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02-18-2013, 07:58 AM,
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Foster Festival in Okinawa, Japan on 4-13-13
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5...383&type=1
Quote:Mega Concert Attractions
American Idol HALEY REINHART to perform April 13th at the Foster Festival Okinawa,Japan. presented by Mega Concerts.
http://youtu.be/b1ed3bSjqSI
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http://www.mccsokinawa.com/Special_Events.aspx
Quote:Camp Foster Festival
Saturday April 13, 2013 ~ Sunday April 14, 2013 | 2:00 P.M. ~ 10:00 P.M.
CAMP FOSTER
Each FREE friendship festival offers a new chance to mingle with Okinawan and military friends from around the island. The festivals feature Kiddieland, ride and game booths, prize giveaways, live entertainment and both Okinawan and American foods that everyone can enjoy. Typhoon dates will be April 20 & 21.
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02-18-2013, 08:21 AM,
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Reinharted♥
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RE: Foster Festival in Okinawa, Japan on 4-13-13
Oh yeah!She'll be in Asia again. Just the thought that she'll be nearer to where I am thrills me. 
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02-18-2013, 09:14 AM,
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2013, 09:24 AM by Miguel.)
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Miguel
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RE: Foster Festival in Okinawa, Japan on 4-13-13
The event is tied to the Marine Corps Community Services. I hope they pay for the full band to travel with Haley.
In 2009, they only had local acts. David Archuleta performed at this event in October 2011 (he was originally scheduled to perform on an earlier date but that show was cancelled due to the threat of a typhoon):
http://devoted2david.proboards.com/index...thread=255
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02-18-2013, 09:58 AM,
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2013, 10:14 AM by Miguel.)
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Miguel
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RE: Foster Festival in Okinawa, Japan on 4-13-13
More specifically, the camp is name after William Foster and the festival is named after the camp.
More from Wikipedia:
Quote:Camp Foster is a United States Marine Corps camp located in Ginowan City on the Japanese prefecture island of Okinawa.
Quote:(William Foster) landed with his unit during the Battle of Okinawa on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, the first anniversary of his enlistment in the Marine Corps... When a Japanese grenade landed beyond reach in their foxhole, Private First Class Foster, with complete disregard for his personal safety, dove on it and absorbed its full explosion with his own body, thus protecting the other Marine from serious injury.
Quote:Okinawan culture has become quite popular throughout Japan thanks to popular musicians and local foods. Okinawan music is very attractive and unique because of the mixture of original Okinawan sounds and American rock, jazz, and other sounds from the USA. The distinctive instrument of choice is the sanshin (三線), a three-stringed, banjo-like distant relative of the mainland's shamisen...
![[Image: okinawanbanjo.jpg]](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4699/okinawanbanjo.jpg)
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02-18-2013, 10:51 AM,
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2013, 10:57 AM by Tusk.)
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Tusk
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RE: Foster Festival in Okinawa, Japan on 4-13-13
(02-18-2013, 08:12 AM)Himm2 Wrote: You going Tusk? Is your Haley Travel budget for 2013 up to 5 grand yet? I think it's easily over half that already  (not only for this year, but with last year combined)
IF Haley happens to fly to the UK in March/early April to write songs, when I go to France and I see her in a Brit pub...would that count? 
(I did scratch returning to Vietnam in April this year for family stuff, though,good thing too, as I might think about going to Japan for this, and that would really blow my travel budget for the year.... )
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