The 2004 Cherry Blossom Festival

The Virginia Ki Society

At The Tidal Basin, Washington DC

April 4, 2004


Photo Credit: Tony Barham

The above picture tells the story. We arrived to temperatures in the low 50’s and 45 mile per hour winds. The wind was so intense that the sound company for the festival was disassembling the PA system for fear that it would be blown over. This eliminated most of the cultural events from the daylong program. Anything that required speaking or music was dropped, but we decided to go for it minus our announcer. As it turned out we were the only group to perform that day. We set up beside the stage so that it would provide some shelter from the wind. Even so, the mats kept blowing up in the air as we tried to set them up. We finally got them somewhat anchored, and the sun quickly warmed up the mat surface so that our bare feet didn’t freeze. Once we got rolling we quickly fell into our routine and had a great time. A supportive crowd formed to watch the show and we all ended up with a great story to tell. The members of the VKS, Merrifield Dojo demo team are: Art Alabin, Greg Hilgenberg, Michael Patruznick, Steve Wolf, Tim Felegie, Asim Hanif, Bob Gardner, Nick Federov and Marion Lebensbaum. Below are more pictures.

 

Photo Credits: Nick Federov & Alex Maus

 

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