Hokusai Music Expo staff

Our various operational requirements necessitate the cooperation and assistance of many people. Help needed on the day includes venue set-up, reception duties, visitor information assistance, and the guidance of children during workshops and parades. We also need volunteers for preparation in advance, such as venue decoration and sign-making. Anyone is welcome, whether willing to help out in part, or wanting to get involved in everything from advance preparation to operations on the day. Join us as a production team member, and help Hokusai Music Expo go off with a bang!

This volunteer role is ideal for:
– People who like music
– People who like children
– People looking for a way to connect with community
– People who want to encounter new things (or people)
– People interested in Hokusai Music Expo

Details
[On the day]
Venue set-up, reception duties, visitor information assistance, guidance, security, venue take-down, etc.
[Advance preparation]
Venue decoration, sign-making, making material for distribution
Distribution of leaflets, posters etc.

Requirements
Essentially, people able to participate in the following schedule:
1. Minimum one day observation of a practice day per program (following observations there will be a separate briefing)
2. Staff introductory meeting the day before Hokusai Music Expo (Saturday, February 17, 2018 from 13:30)
3. The day of Hokusai Music Expo (Sunday, February 18, 2018)
*Please contact us if you are unable to meet the schedule requirements.
*No remuneration or travel expenses provided.
*Please see here for details of practice days and venues for each program

Capacity
10 — 15 (applications will close when capacity is reached)

Application period
To Sunday, December 31, 2017

How to apply
Please apply using this form.
*After receiving our automatic reply, you will be contacted within a week.
*Your personal information will be handled as strictly confidential, and used only to send you information from Topping East about this event.

Dressing staff

We’re looking for volunteer dressers to help the children get into their costumes for the gidayu performance. Anyone able to help will be given dressing lessons, so how about taking this opportunity to learn how to dress someone in traditional clothing?

Details
The gidayu dressing will be for boys. You will be shown how to tie an obi kimono sash (the “kainokuchi” shell-shaped tie style). You can use this technique for wearing summer yukata.

Lesson schedule
Sunday, February 4, 2018 and Monday, February 12 (observed holiday), both from 15:30 onwards

Venue
Topping East (NPO)
1F, 10-7 Honjo 2-Chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Conditions for participation
People able to come to the lesson days above (both Sunday, February 4, 2018 and Monday, February 12 (observed holiday))
People able to come to the final performance (Sunday, February 18, 2018)
No remuneration.

What to bring
Nothing in particular

Capacity
8 (applications will close when capacity is reached)

Application period
To Wednesday, January 31, 2018

How to apply
Please apply using this form.
*After receiving our automatic reply, you will be contacted within a week.
*Your personal information will be handled as strictly confidential, and used only to send you information from Topping East about this event.

Hairdressing staff

We’re looking for people to help dress the girls’ hair in traditional style for the gidayu performance. People with experience as beauticians are very welcome!

Conditions for participation
People able to come to at least one day of the practice days for the gidayu program (following practices there will be a separate briefing)
People able to come to the final performance (Sunday, February 18, 2018)
No remuneration.

Gidayu practice schedule
Sunday, December 3, Sunday December 17, 2017
Sunday, January 7, Sunday, January 14, Sunday, February 4, Monday, February 12 (observed holiday), 2018

Practice venue
Topping East (NPO)
1F, 10-7 Honjo 2-Chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

What to bring
Nothing in particular

Capacity
Only a few accepted (applications to close when capacity is reached)

Application period
To Wednesday, January 31, 2018

How to apply
Please apply using this form.
*After receiving our automatic reply, you will be contacted within a week.
*Your personal information will be handled as strictly confidential, and used only to send you information from Topping East about this event

Hokusai Music Expo camera operator

We’re looking for a volunteer cameraman/camerawoman to record footage of the children during Hokusai Music Expo.

Hokusai Music Expo is not just about the final performance. It is also about the special time the children spend in repeated rehearsals, coming into contact with new sounds, and the experience of playing together. So video footage of the moments when a children’s curiosity and interest is aroused constitutes a valuable tool in support of the project.

You want be there to see the moment the children change.
You want to contribute something to local children.
You would like to film and work with children.

This is the sort of person we want to help us preserve video documentation of the moment children spread their wings.
As well as being used for the Hokusai Music Expo archives and related PR, the resulting video will be presented as a gift to our supporters and sponsors to promote our activities even more widely.
If you want to support and boost Hokusai Music Expo with us, we want to hear from you, regardless of your experience.

Details
Filming and editing of Hokusai Music Expo documentary footage
Filming and editing of a free Hokusai Music Expo DVD to be distributed to individuals/organizations that provide support and donations to the project.

Application period
To Sunday, January 14, 2018

Filming schedule
Hokusai Music Expo final performance (Sunday, February 18, 2018), and Hokusai Music Expo practice days (once or twice in each program from any below)
*Please click here for details of practice schedules and venues for each program.

Eligibility
Over 18 (no high school students permitted), no experience necessary (no remuneration provided), able to bring your own equipment
We’re looking for the following type of person:
*Someone good at film-making, or aiming to become a professional camera operator/photographer
*Someone who likes children
*Someone with good communication skills

Capacity
1

How to apply
Please send an e-mail with the subject title “”Hokusai Music Expo” video camera operator application” to info@toppingeast.com, and include your name, age, telephone number and e-mail address. You will be contacted by e-mail after your application has been submitted.
*Your personal information will be handled as strictly confidential, and used only to send you information from Topping East about this event.

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