A "Sentimental Journey": Help us get to Japan. Click HERE to donate online. Thank You!
In observance of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, the all-volunteer and not-for-profit Minidoka Swing Band will be performing a concert tour in Japan during November 2015. We will be sharing an important part of Japanese American history through educational narration, pictures and music to interested schools and communities.
Based in Portland, Oregon, the Minidoka Swing Band educates and preserves an important period of Japanese American history by reaching out to groups and organizations interested in what the Japanese Americans endured during WWII.
The Minidoka Swing Band consists of 18 musicians and 4 vocalists who play and sing such big band tunes as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Sentimental Journey,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “American Patrol,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “All of Me,” "New York New York," and many more. The Band has been recognized by TV, magazine and newspaper organizations and articles, including the Wall Street Journal (New York), an Emmy-nominated story by KING TV5 Evening Program (Seattle, Washington), the Pacific Citizen Magazine (San Francisco, California), and many more local newspapers around the Portland-Metro area. Two of the Minidoka Swing Band’s musical recordings were used in the nationally-broadcasted documentary, “Searchlight Serenade,” produced by KEET TV Public Broadcasting (Eureka, California).We would love to perform our historical concert at your local event or venue. The not-for- profit Minidoka Swing Band operates solely on grants and donations and performs frequently at major cultural events, conferences, parks and schools throughout America’s Pacific Northwest.
If interested in Sponsoring or contributing to the Minidoka Swing Band for this trip or hosting a concert, please contact:
Laura Baxter, Minidoka Swing Band Manager--1968 SE Bush St. Hilllsboro OR 97123--Phone: 503-640-0120--Email: laura@minidokaswingband.com or for Japanese speaking representative, contact Yasuyo Strassmaier, Assistant Manager--Phone: 971-300-2162--Email: ykstrass@gmail.com.
Thank you to Kokichi Tagawa, our Bass player for creating a Japanese language web site. Check it out. http://minidokaj.blogspot.com/
Minidoka Swing Band
is an affiliate of the Portland JACL, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Send donations to: MSB Japan
Trip, P.O. Box 86310, Portland, OR
97286.
Donations in support of MSB Japan Trip are tax deductible.
Help us get to Japan. Click HERE to donate online. Thank You!
Thank you to Kokichi Tagawa, our Bass player for creating a Japanese language web site. Check it out. http://minidokaj.blogspot.com/
Minidoka Swing Band is an affiliate of the Portland JACL, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Send donations to: MSB Japan Trip, P.O. Box 86310, Portland, OR 97286.
Donations in support of MSB Japan Trip are tax deductible.
Help us get to Japan. Click HERE to donate online. Thank You!