この上山田でお神楽や日本舞踊などの踊りのグループの皆が文化の日で町の文化会館の舞台で発表が出来る。普段は一年を通して、定期的に練習したり、お祭りで踊ったりしていますが、ステージで舞う機会がなかなかないです。今日はオープニングで会館前の広場で我々上山田神楽保存会が一度舞って、その後でステージで獅子舞をやりました。私は獅子笛で緊張しましたけど、楽しかった!
Here in Kamiyamada, the lion dance group, traditional Japanese dancers and other various groups get to perform on the main stage of the Culture Hall once a year on Culture Day. Group members practice regularly throughout the year and perform all over town for festivals, but we rarely get the opportunity to perform on a stage with the bright lights and the big audience. For today's Culture Day festivities, our Kamiyamada Okagura Lion Dance group performed for the openening ceremony, and then later on the big stage in the main hall. I was nervous playing the lion flute on stage, but it was a thrill.
