News and Projects from Boulder/Yamagata Friendship Committee

     Yamagata Delegation coming to Boulder for the Fourth of July!

April 26, 1999


     The focus of the meeting was preparation for a delegation of about
50 people
coming to Boulder from Yamagata to celebrate the fourth of July with us.
You may recall that the Yamagata Taiko drummers played in Folsom Stadium
a few years ago.

     Mayor Sato will be the delegation leader. We also expect three
officers from the City of Yamagata and four Yamagata City Council
Members. The rest of the group will be from the community. The group
will arrive on July 2nd and depart on July 5th. I'm sure that we are all
motivated to do what we can to make their visit to Boulder as wonderful
as our visits to Yamagata.





 ITINERARY (tentative) for the Yamagata Delegation:
 Please reserve these dates so you can spend holiday/celebration time
with
our guests.

     * Friday, July 2, 3:49 PM Arrive Denver Airport
 ( We invite everyone who can to come the airport and greet our guests.)

     * Saturday, July 3, 4:00 PM
 ( Celebration of the 5th year anniversary of the Boulder/Yamagata
Sister   City at the Dushanbe Tea House. )
 5:30-8:00 PM (The celebration dinner at the Flagstaff House
restaurant.)
     * Sunday, July 4, 4:00 PM
 ( Picnic supper at the Chautauqua Park followed by the 4th of July
celebration at the CU Folsom Field.)
     * Monday, July 5, 12:40 PM
 (Our guests will depart DIA for New York City.)

 Thank you:
     We appreciate the following members who recently paid for 1999
membership contribution to BYFC: David and Joy Paulson, John and Yayoi
Shaw, Tom Cannon,
Charlie and Julie Pellerin, Scott Semple and Sarah Myers, Michael and
Carlyn Smith, Yoko and David Brandt, Vicki Anderson and Melissa
Anderson.

     P.S. Annual dues are $15 for individuals and $25 for families.
Please mail your
1999 tax-deductible contribution to the address in our letterhead.

     See you all at 6:00 PM on the 17th.

     Charlie and Yoko