2016 MOCHI-TSUKI KAI and POTLUCK DINNER
Presented by the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society, the Japanese Friendship Society and the Victoria Japanese Heritage Language School Society
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Esquimalt Rec Centre
3:00PM – 6:30PM
MEMBER ONLY EVENT
Join us for our annual tradition of mochi-pounding and potluck dinner to celebrate the New Year.
Doors open at 2:30 pm on Sunday, January 24th at the Esquimalt Rec Centre. (site of the VNCS Cultural Fall Fair.)
ADMISSION IS FREE FOR MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
BECAUSE OF AN ANTICIPATED LARGE PARTICIPATION, THIS EVENT IS OPEN ONLY TO ACTIVE MEMBERS.
Please bring a main course sufficient to feed your family plus two others. Drinks and dessert will be provided. Label your dishes and serving utensils and if you can, please prepare a tent card describing your entrée. (and ingredients)
***PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE WILL BE ADMITTED WITHOUT FOOD***
In addition to mochi pounding there will be plenty of activities to keep everyone entertained.
To help defray costs of this free event there will be a 50/50 draw, Silent Auction and mochi sales so please help support your event. As always, there is plenty of work to be done on the part of preparation and organization. If you can assist please contact Michael Abe at mkabe2011@gmail.com.
Kitchen set up starts from 1:00 pm and the hall is available for set up from 2:00 pm. Help make this event a success by lending a hand: We need volunteers for set-up, kitchen crew, reception desk, mochi seller, and clean-up crew, etc. We are also seeking donations, big or small to add to our Silent Auction.
See you there!