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May 8, 2014 • mccsokinawa.com
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ead up north on May 17 and 18 to spend time at Schwab Festival on one of the most beautiful Marine Corps camps on Okinawa. Along with fantastic beaches and scenery there will be fun and activities for everyone to enjoy. You can try your hand at a variety of game booths, sample some delicious Okinawan and American foods, and kids can play to their heart’s content at KiddieLand. The main attraction at Schwab Festival, however,
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is the entertainment lineup. In addition to a day filled with a variety of local acts, rock bands Eve 6 and Blind Melon will be headlining this year’s festival. Eve6 will be performing on May 17, and Blind Melon will be performing on May 18. Both bands are set to hit the stage at 8:15 p.m. For more information and a full entertainment schedule, visit mccsokinawa.com/entertainment, find us on Facebook or call 098-970-5821.
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ou may have seen those plastic food replicas in display cases of restaurants. Each plastic food dish is created by a plastic food artisan with secret techniques and ingredients used in each of their craft. Much like master chefs, artists who make faux food attend school for a number of years to learn the craft. The kitchens look like those in any other culinary institute, but it’s the ingredients that are quite different. Instead of noodles and cheese sauce, artisans are working with silicon or wax. Kitchen paring knives and other utensils are used to give chopped ingredients authentic lines. The food replicas are expensive since orders are custom designed to each restaurant. Simple items range from $30 to $40 per piece. A piece of sushi can cost $70. The displays must be updated with menu changes, or about every five years as sunlight will damage the replicas and fade their colors.
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