Site Inspection for Ikebana Dinner Show

We found that Quaff Restaurant is a great venue for our Ikebana Dinner Show.

Ikebana Dinner Show - New
メルボルン屈指のレストランで、二人の華道家が次々と作品を作っていく様子を眺めながら、３コースの夕食をお楽しみ下さい。飲み物もすべて費用に含まれます。
7pm - 10pm, Saturday 12 September 2020
Quaff Restaurant, 436 Toorak Rd, Toorak, Melbourne
https://www.quaff.net.au
Bookings open in May 2020.
Watch elegant ikebana creations by artists Shoso Shimbo and Shoan Lo unfold before your eyes as you enjoy a three course meal at one of Melbourne's finest restaurants. Canapes on arrival and drinks are included.

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Wa 2020 Update: 23 Jan 2020

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Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 

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Please join our exhibition! All ikebana schools welcome.

Wa, an international ikebana festival, will be bigger and better this year with more new exciting events. 

Wa can promote ikebana most effectively and consequently it will help provide our ikebana teachers with more professional opportunities. Wa also provides our teachers & students with opportunities to challenge and to develop as international ikebana artists. 

Some of highlights this year are: 

Ikebana Dinner Show, Renka with Mozart: Group Ikebana Performance with Orchestra 21, and Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky.    

https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/program.html

Our Committee has been formed as follow: Director - Shoso Shimbo, Secretary - Nobuko Kobayashi, Treasury - Angeline Lo, Project Managers - Aileen Duke, Angeline Lo & Katrina (TBC), Site Manager - Sue Healey & Curator - Kaye Wong  

1. Please follow Wa & help promote Wa

Register your email at https://waikebana.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wa.ikebana/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wa.ikebana/

2 Volunteers Wanted

We need many volunteers toward the Wa 2020. Following positions are available at the moment. Please send an email to apply. wa.ikebana@gmail.com

a: Public Relation Manager - Create database/lists of our participants. Support our secretary & project managers.   

b: Assistant Site Manager - Support our site manager. 

c: Marketing Manager / Media Strategist - Create our marketing plan & help promotion.

3. Application Opened for Exhibitors

We already have an international exhibitor from Japan. 

All ikebana teachers including local teachers - please apply through our online application now. We need your details soon. Local teachers can pay your fee later. Local students can apply through their teachers after June 2020.

https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/exhibitor-gideline.html

4. Renka Performers Wanted

Would you like to perform at the Rena with Mozart? This is the first Renka with live orchestra in the Australian history of ikebana (arguably first in the history of ikebana). 

Performers will be paid a small amount, if we sold more than 30 tickets, which is very likely! More importantly you will be a part of ikebana history in an international cultural festival.        

Details will be announced in Shoso's class. All selected applicants have to attend special trainings including full day workshops.    

https://waikebana.blogspot.com/2020/01/news-ikebana-orchestra.html

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Our Exhibitor - Wa 2020

Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival is pleased to welcome Ms Yuki Matsuoka as our first international exhibitor for the Wa 2020. Ms Matsuoka is a member of Sesshu School Ikebana from Tokyo, Japan.
www.instagram.com/yukibou33/

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Wa Exhibitors at Melbourne Flower Show

See ikebana works by Shoan Lo & Shoso Shimbo at the Melbourne Flower Show, 25 - 29 March 2020. They will create displays under "Melbourne Ikebana Festival" at Shop Window Competition sections of the show.     

Shoan & Shoso will present Ikebana Dinner Show, an opening event of the Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020.

Ikebana Dinner Show - New
メルボルン屈指のレストランで、二人の華道家が次々と作品を作っていく様子を眺めながら、３コースの夕食をお楽しみ下さい。飲み物もすべて費用に含まれます。
7pm - 10pm, Saturday 12 September 2020
Quaff Restaurant, 436 Toorak Rd, Toorak, Melbourne
https://www.quaff.net.au
Bookings open in May 2020.
Watch elegant ikebana creations by artists Shoso Shimbo and Shoan Lo unfold before your eyes as you enjoy a three course meal at one of Melbourne's finest restaurants. Canapes on arrival and drinks are included.

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Ikebana Teachers at Wa 2019

Ikebana Teachers at Wa in 2019

Thank you for exhibiting your work at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2019. We hope to see you work again in the Wa 2020.

