<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/celebrating-f-m-japanese-language-program-with-dance-and-drum.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>04/01/2019</pubDate><title>Celebrating F&amp;M Japanese Language Program with Dance and			                  Drum</title><description>To celebrate this year's 25th anniversary of the Japanese language program at Franklin &amp; Marshall College, world-renowned Tamagawa University Dance and Taiko Group will perform for the first time on campus. "They are stunningly beautiful performers," said Kumi Omoto, assistant director and associate teaching professor of the Japanese language program. "They are university students, but they are a semiprofessional group."</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/32315651960198700-sakura-matsuri-japanese-festival-dc-2012-7091095187.0.41.1280.771.full.jpg" alt="Every spring since 2003, the group has performed at venues in New York, Boston, Washington D.C. (for the National Cherry Blossom Festival), and Philadelphia as well as colleges such as Swarthmore and Haverford."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Japanese Language</tag><tag>Music</tag></tags></item>