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Kagyu Samye Dzong London NewsDecember 2003 |
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1 - Tabla Concert by Pandit Sharda Sahai Saturday 6th December, 7.00 pm. Limited space - booking essential! This is a unique opporunity to hear music performed by one of the world's greatest Indian classical musicians. The head of the Benares Ghavana School, Shardaji's reputation as a tabla maestro in India and the West is unmatched. He has performed at all of the major music conferences and festivals in India and with every master of North Indian classical music, including Ravi Shankar. He has held appointments at some of the world's most prestigious universities and presently lives in the UK, teaching at Oxford and Leeds. Shardaji's performances are truly spellbinding, so this is an event not to be missed. Please book in advance. Suggested donation is £25, concessions £20. Payments can be made to the Samye Dzong office by cash, cheque, Switch, Visa or Mastercard. Payments can be taken over the phone on 020-7928 5447. |
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2 - Property update Lama Zangmo returned from Spain recently where she saw Lama Yeshe, who is encouraging us all to have faith and continue looking in the 3 cicles indicated by H.H. Karmapa. So far, still, nothing definite has come up. The Landsdowne Club on Mare Street unfortunately sold before we were able to make a fast track application to National Heritage. But it is important to remember that the market moves quickly and that there is always the possibility of something new turning up in an area already covered. In the meantime we have re-measured the Samye Dzong building and established some more precise figures. An updated building description is available from the office and soon also on the Samye Dzong website. It emerged that the building is actually slightly smaller than originally estimated, it is 9,500 sq.ft. rather than 10,000 sq.ft. Having measured individual rooms we have concluded that the centre could run in a smaller building (minimum 6,000 sq.ft.). This could work if, for example, we combined the tea rooms and library into one and had less dormitory space, or ran some workshops in the shrine room. So for anybody who is in contact with estate agents, we are now asking for a building size of approximately 6,000 to 10,000 sq. ft., in a price bracket between £700,000 and £1,000,000. Also it may be helpful to give agents the postcodes for the relevant areas, remembering that in some cases only a part of the post code area is within the circle. The post codes are:
I am sure everybody is going to be very busy in the weeks coming up to Christmas, but if you want to escape the shopping madness and join the search, please contact the co-ordinators: Victoria - Marilena Hettema Bethnal
Green - James Roe Greenwich - Jhinpa Ramos-Gonzales You can also contact James and Alex on: 020 7928 0401 or jperry11@btinternet.com. Together with Marilena we are co-ordinating the various efforts of searching for a new building. Finally a warm thanks to all those who have helped in various ways so far, and keep up the good work!! Alex |
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3 - Festive Charity Fair raises over £4,000 In "A song of the weather", Flanders and Swann sang "Dark November brings the fog..." Well the Festive Charity Fair didn't suffer from fog - but rain? Our prayers for fine sunny weather appeared to fall somewhat short as, on Saturday 22nd November, the clouds gathered and the heavens opened! Despite this, over £4,000 was raised. A precise figure can't be given as, even at this stage, money is still trickling in, but the £4,000 mark has now been passed. We would like to offer a great big thank you to all those who were able to pitch in and help one way or another: donors of gifts, prizes, toys, CDs, DVDs, games, clothes, food, those who cooked and baked, who helped prepare, copy and distribute leaflets and posters in the days and weeks beforehand, those who loaned stalls and equipment to run them, those who wrapped prizes and helped decorate the Centre, those who helped clear up afterwards - and if you helped and aren't in any of these categories you have our thanks too. And of course biggest thanks of all to the two people who took on the task of organising and co-ordinating the event in the first place - Annie Finlayson and Sheena King. If anybody would like to find out how hard they really worked, feel free to organise the next one! I'm sure that Sheena and Annie will be more than willing to offer lots of moral support. |
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4 - Forthcoming events Tabla Concert
by Pandit Sharda Sahai Saturday 6th December, 7.00 pm. |
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| Meditation and relaxation Chen Style Tai
Chi New Year's
Eve New Year
residential retreat Confidence,
forgiveness and contentment |
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5 - About the Newsletter This newsletter goes out to those who have expressed an interest in Kagyu Samye Dzong London. It covers news of the efforts and progress towards finding and funding a new site for the centre, and other events taking place in the coming weeks Being on this mailing list is not compulsory. If you do not want to receive this newsletter, or would like it to be sent to a different email address, please use the links at the bottom of the newsletter. |
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