JAPAN

Risa Yosimoto (Hiroshima, Sogetsu School)

Soyo Kagawa (Tokyo, Ichiyo School)

MELBOURNE

Naomi Cullen (Yarraville, Ichiyo School)

Kaye Wong (Kew, Ichiyo School)

Kim Louey (Hawthorn, Ichiyo School)

Nobuko Kobayashi (St. Kilda, Ichiyo School)

Shoso Shimbo (Murrumbeena, Sogetsu School)

Shoan Lo (Balwyn North, Sogetsu School)

Shoto Duke (Mornington Peninsula, Sogetsu School)

Shokai Ikebana (Sogetsu School)

Lara Telford (Sassafras, Sogetsu School)

Akemi Suzuki (Mulgrave, Sogetsu School)

Toko Tazawa (Malvern, Sogetsu School)

NSW

Sandra Marker (South Turramurra, Sogetsu School)

Alexander Evans (Murrumbateman, Sogetsu School)

* Please note that not all teachers exhibiting at Wa are listed here. The listed teachers are those who allowed us to publish their contact details in our websites in their application. If you are exhibiting at Wa and would like to be listed here, please send an email to wa.ikebana@gmail.com.　

It is this page that we encourage our exhibition visitors to look at for further information.

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Application Opened - 出展受付開始

https://youtu.be/v9NH62S-dMw

Application Guide - English
日本語案内

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News: Ikebana & Orchestra

Orchestra 21, Melbourne's most exciting orchestra is joining Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival!

Six ikebana artists will present a Renka performance with Mozart’s pieces performed by Orchestra 21. Renka is a type of ikebana performance to create a harmonious group work proposed by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1990’s. A number of ikebana artists take turn to complete a floral work. They collectively immerse in a feeling of energised focus in the process of creation, achieving a state of flow. Dynamic harmony is expected to emerge spontaneously in the work, although no consultation will be made previously among the artists.

This is the first Renka performance with an orchestra in the Australian history of ikebana. 

When: 4 - 5pm, Saturday 19 September 2020.
Where: Rosina, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne Australia

Details will be announced shortly.   
https://waikebana.blogspot.com/

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Wa is not just an exhibition, it's an international ikebana festival

Join our exhibition. All ikebana schools welcome.
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In addition Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival offers many more opportunities...

Would you like to win a Wa Ikebana Award? It would be a great addition to your cv.
Would you like to show your demonstration skill?
Would you like to present a paper on ikebana? Wa co-hosts an ikebana conference with International Society of Ikebana Studies and your work may be published in the International Journal of Ikebana Studies. 
And you can also enjoy ikebana performance, ikebana dinner show, and more. 

Image: Ikebana work by Risa Yosimoto, Hiroshima. Wa Ikebana Gold Award 2019.

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Application Opening Soon

Join our exhibition. All schools welcome.
https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/exhibitor-gideline.html
メルボルンの花展に出展しませんか？
参加申し込み、間もなく開始です。グループ参加も歓迎します。
https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

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Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowski

Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020 presents Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky.
http://bit.ly/ikebanagrabowski

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Would you like to have your stall?

Would you like to have your stall at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival? Wa will be larger in 2020. We would like to have a market next to our exhibition. Please contact Wa. 

When: 19 & 20 September 2020
Where: Rosina, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne

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Ikebana Dinner Show

Watch elegant ikebana creations by artists Shoso Shimbo and Shoan Lo unfold before your eyes as you enjoy a three course meal at one of Melbourne's finest restaurants. Canapes on arrival and drinks are included. This is the opening event of Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020.

Image: Shoso Shimbo, Container: mbug

When: 7pm - 10pm, Saturday 12 September 2020
Where: Quaff Restaurant, 436 Toorak Rd, Toorak, Melbourne
https://www.quaff.net.au
Booking: Opening in May 2020. Programs 2020.


Menu - indicative menu. Final menu will be announced in May 2020.

entrée

lemon salt & pepper calamari 

mizuna, spanish onion, sriracha aioli

master stock braised pork belly

nuoc nam, green mango salad, pickled chilli 

seared sumac tuna

wasabi fish roe, pickled daikon, soy ginger dressing

salad of watermelon, papaya and grapes

fresh ricotta, walnuts, sherry dressing

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main

pan fried fish fillet

beetroot puree, fennel and herb salad, hazelnut oil

oven roasted lamb rump

baby tomato, yellow string beans, basil jus

toasted moroccan spices

chargrilled eye fillet steak 

cauliflower mash, watercress and radish salad, red wine jus

leek, spinach and fetta risotto

side salads included

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dessert

vanilla panna cotta 

sugar glazed peach, granola crumb, peach syrup

warm banana and walnut brownie

raspberry coulis

individual pavlova

fresh strawberry and passionfruit 

hazelnut crumb

Optional menu extras:

Canapés on arrival bruschetta, salmon blinis, arancini

Beverage package

3 hours

McPherson’s NV Sparkling

Waterwheel Sauvignon Blanc

Waterwheel Cabernet Merlot

Local Beers

Soft drinks & juices

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