shorai Ashida SungHyun Kim Matthew Little SJ Son	46.40	CAJ
X 4x100 Relay - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Zac Oshima Sam Olson Kentaro Okazaki Stephen Chen	47.50	ASIJ
2	Timothy Merritt Jeremy Truman Nick Boening Bradley Cole	50.52	Kinn
3	R. Cote G. Malate I Pope D. Walden	57.40	Zama
	Reimon Bhuyan Soma Yoshida Ik-Tong Ryo Alex Mizui	DQ	StM
X 4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1	Sam Callon Hamish Denham Ryan Christianson Sam Olson	3:37.53	ASIJ
2	Shorai Ashida SJ Son Jonathan Bartsch SungHyun Kim	3:40.63	CAJ
3	Bradley Cole Jeffrey Gibbons Cory Serfoss Ryan Wong	3:52.79	Kinn
X 4x400 Relay - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Kazu Chen Andrew Johnson Eugene Temlock Ted Callon	4:03.11	ASIJ
2	Vishnu Kanda T Kaneko E Okino L Taylor	4:24.74	CAJ
3	David DeLeSantos Robert Caibigan Sinclair Horton David Sledge	4:27.05	Kinn
X Shot Put - 12lb - Varsity - Finals
1	M Peterson	13.00m	CAJ	12
2	Adam Cason	12.07m	Kinn	12
3	David DeLeSantos	11.73m	Kinn	11
X Shot Put - 12lb - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Andrew Johnson	9.38m	ASIJ	9
2	David Sledge	9.22m	Kinn	10
3	Richard Villareal	9.07m	Kinn	10
X Discus - 1.6kg - Varsity - Finals
1	Adam Cason	32.22m	Kinn	12
2	David DeLeSantos	28.36m	Kinn	11
3	Russ Treharne	28.07m	ASIJ	10
X Discus - 1.6kg - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Chidi Agbo	24.07m	StM	10
2	David Sledge	23.87m	Kinn	10
3	Andrew Johnson	22.85m	ASIJ	9
X High Jump - Varsity - Finals
1	Shorai Ashida	1.95m	CAJ	11
2	Hamish Denham	1.80m	ASIJ	12
3	Gerald McCloud	1.75m	YHS	12
X Long Jump - Varsity - Finals
1	Chaun Lynn	6.20m	Kinn	11
2	Shorai Ashida	5.81m	CAJ	11
3	John Bures	5.74m	Kinn	12
X Long Jump - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Jack Miller	5.30m	ASIJ	10
2	Tommy Someya	5.29m	StM	11
3	Richard Villareal	4.91m	Kinn	10

