The Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe performed Japanese dancing and participated at the Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, MD on April 17, 2010. See http://www.kodomodance.org for the dance troupe website. The artistic director of the Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe is Shizumi Shigeto Manale. Filming by Elissa Leif of MiniMatters, LLC (http://www.minimatters.tv). The music, "Echo of the Cherry Blossoms" was composed and performed by Joseph Jay McIntyre.