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Hamsadhwani renews its
warm greetings to musicians, dancers and patrons of our Carnatic system
living abroad.
HAMSADHWANI plans to hold
its 13th NRI Annual Festival of music and dance concerts in December 2007 in
the usual grand scale.
Beginning with 4 music
concerts 12 years ago, the program has now expanded in numbers as well as in
content as we have added dance performance (including ballet). Over 50 NRI
musicians/dancers/artists from US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Oman,
Dubai, Kenya, Thailand and the UK have had the opportunity to exhibit their
talent and enthrall the audience last year in 2006. The series is most
expensive to us as we meet the costs entirely from our own resources. We do
not mind the financial burden because we offer happiness to you NRIs, who work
hard on your music/dance amidst the job pressures abroad. We appreciate that
you spend enormous amounts of money to come to India and the least we can do
is to provide you a platform. We function in total transparency.
The only thing we expect
of you is that you become a patron member (a one time payment obviously). NRI
artistes who have performed for us in the previous years and are already our
patron members are not required to make any contribution unless it is
voluntary and spontaneous as a donation. Our experience is that NRI musicians
abroad respond to our request with enthusiasm. Our remuneration is on par with
what we do for our Indian artistes here. The festival has brought us immense
satisfaction and earned us a distinctive reputation here in India and abroad
as well.
We appeal to NRIs who are
planning to visit Chennai during this December 2007 to communicate to us the
duration of your stay here and the days you are available so that we can
schedule your program. Musicians and dancers of merit, who have not performed
in our series so far, are also welcome to respond, enclosing their biodata
with information on your sruthi.
To keep in close touch
with the Hamsadhwani family living abroad the Hamsadhwani International
Chapter is being started. A “Hamsadhwani” website will be shortly inaugurated
to communicate effectively and network with the NRI’s. A request to you is
made hereby to use your good offices with your NRI relatives and to join the
Hamsadhwani International chapter as members.
Kindly respond by email
latest by August 15, 2007 to help us scheduling the program by Sept / Oct
2006.
Contact: Hamsadhwani, No:
2, Eighth Lane, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020. Email:
hamsadhwani@vsnl.net .
Kindly mark a copy of your
responses to
goparna@yahoo.com and
kalyanamsundaram936@hotmail.com
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