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Nanae - Concord
Concord's Town Meeting vote to formalize its relationship with Nanae, and the Concord-Carlisle High School's decision to send its Concert Band to Hokkaido, are the culmination of many years of involvement with Hokkaido and Nanae. The following is a description of Nanae, and an outline of the activities of the Town of Concord, its citizens group, the Concord Public Schools, and the Concord-Carlisle High School.
Nanae is a town of 23,773 located a short distance from the major city of Hakodate in Southwestern Hokkaido. Its main industry is agriculture. It is a portion of the Hakodate Technopolis Project which aims at developing a "brain intensive" industrial park. The town owns the Onuma Quasi National Park. Mr. Horace Capron, the American who oversaw the settlement of Hokkaido in the 1870's, build a plantation there.
Hokkaido-Nanae - Concord Contacts
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1989:
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46 students, parents and teachers have home stay with the Concord-Carlisle High School and Concord Academy.
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1992:
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Concord Minutemen serve at opening ceremony of Hokkaido Week.
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1992
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Governor Yokomichi and delegation tour Concord, see former home of William Wheeler, and attend potluck supper at the Concord Museum.
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1993:
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Nanae sends a delegation of thirteen to Concord, including their mayor and superintendent of schools, to discuss the possibility of a sister-city relationship with Concord.
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1994:
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Thoreau School sends videotape, artwork, and artifacts to Onuma Elementary School in Nanae.
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1994:
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Nanae sends delegation of four to Concord, brings artwork and other gifts to Thoreau School.
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1995:
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Seven Concord citizens, including two educators, visit Nanae after attending Massachusetts-Hokkaido Sister State Fifth Anniversary Celebration in Sapporo. Meet Concord-Nanae Network and bring gifts from Concord Public Schools to Nanae schools to further the sister school relationships.
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1995:
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Nanae sends five middle school students, a teacher and the school superintendent to the Concord Middle School for a four-day exchange and home stay. Articles brought to Thoreau and Willard School.
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1995:
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Concord-Carlisle hosts five Hokkaido students and two Sapporo parents association members for four-day home stay as part of larger Hokkaido visit to Massachusetts.
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1995:
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Ms. Lehn's Willard School class sends Haiku to Togeshita School.
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1995:
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Tom Curtin wins first place in Massachusetts Community Television Contest--educational, instructional, community volunteer category for "Hokkaido Pioneers"
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1996:
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Nanae builds snow sculpture of Concord Public Library for Winter Snow Festival.
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1996:
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Ms. Dillon's Willard School class sends scrapbook and videotape of classroom, and its trip to Town Forest, to Togeshita School.
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1996:
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Nanae hosts Ms. Alias (CA'96) and Ms. Bratzler (CCHS'98).
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1996:
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Concord Nanae Network (Concord Citizen Friends Group) hosts five Nanae women for three-day home stay.
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1996:
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Concord Public Schools hosts five Nanae middle school students, one teacher, an interpreter, and a town government official for four days.
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1996:
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Concord Public Library displays "Hokkaido Pioneers", a photo exhibit featuring William Wheeler's Hokkaido photos from the 1870's.
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1997:
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Concord-Carlisle High School Art Gallery displays "Hokkaido Pioneers", a photo exhibit featuring William Wheeler's Hokkaido photos from the 1870's.
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1997:
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Concord Town Meeting votes to formalize sister-city relationship with Nanae Town.
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1997:
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Dr. Robert Furey, Concord-Carlisle High School Social Studies Department Chairman, and Ms. Hanet Furey attend week-long Pacific Educational Conference organized by the Federation of Hokkaido Senior High School Parent-Teachers' Associations.
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1997:
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Nanae sends five middle school students, two high school students, a teacher, an interpreter, a town official, and a citizen for five days.
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1997:
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Concord delegation goes to Nanae for signing ceremony of the Concord-Nanae sister-city agreement.
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