Helping Mayor Yamauchi Celebrate (x3!)

On Friday, August 5th, Taikoproject was lucky enough to help Mayor of Alhambra, the Honorable Gary Yamauchi, celebrate three momentous occasions: his second term as mayor, his birthday, and the 20th Anniversary of Tri-Star, one of the largest independent vending companies in Southern California that he founded and owns. It was a triple celebration!

The performers of the evening were Andrew, Courtney, Darren, Emily, and me. It would have almost been an ABCDE ordering of performers, but Courtney and I are both "Cs." So Courtney declared I would have to be Bandice for the night to fulfill the alphabetical ordering. (Why not Bourtney?)

We performed Many Sides at the celebration, and the event coordinators (one of whom was the lovely and amazing Ms. June Kuramoto) were kind enough to have provided us with seats at one of the tables so we could have dinner and stay for the event.

We listened to Congresswoman of the 32nd District Judy Chu pay her respects to the Mayor and his accomplishments, and sat down to a very appetizing and yum prime rib dinner. Mayor Yamauchi also made some remarks, and all in all it was a fun night for us. The City of Alhambra has such a great mayor and a great community, and the five of us were so glad to have been a part of it all that night.

Special thanks to June Kuramoto for all of her help and a big congratulations to Mayor Yamauchi!