Vietnam – US art exchange: Simple but splendid

A Vietnam – US art exchange program was held by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism at 2-4 Square in Nha Trang on June 10.

The program is in the framework of Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013, featuring the performance of the jazz quintet Five Play from the US. They include five female members: Sherrie Maricle (drums), Tomoko Ohno (piano), Noriko Ueda (bass), Jami Dauber (trumpet) and Janelle Reichman (saxophone and clarinet).

The Five Play jazz quintet has performed in many prestigious concerts, at universities and jazz clubs across the US, including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and also at major festivals in many countries such as Israel, Japan, France, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

From Vietnam, the Hai Dang musical band in Khanh Hoa province performed a dance drama “Legend of Po Ina Nagar” with the participation of 100 actors and actresses.

Image of the Po Ina Nagar, the Goddess of the country who is called Thien Y Thanh Mau in Vietnamese, was presented at the art exchange

The members of the Five Play jazz quintet performed

Janelle Reichman (left) performed on saxophone and clarinet

With lively scenes of time since the creation of the world, the Thien Y Thanh Mau image was created by the cluster of clouds and sea spray

As legend has it, Thien Y Thanh Mau taught locals how to do farming, weaving and knitting, along with several other vocations to fend for  themselves, and safeguarded them from calamities and wars

Image of the sea creature resources in Khanh Hoa coastal area

An US spectator concentrates on the art program