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Dear
Member,,
In our
last email, we told you
about the sudden shift of
our Durga
Puja venue to Santa
Clara County Fairgrounds, San
Jose. Since then
some of you had expressed
your concerns. Please be
assured that we
immediately jumped in to
address these concerns.
Specifically, these are
the steps we have taken:
- Given
the unusual summer, we
booked the
air-conditioned
Pavillion Hall (see
layout)
- We
are holding puja,
cultural program, and
vendors under a single
roof. No more walking
back-and-forth between
the halls.
- Food
for patrons will be
served on the adjacent
covered patio.
- Special
parking adjacent to
the venue being
arranged for the
patrons.
Hopefully, this will
remove any doubt of
inconvenience. If you have
other suggestions, we'd
like to hear from you.
We have one more exciting
announcement to share with
you. This year Prabasi's
Durga Puja celebration
will begin on Friday
evening (see our events
schedule.) And what a
better way to start the
festivity than a
performance by Shovan
Ganguly. Many of you
remember him from when the
former Saregama champion
performed on Prabasi
stage. He touched many
hearts then and now,
musically more matured,
Shovan is returning to
mesmerize us.
Throughout the weekend,
several friendly contests
have been planned to
involve members of all
ages. We are setting up a
young talent art
exhibition wall. Please
sign up to participate at
the events pages and
provide our youngsters
with encouragement and
exposure.
An event of this magnitude
can't be successful
without your active
support and involvement.
Please sign up to become a
volunteer.
Finally, if you have
already become a member we
thank you. Please ask your
friends to join as well.
If you are still
wondering, please
join Prabasi before
membership dues go up.
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This is the last
week
for early-bird discounts.
So hurry up before the time
is gone, and renew your
membership if you have not
done so yet. We thank you if
you have already renewed
your membership. Prabasi is
a membership-based
organization and our
sustenance depends on the
support of our members. The
membership rates are given
at our
membership page.
We are also soliciting for
the Life Membership which
was adopted for the benefit
of our senior members
and to make Prabasi
financially strong. This is
a one time payment for rest
of your life depending upon
your age. There are some
condtions under which this
is granted:
- Membership is Valid
for rest of your life if
you are 65 years old
above on the day of
Registration or Limited
for 10 years if you are
below 65 Years
- Life Membership is
same for couple or
single
- Life Membership will
include Patron benefits
- Life Membership is
$5000. To be paid by
check to Bay Area
Prabasi
- Qualification :
Continuous Membership
since year 2000
If you would like to be a
Life Member please fill out
the form given here:
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The Sunday
professional program will be
performed by Sourendra
and Soumyojit.
Vocalist Soumyojit and
pianist Sourendro rhyme as a
duo. They have been
creating, composing and
performing together for a
decade now. Soumyojit
pursues music under the
guidance of the legendary
Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, while
Sourendro trained in indian
music under Pt. V Balsara
& Ustad Vilayat Khan -
also learns about different
forms of music from Prof.
Martin Keubert. They have
created a new soundscape of
their own and travelled far
and wide with their music.
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Friday's cultural show will
be performed by Shovan
Ganguly. Shovan became a
household name after he won
the famous TV singing
competition, Zee’s
Saregamapa in 2012. Shovan’s
talent was noticed by one
and all, especially famous
music composer & music
directors of Kolkata. He is
known for his renditions of
Contemporary Bengali music
and Sufi music. Shovan has
done playback for many
prminent Bengali movies,
like Arsinagar by Oscar
nominated director, Aparna
Sen. The song from this
movie, “Jaan Qubool” was a
big hit and topped Radio
Mirchi charts for months.
Shovan recently was declared
2016 Male Voice of the Year
at the famous Radio Mirchi
Awards.
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Message
from our sponsors
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We
hope to see you at Durga
Puja on
Sep 29th.
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-
Bay Area Prabasi Team
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Serving
the
Bengali Community
for over 40 years...
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