Cherry Blossom Jamboree

Welcome the arrival of the Cherry Blossoms. Come in your best florals!

• See Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line and join a Spotlight Talk with a Phillips Educator
• Be greeted with traditional Japanese taiko drumming by Mark Rooney
• Vocalist Taisha Estrada performs in the Music Room
• Make crepe-paper cherry blossom hair pins and brooches
• Get into the spring spirit with cherry blossom–inspired face painting by Jolie Faces!
• Rock out to Old Skool Jamz karaoke with Dwayne Lawson-Brown
• Enjoy beer and wine including the Zen Zinger sake cocktail or a Cherry Tart mocktail
• Try a samples from Sake ONO in the Vradenburg Shop
• Bread Furst will be serving wine, beer, Cherry Blossom Ricky, and Sakura Spritz in the café, along with pupusas in the Phillips House
• Member Appreciation Days: Members and non-members are invited to visit the membership table in the Welcome Gallery for a chance to win giveaways! All members receive 20% off in the Vradenberg Shop.

About Taisha Estrada

Rooted in the traditions of Latin and American jazz, with an innovative, post-genre sound, Puerto Rican vocalist Taisha Estrada is a compelling songwriter and storyteller. Taisha engages audiences through her lyrics and dynamic stage performance. Her musical projects have been featured in the Washington Post and NPR’s Tiny Desk opening show, and she has headlined at such venues as the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and Blues Alley.

About Mark Rooney

Mark H Rooney—“the world’s most dangerous half-Japanese/half-Scottish solo improvisational taiko artist”—has been studying, performing, and teaching taiko for the past 25 years in the US, Japan, and Europe. He was the Artistic Director of Odaiko New England, the founding instructor for Wesleyan University’s taiko program, and a touring member of Taikoza. Mark has collaborated with a wide variety of artists and groups including Tiger Okoshi, Opera unMet, UpRooted Dance, Arts on the Horizon, and ilyAIMY. He now lives in the Washington, DC, area, continuing with his mission: “taiko for all people at all levels.”

IMAGE: Alphonse Mucha, Rêverie, 1897–98, Color lithograph, 28 5/8 x 21 3/4 in., Collection of the Mucha Trust © Mucha Trust 2025