Aug 17 2010
The Palo Alto Obon fest is the third and final Obon festival we attend, and is a bit smaller than the others. It has drums and dancing and food and game booths. We attended the P.A. Obon with Grandmommy two years ago, and keep going in her memory.
This year the big event of the day was Lucy winning a prize at one of the game booths…a kitty cat! She has had luck on the ‘wheel of fortune’ two years in a row. Yay Lucy! I think you’ve found your game!
Jul 22 2010
“Wubie crushed my wand — no magic show for him!”
— Lucy’s response after she waved her ‘magic wand’ (stick with a ribbon) in front of Wubie one too many times (he destroyed it).
We went to the SJ Obon with friends recently and had loads of fun, especially Lucy…she got to dance in her first Bon Odori.
Lucy went to her first Obon fest way back in 2008, when she was still a baby. Grandmommy had suggested we go, she had cut out a clipping from the newspaper for us, and urged us to go that very day (it was a Sunday and we had been visiting her in the hospital). We went and had a lovely time. Shortly thereafter Grandmommy got out of the hospital, so we all went together to the Palo Alto Obon fest. That was about a month before she passed away in September, and it was our last big outing together.
The Obon festival is held to remember ancestors and loved ones who are gone…so it seems appropriate that we keep going in memory of Grandmommy. (Posts from last year’s visits here and here.) If she were still here, she would surely be dancing with us!
Jul 20 2009
Drums! Rainbow shave ice! games for kids!
Lucy was excited about all these things in anticipation of the Obon fest this weekend…and it did not disappoint.
In the games area Lucy fished for ducks many times, and won two superballs and a pinwheel.
Next on the list: rainbow shave ice! what a delight! always reminds us of Hawaii…
She was really into the drums, dancing and bobbing to the beat, and in the kid’s area, even tried her hand at drumming. A future taiko drummer? who knows!
She also got a balloon animal, from this very creative and talented balloon animal crafter…
Last year we went to 2 Obons, once with Grandmommy and Gpa. Obon is all about family and remembering your loved ones and ancestors, so it was a perfect day to remember our love for Gmommy.
Aug 24 2008
Palo Alto Obon Festival from Mike C on Vimeo.
Here’s a quick video of a visit we made to the Palo Alto Obon Festival earlier this month. Lucy had fun watching the performers beat on drums, sampling the food (including multi-colored snowcones), and spending time w/ Gma Susan and Gpa Peter.
by Shonen KnifeJul 21 2008
Lucy and I went to the Obon Festival yesterday. It was a lot of fun, her first festival/faire/big outdoor thing with lots of people. Lots of pics here.
She played a game and won a pinwheel. We stood in line for shave ice three times, and three times decided the line was too long and we couldn’t wait.
We went to the children’s activities tent and Lucy tried her hand at the Taiko drum (not sure if we were supposed to, but hey, the drummers weren’t there) and watched balloon animals being made.
We saw lots of doggies and other kids, Lucy picked up a few cat toys in the book sale area, and we looked at dolls in the exhibit area. We will be sure to go again next year!
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