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Recipients of the Tai Hei Shakuhachi Scholarship honoring the memory of master craftsman Masuda Shuho and Steve Shinraku Buchbinder have been selected. My sincere apologies for the delay in making this announcement. Since December, I have been dealing with a death in my family that has taken up much of my time and energy.

Once again, it was a challenge for Kayo and I to chose from amongst all of the worthy individuals who applied. Each and every one of you deserve recognition for your hard work and dedication to shakuhachi.

This year, thanks to several generous contributions to the scholarship fund, we were able to give out $1,750 in cash awards as well as two non-cash awards.

Recipients of the 2008 Shakuhachi Scholarships are:

Peter Spring for the The Steven Spring Foundation - New Orleans, LA ($500 + Shakuhachi Flute & Accessories)
Brian Yee - Santa Fe, NM ($500)
John Kypros - New York, NY ($500)
I Made Widana - Pegosekan, Bali Indonesia ($250 + Shakuhachi Flute & Accessories)

We wish to thank all the applicants, their teachers and others providing letters of recommendation and supporting documents as well as contributors to this this year's scholarship fund. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

More information about the recipients:
http://www.shakuhachi.com/TOC-Scholarship.html
http://www.shakuhachi.com/M-ScholarshipRecips-2008.html

Sincerely,

Monty & Kayo Levenson

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Monty H. Levenson
Tai Hei Shakuhachi Flutes
monty@shakuhachi.com
http://www.shakuhachi.com