They also performed various dance covers at the NekoNeko Maid and Host Club. Check out the video they caught of their dance cover of Berryz Koubou’s ‘Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!’

We are very grateful for all the wonderful people we met there this weekend! We recieved some fantastic support and even gifts from some of our fans. We can’t express how thankful we are for each and every one of you!

We’ll have some more videos from A-kon coming soon! So keep watching for them!

For the rest of the summer the girls will be working on various projects including recording their debut single! We ask for your continued support and love!

Happy! Project table

Friday, We had a table at the Artist Alley where we sold  merchandise. We sold photo cards, member buttons, and cute bunny items. We also displayed costumes we have made and our past performances which changed daily. Giving fans a chance to see some the variety of costuming the girls wear for each performance!

Tara’s costume from Anime-Expo 2009 Hello! Party Performance

Our table was a hit and we sold out on all of our buttons and most of our photo cards by Sunday. Thank you everyone who came by and purchased items!

Saturday Happy! Project had an awesome concert! Fans and Friends were there cheering us on with glow sticks. It made it us so happy. We also made new friends with people who came to see us perform and had never attended a J-pop concert. I hope the new experience was a good one. So thank you everyone for your support!

Picture Credit to Hina Kagiyama

Morgan & Kristy backstage at the concert.

Sunday, the girls had fun at their Q&A panel answering questions from the audience and talking about all sorts of behind the scenes stories. The girls talked about where they’ve been and where they are going and where they’d like to go in the future. They had a lot of fun with the audience! A big thank you to all of you who were able to make it despite the late panel time.

Melissa sharing a story at the Happy! Project Q&A panel

We would like to also thank our staff for helping us with sound, photography, makeup and hair! Also a big thanks to Sephi from Sushicrowd who drove from San Antonio to film the concert!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this event fantastic! We had so much fun and we can’t wait to see all of you again soon!

Sad you missed the concert? Check out Sushicrowd’s filming of our comicpalooza performance!

However, we can only make this happen with your support.  Happy! Project has been completely funded by the members in the past.  All of the girls have put everything that they have, up until now, into the group for travel, rehearsals, equipment, and costumes, among other costs.  Although this is a fantastic opportunity, the group’s funds are not able to support this on it’s own.

This is where our wonderful friends and fans come in.  If you would like to help us achieve our dream of releasing our own single, we would be extremely grateful.  People who donate $50 or more will receive a special thank you with their name printed on the inside cover of our CD jacket.  Donations of $100 or more will receive a special thank you with their name printed on the inside cover of our CD jacket and a special gift.

Believe us when we say that this was an extremely difficult post to write.  Happy! Project as group has always prided ourselves on being self-funded and not ever asking for help from others.  It’s difficult for us.  However, this is so extremely important to us that we felt it was time to open up to those of you out there who  understand what we hope to accomplish!

Please remember that this is not a fast process.  The music will take awhile to be completed, then the lyrics will be arriving from Japan, a long time spent in the recording studio, the entire mixing process, and then getting the printing and details completed.  This process may take up to 6 months.
Please donate! You can donate through paypal below, or if you prefer you can send donations to our P.O. Box

Happy! Project
P.O. Box 891885
Oklahoma City, OK 73189-1885
USA

Any contribution small or big will help us. Only with your support are we able to make our dreams come true!

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The girl’s were able to meet Berryz Koubou and even got their picture taken and twittered by their management staff in the costumes they made to commemorate this event!  We are very excited and honored to have UFA management acknowledge us in that manner.

Thank you everyone for your support with our performance and making this a great experience! It was nice to see old friends and meet new friends at this event! We hope to see you all soon!

In other news, Happy! Project will be performing next month at Comicpalooza in Houston, TX on May 27-29. They will be performing a full length concert there and will also have a table with merchandise available to purchase! So come out and support us at this event! We will let you know the details of this performance as the event gets closer. No separate ticket needs to be purchased for this event, just a convention badge.

They will also be at SELECT Comic Palooza performances at the Neko Neko Maid Cafe and Host Club. We will also be announcing what performances we will be performing at as the event gets closer! This event does have an extra fee aside from the convention badge so please be aware of that. You can buy pre-sale tickets for Comicpalooza at the Neko Neko Website.

Please stay tuned to more upcoming performance news and updates!

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Melissa will be resuming her role as Neolani Mermaid in FoxMoon Production’s Mermaid Cove performance at the Norman Medieval Fair this weekend Friday April 1 through Sunday April 3rd. This event is located in Norman, Oklahoma. Come visit Melissa as Neolani Mermaid and have your picture taken with her!

