Every year, Okisho has an "open campus" event in order to attract new students to the school for the upcoming school year. It reminds me in some ways of the OCSI Carnival, but it's a little more Japanese in its nature. Each class gets a chance to do some sort of fundraiser... not for the school's sake but for the class to have a little party afterwards. Some classes sold various "festival foods" (snow cones, yakisoba, etc.), others performed dances, and many of them converted their classrooms into haunted houses. Also, various clubs put up booths, sold "specialty foods", and displayed pictures/videos of their club's activities. Two days before the actual open house, we had something called 前夜祭 (zenyasai - pre-event festival). It's sort of a pep-rally kind of event where different students put on performances ranging from dance to stand-up comedy to mini-musicals. It was so much fun! The school headmaster came out and played the harmonica, while his son, the assistant headmaster, played drums in a jazz quartet. They only practiced twice (so they said) but they sounded amazing! All in all, it was an incredible weekend! Below is a picture of me and one of my faves, Arisa.
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