JAAPPAANN-AMMEERRIICCAA SOO CCIIEETTYY OOFF GEEOORRGGIIAA J -A S G ジジョョーージジアア 日日米米協協会会 22001177 AANNNNUUAALL DDIINNNNEERR GGAALLAA CCHHEERROOKKEEEE TT OOWWNN CCLLUUBB JJUUNNEE 88 ,, 22001177 Airline Sponsor Benefactor Sponsors Partner Sponsors Entertainment Sponsor Supporter Sponsors & Contributors JapanAmerica, Inc., Washi Accents Gold Members Aflac The Coca-Cola Company Delta Air Lines TOTO USA YKK Corporation of America Silver Members Alston & Bird Daikin Applied Americas Deloitte Ernst & Young Eversheds Sutherland Georgia Department of Economic Development Georgia Power Company Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton KPMG Marsh USA Murata Electronics North America Toyo Tire North America Toyota Forklifts of Atlanta Corporate Tables Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Aon Risk Solutions, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, King’s Hawaiian The JASG also thanks contributions from: Aflac, The Coca-Cola Company, TOTO USA, YKK Corporation of America, Eversheds Sutherland, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Power Company, Toyo Tire North America 2017 Annual Dinner Gala Reception & Silent Auction ▪ Seared Tuna with Sweet Soy Glaze ▪ Sesame Chicken with Kalbi Sauce ▪ Tomato and Mozzarella with Basil Pesto Welcome & Introduction Robert Johnson Executive Director William Strang Vice Chairman Toast by the Consulate General Tomoko Ohyama of Japan Consul Dinner ▪ Braised Short Rib of Beef and Red Snapper with Lemon Parsley Dust, Served with Whipped Potato Puree, Jumbo Asparagus, and Baby Carrot, Finished with Cabernet Au Jus After Dinner Entertainment Senri Oe Jazz Pianist/Composer Door Prize Drawing Yoshi Domoto Executive Director Closing Remarks Robert Johnson Chairman Cherokee Town Club This year, the Society is proud to hold its Annual Dinner at the Cherokee Town Club. Chartered in 1956, the Cherokee Town Club recognized as one of America’s premier private clubs with a membership by invitation only. Cherokee held its first general business meeting on January 31, 1956, at the old Erlanger Theater, originally an opera house built in the 1920s on Peachtree Street near North Avenue. On October 13, 1956, members were able to hold their first official social function, a brunch, preceding a Georgia Tech football game, in the building known today as the “Town Club.” Their first formal dinner dance took place on December 8, 1956, in the original ballroom of the Grant Estate, now the Town Club’s expansive Main Lounge. The Cherokee Town Club has undergone several major expansions over the years, the last being in 2008/2009 which added another 25,000 square feet to the existing building. Cherokee, in 1997, was named the “very best private country club” in America in an inaugural poll of thousands of leaders in private club management. Cherokee was honored by the Club Leaders Forum by earning this mark of distinction in 2000, 2003, 2006, and again in March of 2009. The excellence of Cherokee’s facilities, combined with its commitment to the highest standards in dining and member services along with their long standing tradition of southern hospitality, has brought the club an extraordinary number of honors and awards throughout the years. Senri Oe A New York Resident for the past decade, Senri Oe is making a name for himself as an innovative, engaged and highly creative member of the jazz community. Though he has proved his skill as a songwriter, pianist, singer and more, he prefers to describe himself as a jazz musician who loves to write music as well as perform on piano. In the four jazz albums Senri has released as a leader since 2012, he’s shown himsef to be versatile and adventurous, exploring different facets of jazz with each CD. From a two-horn quintet (Boys Mature Slow, His 2012 Stateside Debut) to a full big band (2013’s Spooky Hotel) to a straight- ahead trio (Collective Scribble, 2015) to a vocal showcase (2016’s Answer July, featuring the likes of Sheila Jordan, Theo Bleckmann, Becca Stevens and Lauren Kinham of New York Voices), Senri makes it clear he’s comfortable in a variety of configurations. The albums have been well-received in both the U.S. and Senri’s native Japan, earning glowing reviews in jazz magazine and on blogs. As for what fresh recordings, listeners will have to wait till later this year to find out. 1983 年にシンガーソングライターとしてエピックソニーからデビュー。