Womens Results

X 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Kelsey Scott	12.93	YHS	10
2	Danae Sells	13.03	YHS	9
3	Janet Elder	13.41	YIS	11
X 100 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Tia Burton	14.94	YHS	11
2	Canjarri McKinley	14.96	YHS	9
3	Yzaan Jones	15.08	YHS	9
X 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Kelsey Scott	27.22	YHS	10
2	T Snowden	27.42	Zama	11
3	Danae Sells	27.69	YHS	9
X 200 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Marina Ericson	30.50	YHS	10
2	Canjarri McKinley	30.96	YHS	9
3	Laura Behm	32.18	ASIJ	9
X 400 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Mashiya Mckinney	1:02.31	Kinn	9
2	SungJi Kim	1:05.05	CAJ	11
3	Ashley Steinlauf	1:05.2	ASIJ	9
X 400 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Marina Ericson	1:11.20	YHS	10
2	Amanda Marshall	1:12.00	ASIJ	10
3	Nessa Seangmany	1:15.22	Kinn	11
X 800 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Isabelle Ballet	2:32.74	ISSH	9
2	Keleka Mobley	2:34.85	YHS	10
3	Ashley Steinlauf	2:35.25	ASIJ	9
X 800 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Sophie Krauth	2:51.93	ASIJ	10
2	Jackie Perez	3:33.49	Kinn	12
	Momo Miyazaki	NT	ISSH	10
X 1500 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Isabelle Ballet	5:24.01	ISSH	9
2	Arisa Ishikawa	5:26.44	ASIJ	10
3	Megan Cooney	5:29.18	Kinn	9
		NT	ISSH	10
X 1500 Meters - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Summer Oh	6:33.80	ISSH	9
	Ruth Cortez	NT	YHS	10
X 3000 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1	Megan Cooney	11:46.17	Kinn	9
2	Theresa Kern	11:47.70	Seis	9
3	Arisa Ishikawa	12:14.44	ASIJ	10
X 100m Hurdles - 33" - Varsity - Finals
1	T Snowden	18.15	Zama	11
2	SungJi Kim	18.9	CAJ	11
3	N. Rogers	19.12	Zama	11
X 100m Hurdles - 33" - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Valerie Solotska	21.78	Seis	9
2	Buyan Pan	25.37	Seis	11
X 300m Hurdles - 30" - Varsity - Finals
1	SungJi Kim	54.0	CAJ	11
2	Iryna Solotska	58.24	Seis	11
3	Lena Kim	58.76	ASIJ	10
X 300m Hurdles - 30" - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Marina Ericson	1:00.66	YHS	10
2	Haley Mateo	1:11.44	YHS	10
3	Buyan Pan	1:11.90	Seis	11
X 4x100 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1	N. Rogers A. Daniels R. Powell T Snowden	53.75	Zama
2	Danae Sells Imani Latortue Michelle Morast Kelsey Scott	53.84	YHS
3	Emma Hunt Anita Hayward Monique Herrmannm Jiyoon Kim	56.00	ASIJ
X 4x100 Relay - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Monica Henry Angela Holloman Angela Bures Christine Dozier	59.31	Kinn
2	Relay Team	59.41	Seis
3	Lena Kim Saania Malik Laura Behm Leonie Proske	59.59	ASIJ
X 4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1	Ashley Steinlauf Karan Zwaanstra Amanda Marshall Serena Peters	4:28.50	ASIJ
2	Erika Krievs Mashiya Mckinney Ashley Dejesus Ashley Barnes	4:28.90	Kinn
3	Monie Bishop Megan Keohane Emily Kneller Iryna Solotska	4:34.21	Seis
X 4x400 Relay - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Tia Burton Yzaan Jones Canjarri McKinley Alika Pegram	5:28.24	YHS
2	Jader Godsey Judy Garcia Akemi Allan Megan Sibayan	5:54.55	Kinn
X Shot Put - 4kg - Varsity - Finals
1	Shannon Jackson	10.06m	Kinn	11
2	Akemi Allan	8.67m	Kinn	10
3	Anika Taylor	8.63m	CAJ	12
X Shot Put - 4kg - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Judy Garcia	6.18m	Kinn	11
2	Jessica Pearson	5.69m	ISSH	10
3	Veronika Mance	5.28m	Seis	9
X Discus - 1kg - Varsity - Finals
1	Shannon Jackson	23.01m	Kinn	11
2	K Peterson	21.88m	CAJ	10
3	A. Daniels	21.66m	Zama	10
X Discus - 1kg - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Jessica Pearson	14.79m	ISSH	10
2	Shekendra Douglas	14.55m	Edgr	10
3	Rika Yoshiiki	14.36m	ISSH	10
X High Jump - Varsity - Finals
1	Isabelle Ballet	1.50m	ISSH	9
2	Mashiya Mckinney	1.40m	Kinn	9
2	Emma Hunt	1.40m	ASIJ	10
X High Jump - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Sophie Krauth	1.25m	ASIJ	10
2	Joanna Hwang	1.20m	ISSH	11
3	Chloe Edwards	1.10m	ISSH	9
	Maya Daver-Massion	NH	ISSH	11
	Nako Chung	NH	ISSH	10
X Long Jump - Varsity - Finals
1	Monique Herrmannm	4.23m	ASIJ	10
2	N. Rogers	4.22m	Zama	11
3	Grace Sakamoto	4.04m	Seis	10
X Long Jump - Junior Varsity - Finals
1	Yuri Kwak	3.55m	ISSH	11
2	Kaoru Inoue	2.74m	ISSH	10
3	Laura Sparling	2.64m	Seis	9

Melbourne based Independent FIlmmaker: Solrun Hoaas

Sense of Cinema, writes about Canadian Academy graduate Solrun Hoaas.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2010/issue-54/solrun-hoaas-on-dvd/

“Then I weave a square, and little by little the basket rises.”

