St. Louis Osuwa Taiko energized festival crowds in the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, Springfield, MO at the 2009 Japanese Fall Festival with dramatic performances of Japanese drumming and creative choreography.

Performing together for the first time again after seven years, this local group of balladeers presents an Irish concert for the benefit of the cultural exchange program of Springfield Sister Cities Association recorded in HD at historic Lindberg’s on Commercial Street.

Video of Paco Padilla, John Price, and Bob Jones performing “Dona Mariquita” also known as “Eleanor Rigby” at the Springfield Sister Cities 2010 Annual Meeting.

If you missed the lady mariachis playing violins, trumpet and bass guitar as they marched down the center of ArtsFest on historic Walnut Street, you can watch the video here…

A Sister Cities Delegation traveling in February from Springfield, Missouri visits Daiichi Junior High School and receives a warm welcome. Watch the video to see a wide range of club activities…

At ArtsFiesta! which was held this year at ArtsFest on Historic Walnut Street, musical performances by Mariachi Femenil Nuevo Tecalitlan were alternated with a variety of colorful dances by Springfield’s Grupo Latino…

Violins and voices singing, toes tapping — Tlaquepaque’s Mariachi Femenil Nuevo Tecalitlan sound sweet in this video taped at ArtsFest at their noon performance.

A Sister Cities Delegation from Springfield, Missouri visits Dalichi Junior High School and receives a warm welcome including this surprise impromptu performance by the Dalichi JHS Band.

Sometimes taking the perfect group photo is more of an art than science – especially if you have to be in it and can’t see through the viewfinder.