Yugawara Yassa Festival

On Sat. Aug. 2nd, the Sirius Odawara Marching Band participated in the Yugawara Yassa Festival. This festival is the biggest event of the Yugawara hot spring resort area, with mikoshis (portable shrines) parading with shouts of "Yassa Mossa".

Although there was extreme heat of over 30℃ by midday, it began to decline and a cool wind had been blowing when the parade started in the evening. The audience in front of us cheered during the parade and we enjoyed this event so much. We would like to thank all of the support staff.

Odawara cho-chin summer festival

On Sun. Jul. 27th the Sirius Odawara Marching Band participated in the 17th "Akarino Saiten~Odawara cho-chin summer festival" at the Odawara Castle Ninomaru special stage. Unfortunately the O.M.B. could not perform because of a shortage of members, however, the players were able to support this event at this time.

We strived to support all the bands to play better. It was very hard to support under the burning sun, however, it was a good opportunity for us to understand how difficult the event staff support every time. In conclusion, all the members assembled and played “Kawano nagare no Youni” and “Zip-A-Dee-Doh-Dah” together, with lots of cheering and clapping from everyone there!

(Participants: Hakone 21, Izumi JHS wind ensemble club, Kozu JHS wind ensemble club, Hakuou JHS wind ensemble club, Odawara Marching Band)

Practice with Kotsubo Marching Band

On Sun. Jul. 20th, the Sagamihara Marching Band practiced at the gymnasium in Yokohama Shiritsu Kotsubo Primary School.



At first, we played a ball game which is our annual event ! We then started to march, play, and ensemble together. We had a good time same as last year. We would like to thank all the teachers and the parents who prepared for this opportunity just before the event.

Practice with Hodogaya Marching Band

On Sun. Jul. 6th, the Sagamihara Marching Band practiced at the gymnasium in Yokohama Shiritsu Hodogaya Primary School. We had a good time during marching practice and warm-up with the Hodogaya P.S.Band for the first time in two years. We would like to thank all the teachers and the parents who prepared for this opportunity just before the event.

The 60th anniversary celebration of the Fuchinobe Preschool

On Sun. Jun. 3rd, the Sagamihara Marching Band and the C.G. Unit participated in the 60th anniversary celebration of the Fuchinobe Preschool, which is located in Sagamihara City.



We entered the hall where the children and their parents, over 500 people, assembled with our street beat, after which, we played our 7 repertoires. We added the introduction of the marching instruments and unique attractions with our performance. All of the children were excited to hear the pieces they already knew, as they crooned, sang, and danced to our music. We enjoyed it all together. We would like to thank to the staff of the Preschool who supported us and the audiences who cheered for us from the bottom of our heart.

The 31st Yamato Shimin Festival

On Sun. May 11th, Sirius Sagamihara Marching Band was supposed to have participated in the 31st Yamato Shimin Festival, but canceled because of rain. We would like to thank all of the support staff, and the public who wanted to watch our parade, however, we hope to perform in this event if we are fortunate enough to in the future.

The Hojo Godai Festival

At the beginning of the last half of the Golden Week holiday, Sirius Odawara Marching Band (O.M.B.) participated in the 44th Hojo Godai Festival, which is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. Approximately 2000 people participated in this parade. It was scattered light rain in the morning, and although we were worried the weather, it was finally getting fine and we started the parade on time.



The O.M.B. enlisted the help of the Sagamihara Marching Band and the Color Guard Unit Sirius this season. The band made coherent sound this time because the rehearsal was methodically good.

Other years there was a slight waiting time during the parade, but this year it went smoothly and it made us feel the parade was short.

We would like to thank those who supported and cheered for us from the bottom of our heart.

The 52nd Tanzawa Festival Parade

On Sun. Apr. 20th, Sirius Odawara Marching Band participated in the 52nd Tanzawa Festival Parade. The high wind created the conditions difficult, however we concluded the whole show. It was the first performance of this season, we enjoyed collaborating with the S.M.B. and the CG Unit Sirius during the parade.

We would like to thank to the people who came to see our show and all of the support staff.

Music Party! in ODAWARA was completed

On Sun. Feb. 10th, we completed our annual event Music Party ! without any difficulties.

The Music Party ! in YOKOHAMA was called off last week because of heavy snow. The day and night before The Music Party ! in Odawara kept us wondering whether this event would be called off as well. We tried to exploit the experience and prepare as much as we could. Although it was snow in Yokohama and Sagamihara Area, there was no snow in Odawara so we could open our event.



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We began to prepare our instruments, mark the positions on the stage in the morning. Although all players of the junior High School bands did a run through the previous day, it was the first time to meet us, the Sirius players. They seemed  little nervous.



We had the rehearsal together around noon. Our music piece "I Go To Rio" is the good to bring players together emotionally. The players who were nervous opened up little by little during the rehearsal. We all looked forward to the show :-).

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The Color Guard Unit performed the first time with their new music. It seemed more up-tempo than the preceding repertoire.





This year's Music Party! the collaboration of Japanese Drum and Marching Parcussion was tried for the first time. Canadian Japanese Drum player Kevin Meloche and Zeckey  performed together and the audience were absolutely-fascinated with their parformance, it was so powerful with a sense of speed and enjoyment.



The story of the perc. Show went on to our original show which thrived powerfully.



The O.M.B. and The S.M.B. had been making their own show respectively this season. O.M.B. performed "How High The Moon", "Sing,Sing,Sing" jazz pieces with casual expression. They danced a little while playing.



"When A Man Loves A Woman", "My Heart Belongs To Me", "Bird Land" S.M.B. played them cool. Each group's color appeared.



Finally we played "I Go To Rio". Although the rehearsal was intense, we were eager to play it to conclude our own show and relax.


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This event in Odawara used to be named Music Festa and it was a different event. The planing committee took the Music Patry idea into it, so we've got a great chance in the future and rise to a different level for each bands. We would like to thank from the bottom of our heart the people who came to see our show although it was cool day, also those who supported and cheered for us.