Immerse yourself in the centuries-old practice of tea training. With exercises in traditional tea movement, this workshop gives first-hand experience of these art forms.
Workshops
Tea Procedures and Etiquette
Topics will be covered, such as, bowing and standing, opening and closing sliding doors, entering the tea room, folding a silk wiping cloth, purifying a container for thin tea and a tea scoop, partaking of dry sweets and thin tea, etc. It is necessary to sit on your knees to do most of the procedures during the workshop. A small stool can be provided at your request. If you have physical issues with regard to this, please call for further clarification.
Duration: 2 hours
Location:
Urasenke Chanoyu Center
153 East 69th Street (between Lexington & Third Avenues)
212-988-6161
Time: All workshops begin promptly at 2 PM
Dates:
Saturday, October 2nd
Saturday, November 13th
Saturday, December 4th
Fee: $30.00 (materials are included)
Attire: Bring white socks. No Jeans. Wear moderate dress. Refrain from wearing strong cosmetics, perfume or bright nail color. Remove any jewelry from your fingers.
Note: Picture taking is not allowed. Please do not touch or lean on the walls or sliding paper screens.
Please call first to confirm space availability. To reserve your space, please send us your name, address and daytime phone number along with your check, made payable to "Urasenke Inc." Write the date you would like to attend on the check. Please let us know by Friday of the previous week if you must cancel your reservations. Refunds or credit cannot be given for last minute cancellations. Please arrive 5 or 10 minutes early as the workshop begins promptly at the scheduled starting time. We look forward to sharing a bowl of tea with you.
Gift certificates are available from the office for these workshops.
Chabana Lecture & Demonstration
Sunday June 27, 2010
The Chabana Lecture/Demonstration was composed of two parts. In the first part, the lecture, Terazono sensei discussed chabana with an overview of appropriate flowers and containers according to month and season of the year. He also discussed the levels of formality and appropriate corresponding implements.
In the second part Terazono sensei assisted attendees in applying the principles discussed in the lecture. Thirty students attended the two sessions of the lecture/demonstration. The workshops were a successful fund raising event for the Tea Ceremony Society and the funds will be used to complete the roji restoration. We would lke to thank the following volunteers who contributed to making the event a success: Tomoko Urabe, Vincent Lynch, Hishashi Miyao, Mayumi Takeshit,Yumi Wako and Judith Krall-Russo.
Below are some pictures of the event and the arrangements of the attendees. Students who attended can go to the "Student" area of our site and download a high resolution PDF file of all the arrangements for printing purposes.
