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R A Sosnowski
25-09-2003, 12:42 AM
Event: Eighth Annual ECNF Fall Atarashii Naginata Seminar and Dangai Shinsa.
Dates: 7, 8 & 9 November 2003 [see schedule and location below].
Location: North County High School, 10 1st Avenue East, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 (3.3 miles from BWI Airport)
Sponsor: East Coast Naginata Federation (ECNF).
Host: Northern Virginia Budokai - Naginata (NVBN): <www.nvbudokai.org>

Seminar Instructors:
- Ms. Sachiko Yamauchi Prough, Kyoshi, ECNF Technical Advisor, and Dojo-cho of the NYNC (New York Naginata Club, aka Nichibukan Naginata Dojo).
- Ms. Fran Vall, Yondan, ECNF President, and Naginata Dojo-cho of NVBN.
- TBA (To Be Announced).

Naginata Seminar Schedule:

Friday, 7 Nov 2003
5:00 to 9 PM Naginata Practice

Saturday, 8 Nov 2003
9:00 AM to Noon Naginata Practice
Noon to 1:30 PM Lunch(*)
1:30 to 5:30 PM Naginata Practice
5:30 to 7:30 PM Free Time, Dinner(*)
7:30 to 9:30 PM ECNF Annual Meeting(**)

Sunday, 9 Nov 2003
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Naginata Practice
1:00 to 2:00 PM Lunch(*)
2:00 to 4:00 PM Dangai (Mudansha) Shinsa(***)
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* Meal costs are not included in the seminar fee. On-site meal costs are TBD.
** Election participation requires that the annual ECNF dues (US$20 adult; US$10 minor & full-time undergraduate & seniors [60+]) and USNF dues (US$30 adult and first-time minor; US$15 minor) be paid before the meeting. The new FY begins on 8 November 2003.
*** Dangai Shinsa Fee: Up to Nikyu, US$10; for Ikkyu, US$15; Dangai Menjo (Certificate) & Grade Registration Fee: Up to Nikyu, US$15; for Ikkyu, US$20. USNF membership required.
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Seminar Costs (Pre-registration deadline is 1 November 2003; affiliations receiving pre-registration discounts: AUSKF, CKF, CIA, CNF, ECNF, USNF):

Three Days (Fri.+Sat.+Sun.) / Single Day (Sat.) / Single Day (Fri. or Sun.):
US$90 / US$50 / US$30 - At the Door (anyone)
US$80 / US$45 / US$25 - Pre-registered (unaffiliated)
US$70 / US$40 / US$20 - Pre-registered (affiliated)

A two-day fee is the sum of the two single-day fees less US$5.

Full-time undergraduate & graduate students and seniors [60+] receive a 50% discount.

Seminar registration forms (and ECNF Liability Release Forms for non-ECNF members) are available; please send a PM if interested.

Seminar and applicable test fees are not due until the seminar; checks in US$ should be made out to: East Coast Naginata Federation.

Sincerely,
Raymond Sosnowski
ECNF Administrative Secretary, Historian and co-founder
Northern Virginia Budokai Executive Vice President

R A Sosnowski
27-09-2003, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by R A Sosnowski

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Seminar Instructors:
- Ms. Sachiko Yamauchi Prough, Kyoshi, ECNF Technical Advisor, and Dojo-cho of the NYNC (New York Naginata Club, aka Nichibukan Naginata Dojo).
- Ms. Fran Vall, Yondan, ECNF President, and Naginata Dojo-cho of NVBN.
- TBA (To Be Announced).

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TBA: Ms. Diana Payne, Yondan, RMNF President, and Dojo-cho of the Denver Naginata Dojo.

The instructors will also be the Dangai (Mudansha) Shinsa [grading] committee.

I just received confirmation of Ms. Payne's attendence; those who were at last year's event will recall that she was here for the first time then. We welcome her back, and appreciate her giving of her time and experience to help us in our practice of Naginata.

Sincerely,
Raymond Sosnowski
ECNF Administrative Secretary, Historian and co-founder
Northern Virginia Budokai Executive Vice President