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The Tamada gives the Supra its order.
He raises the next toast. He listens to the room. He knows when to draw someone in, when to let a story breathe, when to bring the table back together, and when the moment has come to move forward.
It takes memory, judgment, attention, humor, courage, and practice.
At his best, the Tamada helps a room of separate people become one table.
First Things Foundation has spent years learning that good work grows from relationship. People become known to one another. Trust deepens. Responsibility follows. Good things can begin between people who are no longer strangers.
American Supra brings that same conviction home to the table.
The Tamada is one of the people entrusted with tending that work.
A place to keep growing
We are building a home for people who want to become Tamadas and for seasoned Tamadas who want to keep growing in the craft.
A place to learn, practice, gather, and carry more Supras into the places you already love.
Art of Tamada (opens a new tab) has brought Tamadas together in person for teaching, conversation, and practice. In the Vineyard, that world will continue online through formation, education, reflection, resources, and a path that keeps leading back to real tables.
Learn from people who have led tables for years. Share what happened at your own. Ask questions. Trade stories. Help form the people coming behind you.
Use practical tools to gather people, help Hosts, organize Supras, and bring this tradition into homes, churches, restaurants, retreats, and communities.
Already gathering people and hosting Supras in your own place? American Supra is also growing a network of Table Partners who want to help more tables take root where they live.
From your first table to your hundredth, the Vineyard will give Tamadas a place to keep learning, keep serving, and keep going deeper.
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If you want to learn the craft of the Tamada, or keep growing in it, we want to know you.
You learn this craft around real tables. Art of Tamada brings teaching, practice, music, and Supra together in person.
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