At the same event, Tara will be performing with the stage combat troupe ‘ The Redland Rogues’. She will be fighting with swords and other various weapons. It is a performance based on the Scottish version of Cinderella, so be sure to check it out! There will be multiple showings of the performance every day during the April 1st – April 3rd duration of Norman Medieval Fair.

If you’re in the area, we’d love to meet you! The event is completely free! If you’d like more information on other events, check out the website here! Come and check it out and say hi!

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Melissa will also be appearing in a ‘Special K’ Cereal Advertisement! We are keeping an eye open for the ad, when we find it we will be posting it on the webpage for sure. Be sure to watch for it!

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As all the girls are active in many other projects relating to theatre, music, performing, modeling and commercial work- we will be updating with the many places you can see each girl perform individually throughout the year! Keep an eye and ear open for more news!

We’re pairing up with them to create one force, an alliance of sorts. We hope we can offer whatever assistance we can to their group in return to their assistance to us. We’re extremely happy with the friendships we’ve formed with these other groups, and we look forward to meeting many more groups that have paired with Sushicrowd Entertainment.

For the official post on the Sushicrowd website, please follow this link.

Our first stop this year will be in Seattle, WA. Happy! Project will be performing at Hello! Party 2 in honor of Berry Koubou’s attendance at Sakuracon. The event will take place on Saturday, April 23 from 8 to 11 pm . We will be closing the party up before the dancing begins. For more information on this event please visit http://party.hello-ranking.com/2011/

Other Tour dates and locations are in negotiations at the moment and will be announced as soon as that information becomes available to us. So please look forward to more tour announcements.

We’d also like to wish a Happy Birthday to our youngest and newest member, Morgan. February 19 is Morgan’s birthday and also the day that she first joined Happy! Project. So congratulations on her birthday as well as her 1st year anniversary as a Happy! Project member.

Our fall tour was a great success, SoniCon and Izumicon were a ton of fun! We really enjoyed working with both these events.

It was our first year working with SoniCon. Many things didn’t go according to plan, and there were technical difficulties, but the girls rocked it out best they could, and had a fantastic time performing. Many of the girls have said, dance wise, it was one of their strongest performances yet. The energy of the crowd was fun, and we had fun interacting with them. We would like to thank those of you who purchased merchandise at the Happy! Project table. We had fun meeting our friends and fans at our table. We were also given a panel time at SoniCon. Finding out that we had a panel, was a little surprising at first, and we weren’t sure to talk about. We had so much fun laughing, and sharing stories with all of our panel attendees. We truly hope that each of you had as fantastic experience as we did. We have so many fond memories because of you! Thank you so much!

It was our third year at Izumicon! The girls were contemplating on that and thinking how fast time has flown by! As usual, we had a fun time at Izumicon. Our schedule only allowed us to be in attendance for the day of our concert, however we tried to make the most out of that day! We met many great new friends, and did some interviews for Lotus Comics and Sephi: The Wonder Shounen. We want to thank them, as well as our long time friends and fans, that have supported us since our first performance there in 2007. The concert was a success, and we had so much fun! The girls were a little surprised upon finding the stage to be smaller than expected, but rocked out regardless! We’d also like to extend our thanks to those of you who purchased merchandise at this event as well!

In closing, thank you to all the events that were gracious and welcoming, inviting us to perform at your event. It was a pleasure working with all of you this year, Animeland Wasabi, SoniCon, Izumicon. A big thank you to Robert Thompson & Neil Dronet photography. And thank you to NekoNeko Maid and Hostess Club, we loved working with you guys this year!

We look forward to 2011, we know with your continued support, we can make 2011, the best year yet!!

Love Always,

The Happy! Project Girls

Fall 2010 Sakura no Yume Tour Set list

1. SONGS
2. 私の未来のだんな様/Watashi no Mirai no Dannasama [My Future Husband]
3. 友達は友達なんだ/Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda [A friend is a friend!]
4. MC [All]
5. 大人になるって難しい [Becoming an Adult is Difficult]
6. 夢見る15 [A Dreaming 15 year old]
7. ３，２，１ Breakin’ Out！
8. MC [Melissa & Tara]
9. 僕らの輝き (Kristy & Morgan) [Our Radiance]
10. なんちゃって恋愛 [Fake Love]
11. しょうがない夢追い日と [Hopeless Dream Chaser]
12. Happy15

The parade will take place on October 23 in Oklahaoma City, Oklahoma.

For more information on the parade, please check out the website here!