December 6, 2015
Dear Hibiki no Kai and Echo Society Members,
■ Information Notes ■
 Room Reservations
December 13 AM. Audiovisual room PM. Audiovisual room (視聴覚室)
December 20 AM. room 2. PM. Room 2.
January 10 AM. room 2. PM. Room 2.
January 17 AM. Audiovisual room PM. Audiovisual room (視聴覚室)
January 24 AM. room 2. PM. Room 2.
January 31 AM. room 5. PM. Room 5.
Hibikinokai Christmas Party
December 20 Sunday
Create Hall, 10F
Tentative
13:30 Open door to the Hall
14:00 Skype with Rosalie from Rockefeller center in New York
14:30 Opening remarks by Doug
14:45 Speech by Eight Princes Toastmasters President Kawano
15:00 Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas” led by Doug
14:40 Bingo (Jack)
Bingo Awards by Michael
15:30-16:30 Jazz Concert by Hemmi Yasuyo
16:30 Closing remarks by Doug
There was a donation from the Toastmasters for the party. Thank you very much!
■ English Class ■
Today’s teachers and Participants: Masanori Tatsui, Doug Lerner, Michael Uki, Yoshio Hirano, Yoshio Kuno, Mieko Kodera, Katsuyo Sudo, Akie Omori, Hidemi Kakizawa, Noriko Okamori, Yasushi Hinata, Takato Hase, Karin Son and Sanae Sugimura.
We learned part of an English movie, "Sabrina" starring Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn.
Photo: Katsuyo and Noriko.
Photo: Mieko, Akie and Hidemi.
We studied words which can be used as both verbs and nouns:
work, play, make, brand, looks, cut, kick, hang, study, must, talk, kill, build (figure), close, turn, pass, lift, change, bite, draw, drive, raise, cure, break, ring.
Photo: Karin, Sanae, Yoshio Hirano, Yasushi and Yoshio Kuno.
Photo: Doug.
We watched an Adele "Hello" parody from Saturday Night Live.
And we watched a flash mob video from Seoul Station where everybody sang a Christmas song together suddenly. We then all sang, "Hark, the herald angels sing" together and practiced a song for the Christmas party.
Photo: Yoshio, Mieko, Michael, Masanori and Takato.
Zoom with Rosalie and Myles from New York.
We watched beautiful Christmas illuminations at Rockefeller Center with their live broadcast.
Photo: Takato, Katsuyo, Hidemi, Noriko, Yoshio and Yasushi.
Photo: Mt. Fuji, Sunday morning
■ Computer Workshop ■
Today’s teachers and Participants: Doug Lerner, Akiyuki Goto, Masanori Tatsui, Shusuke Nakahira, Michael Uki, Akie Omori, Makkun Mitsui, Hidemi Kakizawa, Yoshikazu Okuyama, Karin Son and Sanae Sugimura.
Photo: Michael, Yoshikazu, Akiyuki, Hidemi and Alkie.
Photo: Masanori, Sanae, Akie, Michael, Yoshikazu and Akiyuki.
Photo: Masanori, Makkun, Yoshikazu and Akiyuki.
Photo: Michael, Akie, Shu and Yoshikazu.
We downloaded and learned how to use iMotion - Stop Action Movies on iPhone or iPad.
We learned a making method of making stop motion animations from Doug.
It was very interesting. You can make such a thing too!
Photo: Sanae.
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