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Haiku Activities at Sakura Days Japan Fair

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On this first day of the Sakura Days Japan Fair, many haiku activities took place at the glasshouse.

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A lot of people came to the Leith Wheeler Haiku House to learn more about haiku.

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During her workshop Haiku “Rocks!”, Angela Naccarato instructed participants on how to write a haiku.

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Then, participants wrote their haiku on a painted rock.

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Angela Naccarato and musician James Mullin were part of the lineup of poets reading from 12.00-1.00

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Michael Dylan Welch gave a workshop about haiku from 1.00-2.00

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Terry Ann Carter showed us how to make a beautiful haiku book from 2.00-3.00

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With our haiku notebook in our pocket, it was time to take a walk to the Haiku Rock from 3.00-4.00.

The Haiku Rock (located in the cherry grove) features the top winning poems from the first three years of the VCBF Haiku Invitational contest).

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Back at the Glasshouse, participants could test their Haiku IQ at this table and also read a tiny haiku… using a magnifying glass!

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Visitors were able to get free advice on how to write a winning haiku from our team of volunteers who are past judges and past winners of the Haiku Invitational: Terry Ann Carter (2013 judge), Michael Dylan Welch, Carole MacRury, Johnny Baranski, Vicki McCullough, Angela Naccarato, Jacquie Pierce, and Jessica Tremblay.

All haiku activities will take place again on Sunday April 6, 2014.

Come to the glasshouse to learn more about haiku!

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Schedule of Haiku Activities

in the Glass House

 Sunday April 6, 2014

 

10:00a – 5:00p                How to Write a Winning Haiku (ongoing)

10:00a –12:00p              Crafts: Notebooks with Vicki and Jacquie

12:00p – 1:00p                Readings: Terry Ann Carter, Carole MacRury, Young Shakespeareans, Johnny Baranski, and Angela Naccarato with flute accompaniment by James Mullin

1:00p  – 2:00p         Learn About Haiku (workshop) with Michael Dylan Welch

2:00p  – 3:00p         Bookmaking (workshop) with Terry Ann Carter

3:00p  – 4:00p         Haiku Walk with Michael Dylan Welch(meet at the Glass House)

3:00p  – 5:00p         Crafts: Haiku ‘Rocks!’ with Angela Naccarato

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Haiku Rocks (painted by Angela Naccarato) featuring Best Canadian poem 2014 by Marco Fraticelli and poem by Johnny Baranski (Honorable mention at the Haiku Invitational 2014)

 

 

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Bookmaking workshop with Terry Ann Carter (Sakura Days Japan Fair)

At Sakura Days Japan Fair (April5-6, 2014), Terry Ann Carter will lead a small-book making workshop for anyone—children, teens, adults—who would like to learn the basic folds for an accordion book and to make a haiku notebook.

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Terry Ann  reproduced some Japanese stamps that can be used on the covers.

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The closures will be elastic bands, thread or yarn.

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Terry Ann found a custom stamp designer in Victoria who made a “my haiku book” stamp.

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Take your haiku notebook with you on the haiku walk or decorate it on the spot with haiku and collage to make a “one of a kind” art book.

 

Papers are provided. The workshop is free, but you must buy a Sakura Days Japan Fair ticket to enter the site.

 

Saturday April 5 2014

2:00p  – 3:00p   Bookmaking (demo) with Terry Ann Carter

3:00p  – 5:00p   Make a Haiku Notebook (workshop) with Terry Ann Carter

 

Sunday April 6 2014

2:00p  – 3:00p   Bookmaking (demo only) with Terry Ann Carter

 

 

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Blossom Book

Handmade blossom book by Terry Ann Carter
This beautiful blossom book was sent to us by Terry Ann Carter who ran the handmade books workshop during Sakura Days.

 

Handmade blossom book by Terry Ann Carter
Each page is a blossom decorated with a colorful Urban Tea Merchant postcard.

 

Handmade blossom book by Terry Ann Carter
Each postcard features a haiku by one of the VCBF Haiku Invitational 2012 winners.

 

Handmade blossom book by Terry Ann Carter
To complete the binding: make two hole punches and insert an elastic grasping the small twig on the other side to hold the book together.

 

Sakura Days April 7 2013 Haiku at the GlassHouse
This book is a great memento since these were the same blossoms that decorated the glasshouse during Sakura Days. At the end of the event,  Terry Ann asked if she could have some blossoms to make a handmade book. How lovely to see the result. Thanks Terry Ann for this beautiful keepsake.
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Sakura Days Japan Fair – Haiku activities

Haiku at the Glass House during Sakura Days April 6 2013

Many haiku activities took place in the glasshouse during Sakura Days Japan Fair.

Terry Ann Carter gives a small book demonstration at Sakura Days April 6 2013

At 12:00, Terry Ann Carter showed us how to make different kinds of books using collage, photo, text, and beautiful Japanese paper.

Terry Ann Carter gave a small book demonstration at Sakura Days April 6 2013

Her handmade books (accordion, flutter, origami fold) are absolutely gorgeous!

Michael Dylan Welch gives a Haiku workshop at the Glass House during Sakura Days April 6 2013

At 13:00, Michael Dylan Welch gave a haiku workshop.

Haiku Minstrels Vicki McCullough and James Mullin read haiku at Sakura Days Japan Fair April 6 2013

Our haiku minstrels Vicki McCullough and James Mulling were reading haiku and playing flute to entertain visitors in the garden.

Haiku at the Glass House during Sakura Days April 6 2013

Visitors were able to test their haiku IQ here!

Haiku at the Glass House during Sakura Days April 6 2013

Stop by the glasshouse to learn about haiku this Sunday at the Van Dusen Botanical Garden.

Terry Ann Carter gives a small book demonstration at Sakura Days April 6 2013

Workshops and activities on Sunday April 7, 2013 include:

12.00 Haiku and small book demonstration

13.00 Learn haiku workshop

14.30 Haiku reading on the cherry stage

15.00 Haiku walk