Sogetsu School Portland Branch New Year's Party

Sogetsu members and friends celebrated the New Year on January 19, with a lunch at the Riverside Golf and Country Club. We were able to talk to old friends and new members, and to view New Year arrangements by Don Davidson, Flora Henningsen, Hideko Hearn, Junko Morita, Marylou Colver, and Tomoko Okubo.

We ate a delicious lunch at beautiful tables, with arrangements by Carol Corn and Harriet Riffel. We were serenaded by two wonderful koto players during lunch.

After a brief business meeting, we watched an ikebana demonstration by Akiko Takahashi, one of our local teachers. She was assisted by Sumie Anderson, Amy Lu Freeman, and Mary Colver.

It was wonderful to see so many of our members enjoying themselves, and catching up with friends that they had not seen for a long time.