- Solrun Hoaas, There’s Nothing that Doesn’t Take Time (1981)

Solrun Hoaas slipped into filmmaking innocuously, initially making films about things directly around her or documenting aspects of her own work and the things that excited her curiosity. Her first film, Effacement (1980), was a record of another of her skills, Japanese Noh mask-making. Her masks had featured in a number of theatre productions in Canberra, where she lived when she first arrived in Australia in the early ’70s, and where she met the filmmaker, producer and distributor Andrew Pike, as well as the documentary filmmakers David and Judith MacDougal.

In 1978 Hoaas went on a journey to the remote island of Hatoma, the furthest island south in the Okinawa group, a distant part of the Japanese archipelago. Hatoma is 1.08 square km in size. This was the first of several visits Hoaas made and, over time, four documentary films were created recording the life of the island. Each film was photographed with a 16mm camera and a separate sound recorder, both operated by Hoaas herself. Her whispered conversations to the women whose work she filmed give these films an individual immediacy.

In many ways, the act of making those films was emblematic of Hoaas. She was an inveterate traveller and explorer, never one to be constrained to the beaten track. The attraction of a tiny place, seemingly on its last legs as a home for human beings and as a source of economic activity, would have been powerful for a person with a desire to seek out unusual extremes. Hatoma once housed several hundred people but post-World War II changes and a lack of water had reduced the population to 47 by the time Hoaas arrived, just two of whom were attending school. Most of the inhabitants were getting old but they still went about their days in an orderly fashion, finding food, making rudimentary goods, repairing their dwellings and coping with the small-scale introduction of new technology including the installation of the first direct dial telephone connecting the island with the rest of Japan. In many ways the islanders’ dogged fight to retain their lifestyle and independence was an early mirror for Solrun herself. She sought out the distant, the exotic and those who were uneasy in their place.

Her education and upbringing placed her as a sophisticated and culture-filled European in Asia. In 1949 her family moved from Mainland China to Hong Kong for a year, then to Kobe, Japan, where they lived throughout the ’50s and part of the ’60s. Their home was a Lutheran church school in the Aotani district of the city. After attending the Norwegian primary school in Shiotaki near Kobe Solrun went to the Canadian Academy, an international school in that city. Thus she had been “embedded” in Japan as a young woman, learning to speak the language fluently and, as part of that, saw the lowering of post-war Japanese cinema, as it happened. For most of us a knowledge of this has come in chunks – Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Ozu retrospectives to acquaint us with the classical period, and then Oshima and maybe Terayama and Teshigahara on the way through, almost all via seasons assembled by festivals or cinémathèques. Hoaas’ knowledge of Japanese cinema was broader and more random but still encompassed the classical and the modern. That deeper relationship with Japan allowed her the opportunity to take boats to places like Hatoma, no doubt out of curiosity, and allowed her to focus on the small details of the lives she found there.

Continue reading the article on SenseofCinema.com

KPASSP Speech Contest - 3/06/10

The Kanto Plains Speech Contest was held at St. Mary's International School on March 6th. Students from the Kanto Plains gathered to present their Speeches. There were 9 categories this year including Poetry Interpretation, Humorous, Dramatic Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Persuasive, Original Informative, Story Telling, Dramatic Duo and the Multiple Reading. The American School in Japan came 1st, St. Mary's International School came 2nd and St. Maur International School came 3rd.

Track Meet: 3/20/10

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Track Meet @ Zama: 3/13/10

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ASIJ vs CAJ: Girl's Varsity Soccer 3/10/10

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Gene - Far East Basketball 2010 - Feb 2010

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CAJ vs Faith - Far East Boys Basketball 2010 -2/19/10

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High School Wrestling Tournament @St. Mary's - 2/6/10

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ASIJ vs CAJ: Middle School Boys Basketball - 1/30/10

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