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To kick-off this year's festival season of Navratri, Dussera and Diwali, HSNC is organizing a Pre-Navratri Garba program in the cultural hall this Saturday October 6th from 8:30 PM. Music by the well known Sargram group. Entry fee is $5 and snack food will be available at Nominal charges.
HSNC is planning a Diwali Mela on Saturday Nov 10, 2007 with fun, cultural programs and food.
If you want to participate in the Cultural Program please contact Vibha Goel at 461-0001 as soon as possible as she is finalizing the items for the program.
For information on stalls and other topics contact Dr Dhruv Kumar at 554-9689
Hindi Vikas Mandal,
Hindu Society of North Carolina and
Appx. 20 more Indian Associations in Triangle Area
present
Indian Gala with exhibitions, food, jewelery, cultural shows and more
to celebrate
60th Anniversary of India's Independence
No Admission Charge
Food at nominal charges
When - Sunday August 19th
Schedule -
9:00 AM - Assemble at Gamma Building on Aviation Parkway, Morrisville
9:45 AM - Parade from Gamma Building to Hindu Bhavan
10:00 AM - Outdoor program and India and US flags hosting
11:00 AM - Cultural program
Call Mrs. Saroj Sharma at 919 851 0225 or any of HSNC board members for more details
After a year of gap, "Indian Ocean" band is giving their performance
at Hindu Society Cultural Hall. Their music touches your senses and
soul with very different kind of music not heard in everyday life.
From Rock to Raga, Aramaic Hymns to Jazz, Indian Ocean transcends
boundaries with their music - incorporating Sufism, Shlokas,
Environmentalism, Mythology and Revolution, addressing War and Politics
with a message of Love. Indian Ocean has performed over 250 concerts
all over the world.
The band is at its best playing live and they feel most at home on stage.
Listen to their songs at:
www.indianoceanmusic.com
Venue:
Place: Cultural Hall – Hindu Society (309 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC)
Date: August 4th 2007
Time: 8 - 10 pm
Food: At Nominal charge 6 –8 pm
Price: First 2 rows for Sponsors ($50.00 and above)
Rest of the Rows:
Adults: $20.00;Students (with ID)/Youths (3-18)/Seniors: $15.00
For Further Information, contact:
G D Sharma (919-851-0225), Sunil Jain (919-468-4318), Rashmi
Patel(919-460-6464); Smita Shah (919-468-0688), Manoj Misra
(919-363-8292), Rashmi Mehta (919-870-0597)
Town of Morrisville is organizing a cricket camp for kids (ages 8 - 12). Resident registration starts - May 1,2007. Non resident registration starts - May 15, 2007 (space permitting). Fee - $35 for Residents and $44 for non-residents.Practice games will be held at Shiloh Park starting early June. For more details, please see this flyer.
HSNC will be organizing a 2 session summer camp - one from June 11 - 15th and another from August 13th - 17th. These are M - F full day camps for kids ages 5 - 12. Forms can be found at the HSNC website. You can also register in
person from 10 am - 12noon at the Hindu Bhavan cultural the next few
weekends. The camp will include activities like Yoga, Slokas, Indian culture,
religion, Indian geography and games.
Asha Bhosle, Kailash Kher, Kunal Ganjawala concert in Raleigh
LiveSpectrum brings you another super live concert - "Incredibles". Asha Bhosle, Kailash Kher and Kunal Ganjawala. Concert is on June 15th at RBC Center from 8:30 pm. Check their website for more details: LiveSpectrum
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