
Seeking Volunteers!
The dashi has been a favorite attraction at Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese Festival since 2000 and we couldn’t do it without the help of volunteers! Every summer, our performing members work with volunteers to prepare the dashi for the festival, set it up at the garden, and recruit visitors to join in our parades.
The dashi is an ornately decorated stage built on a cart, similar to a parade float. Traditionally, it is pulled around during festivals to show its wonderfulness to the community. During the Japanese Festival, our dashi resides outside the Spink Pavilion, where children (and children at heart) are invited to join us in playing taiko. Additionally, before two of our performances, we gather festival-goers to pull the dashi in a parade through the garden to the performance amphitheater.
We're currently seeking volunteers to help us get the dashi ready for the upcoming festival and to lead the parades to and from our performances in the garden. If you are interested in volunteering, please
email us to get more information.
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Upcoming Performances
Creve Coeur Summer Concert Series
Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Millennium Park, 2 Barnes West, Creve Coeur, MO
Free Performance + Workshop
Raintree Arts Council
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 3:00 PM
The Apple Shed, 702 South 2nd Street, Clarksville, MO
Free Performance + Workshop
Japanese Festival
Saturday, August 31 - Monday, September 2, 2019
Missouri Botanical Garden
Tickets $16 Adult / $5 Children / $8 Members