Moreen, Ye Lin, Kate and Nicole, dressed in kimono.

Kat and Kate, ready to party.

Sam and his host family

Megan, Jody and Wakey

Ozgur and his host family

Jody, Rio, Sarah and Astri

Doug and Gil arrive.

Professor Sparling, AKP RD, and Professor Rohlich, AKP Chair, greet everyone at the entrance.

Sam and Astri

Brian finds his name tag.

Satake-san joins Sparling Sensei in greeting AKP guests.

Astri, Rio and Sarah show off their lovely obis.

Professor Rohlich gives a welcome speech to start the party.

Sparling Sensei gives her welcome as well.

Mr. Ota speaks on behalf of host families.

Stephen speaks on behalf of the students.

The fearless MCs, Rob and Nicole get ready to begin the festivities.

Amy and her host family.

Megan and her host family.

The New Year's Party scene, held at Kyoto Tower Hotel.

Brian and his host brother find the food delicious!

The entertainment begins with Shannon and Grace singing.

Then Dan and Andy amaze the crowd with their juggling skills.

Rob and Rosalinda perform a Latin dance for the guests.

Kat and Kate play koto with Shasha on shamisen.

Lily performs on the shakuhachi.

Then the students performed a skit loosely based on two contemporary Japanese phenomena. The first part is based on "Fuyu no Sonata" a wildly popular Korean drama.

Tom plays the character Yon-san. Doug is the narrator/musical accompaniment.

Amy and Lily fawn over Yon-san, the handsome young man in the scarf.

As you can tell from the audience reactions, it was a great show.

The second part of the show was based on "Matsuken Samba".

Brian played the role of Matsudaira Ken.

The show brought down the house, even the MCs couldn't keep a straight face!

Brian and his entourage, which included a host family member!

Spring faculty members Terry MacDougall (L) and Cynthia Atherton (R) and Cynthia's son Nick, enjoy dinner.

Spring Faculty members, Naoko Nemoto and Beverly Nagel

Japanese faculty members, Omoto Sensei, Ito Sensei and Oyama Sensei

Erica, Judy and Moreen with family members

In kimono: Astri, Rio, Ye Lin and Sarah. In back, Rosalinda, Kerry, Sachiyo, Stephen and Kat.

As other guests leave, Kerry, Sachiyo, Astri and Rosalinda can't quite give up the spotlight.

The Middlebury students pause for a photo: Moreen, Nicole, Sasha, Judy and Stephen.

Watanabe-san, Dorie (an 03-04 AKPer) and Satake-san