2007 年末までに４ ５枚のシングルと１８枚のオリジナルアルバムを発表。アルバム「１２３４」で日本ゴール ドデイスク男性ポップアーテイスト賞受賞。作詞作曲として FNS 歌謡祭で光ゲンジに書いた 「太陽がいっぱい」で 最優秀楽曲賞受賞。自身の作品として「格好悪いふられ方」「ありが とう」「夏の決心（ポンキッキーズへの書き下ろし）など。作家としては松田聖子「PEARL WHITE EVE」「雛菊の地平線」「凍った息」渡辺美里「10YEARS」「すき」「夏が来 た！」安田姉妹「この地球のどこかで」（ドラえもん映画「のび太の太陽王伝説」エンデイ ングテーマ）郷ひろみ「COOL」など。サンリオピューロランドミュージカル「ビリーブ」 テーマ曲「ココロをつなぐリズム」作詞作曲編曲。音楽活動のほかにも、俳優として映画や テレビドラマに出演。また NHK 「TOP RUNNER 」の MC、ラジオ番組のパーソナリテイ、 エッセイや小説も執筆。角川書店「僕の家」はロングセラーとなる。2008 年日本国内の音 楽活動に一区切りをつけ、ジャズピアニストを目指し NY へ。THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC へ入学しジャズピアノを専攻。AARON GOLDBERG や JUINIOR MANCE などのピアニストに師事。2012 年卒業。自身が NY に設立したレーベ ル、PND REOCRDS & MUSIC PUBLISHING から、ジャズピアニストとしてのデビュー作 「BOYS MATURE SLOW」を 7/31/2012 に全米発売。翌年に２枚目の「SPOOKY HOTEL」 (9/6/2013)を発売。日本のデイストリビューションは SONY, VILLAGE MUSIC。両アルバム ともに NY のジャズ誌で取り上げられ話題となる。日本では BILLBORD JAPAN JAZZ CHARTS でともに一位を獲得。「BOYS MATURE SLOW」は雑誌ジャズジャパン（元スイン グジャーナル誌）主催の NISSAN PRESENTS " JAZZ JAPAN " AWARDS 2012 で THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR:NEW STAR を受賞。 THE JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF GEORGIA SILENT AUCTION AND DOOR PRIZE DONORS ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF AFLAC GEORGIA APTO GLOBAL COMMUNITY JC PLASTIC SURGERY ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN KAJIMA BUILDING & DESIGN ATLANTA BRAVES GROUP ATLANTA DREAM KAZUMI & FORREST LEEDY ATLANTA EVERGREEN MARRIOTT LANDMARK THEATRES CONFERENCE RESORT MEDIEVAL TIMES ATLANTA FALCONS MERRILY BAIRD ATLANTA HAWKS MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER NAKATO JAPANESE RESTAURANT ATLANTA MOVIE TOURS NEW YORK PRIME A STEAKHOUSE ATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER PARK TAVERN ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY REGENCY FINE ARTS & FRAME ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE TAVERN SACHIKO KOGURE ORIGAMI ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SAKE STORY BIGLER ESL SEIGAKUIN ATLANTA INT’L SCHOOL BRADFORD SHERATON ATLANTA PERIMETER CARTER CENTER NORTH CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS STONE MOUNTAIN PARK CHATEAU ELAN WINERY & RESORT STONEWALL CREEK VINEYARDS COCA-COLA SUNO DESSERT COSTCO TAKA SUSHI & PASSION CRANE CREEK VINEYARDS THOMAS FALLON PHOTOGRAPHY DAVIO'S ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE TIGER MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS DELTA AIR LINES TOMO JAPANESE RESTAURANT FOUR SEASONS HOTEL ATLANTA TOTO USA GREATER HALL CHAMBER OF UMI RESTAURANT COMMERCE VALOR HOSPITALITY GREATER ROME CHAMBER OF WAGAYA JAPANESE RESTAURANT COMMERCE WESTIN BUCKHEAD ATLANTA HIGH MUSEUM OF ART WILD ANIMAL SAFARI HOTEL INDIGO ATLANTA VININGS # DONOR DESCRIPTION ATLANTA HISTORY PACKAGE: FAMILY PASS TO THE ATLANTA ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER HISTORY CENTER (2 ADULTS AND UP TO 4 CHILDREN | EXPIRES 1 & ATLANTA PRESERVATION JUNE 2018) & 2 VIP ADMISSION PASSES TO A REGULARY CENTER SCHEDULED GUIDED ATLANTA PRESERVATON CENTER TOUR ATLANTA BOTANICAL 4 GUEST PASSES TO THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN 2 GARDEN (EXPIRES 6/9/2019) 2 LOWER-LEVEL SEATS TO A NON-MARQUEE 2017-2018 ATLANTA 3 ATLANTA HAWKS HAWKS GAME ATLANTA FILM & MOVIE PACKAGE: 2 TICKETS TO ANY MOVIE/TELEVSION LOCATION TOUR PRESENTED BY ATLANTA ATLANTA MOVIE TOURS & 4 MOVIE TOURS (NO EXPIRATION BUT RESERVATION REQUIRED) LANDMARK THEATRES & 4 VIP GUEST PASSES TO A FILM SHOWING AT THE LANDMARK THEATRE (EXPIRES 12/31/2017) ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE 2 VIP PASSES TO ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE TAVERN (EXPIRES 5 TAVERN 6/9/2018) 2 TICKETS FROM A CHOICE OF PRE-SELECTED PERFORMANCES ATLANTA SYMPHONY 6 BY THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DURING THE 2017- ORCHESTRA 2018 CLASSICAL SEASON CENTER OF PUPPERTY 7 4 TICKETS TO ANY FAMILY SERIES PERFORMANCE (5/30/2018) ARTS ATLANTA MUSEUM PACKAGE: 4 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART 8 TO THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART (NO EXPIRATION) & 4 ADMISSION & DELTA FLIGHT MUSEUM TICKETS TO DELTA FLIGHT MUSEUM (EXPIRES 6/30/2018) THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART ATLANTA ART PACKAGE: 4 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS TO 9 & MICHAEL C. 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