| "RANGLA PUNJAB 2002": Annual
Vaisakhi Cultural Program
You and your family are invited to "Rangla Punjab
'2002" on Saturday, March
30, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. at Gateway Theatre, 5216 Lawrence Ave.,
Chicago, IL.
Tickets are $10, $25 each. Children under 10 are free. Reserved
seating and
front rows $50, $100/VIP tickets are also available. Gates open
at 6:00 p.m.
Over 2000 are expected to attend. Last year it was a sold-out
show. Seats are
limited so advance purchase is recommended. Tickets are on sale
now at many
Indian stores. For tickets call PCS hotline at (847) 359-5PCS,
Jasbir S.
Palia at (847) 279-7989, Onkar S. Sangha at (630) 833-8091,
Bhagwant S.
Sandhu at (847) 462-0742 or any other PCS Board of Director. See
enclosed
flyer for more information, directions & Tickets
availability locations.
Strict security will be enforced.
PARKING: PCS has made special arrangements with Gateway
Theater to acquire
adjoining Parking Lots in addition to Gateway theatre parking
lot, "Rangla
Punjab Parking allowed" Signs will be placed at all
eligible lots. Please
park only in those lots. Also there is plenty of street parking
available on
Lawrence and Milwaukee streets.
"Rangla Punjab" has been the authentic,
traditional, state of the art Punjabi
Cultural variety annual event in the Chicagoland area since last
two decades.
It is to preserve and promote Punjabi language, cultural
heritage and to
encourage and harness local Punjabi artists including youth.
SPONSORS and DONORS will be appreciated and appropriately
recognized.
Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago is a registered non-profit
501 (c) (3)
organization with Internal Revenue Services ID # 37-1321120 and
your
donations made to PCS are tax deductible to the extent permitted
by IRS.
Graduation/Appreciation Night: PCS held the first ever
Punjabi Youth
Graduation Night in Chicagoland on June 8th , 2001 to honor
Punjabi Graduates
for their achievements. Rangla Punjab 2001 Participants were
also honored at
the Graduation Night.
P.C.S. SCHOLARSHIPS: P. C. S. will award $500
scholarships to qualified High
School Seniors & college undergraduate Punjabi Students at
"PCS Youth
Graduation Night". Deadline to apply is Sunday, April 14,
2002. Winners will
be decided by an independent council of judges. Scholarship fund
sponsors
will be appreciated. For further information contact: PCS
Youth Directors
Mrs. Amarjit K. Atwal at (847) 564-4375. PCS Scholarship form can be downloaded from PCS
Website.
PUNJABI SPORTS FESTIVAL 2002: PCS is planing to
hold Punjabi Sports Festival
at an International level on August 10, 2002. Teams are being
formed now.
Interested players please give your names to P.C.S. Sports
directors Bhinder
S. Pamma at (847) 991-8689, Jagmeet Singh at (847) 215-6639.
P.C.S. NIGHT 2002: is being scheduled to be held in
November 4, 2002. More
details to be posted later. PCS Night 2001 was cancelled in
memory to the
victims of September 11 attacks.
Bhangra Explosion: PCS congratulates Bhangra troupe
"Bhangra X-Plosion
directed by Mr. Dhruba Bhatacharya on winning the International
Bhangra
Competition in Detroit.
ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION OF CHICAGO: annual dinner
banquet was held on
February 2, 2002 at Hyatt Regency O'hare. PCS & SAHO guests
occupied seven
tables. Dr. Birinder S. Marwah was honored with Asian American
Community
service award. 20th Annual Asian American Dinner Banquets is
being hosted by
Indian American community. PCS & SAHO will take the lead
role in organizing
it. To volunteer contact Mr. RS Mago (630) 377-5893 or MJS Saini
at (847)
705-0434
HANS RAJ HANS show: PCS partners with Sargam
Entertainment in organizing
world famous Hans Raj Hans show in Chicago on Saturday, March
16, 2002 at
8:00pm at Holiday Inn, 5440 N. River Rd., Rosemont. For more
details see
attached flyer. For ticks call PCS.
PARDESI Group: is scheduled to perform at "Rangeela
Punjab" show in
Indianapolis be held on Saturday, March 23, 2002. For more
information
contact M. KP Singh at (317)
PASSPORT TO THE WORLD: will be held at Chicago Children's
Museum at Navy Pier
from April 27 through May 26, 2002. PCS will be organizing Bus
trips from
Palatine Gurdwara Sahib on May 9th leaving Palatine at 12noon
and back by
7:00pm. Advance reservation is requested, a monitory $5.00
donation to cover
the refreshments is encouraged.
For more info contact MJS Saini at (847) 705-0434 or RS Mago
(630) 377-5893
Following is some of the events where PCS & SAHO shall be
participating at
this mainstream event.
Thursday, May 9th, 2002
6:00pm-6:30pm Turban Tying: Organized by Rajinder Singh Mago,
Sikh Ameriican
Heritage Organization www.SikhAmerican.org
6:30pm-7:00pm Dhol (Punjabi Drum) performance by Mr. Maninder
Singh assisted
by Carlos teaching Children to sing a Punjabi folk song and also
let kids
play the Oatmeal boxes on the rhythm of Dhol
Sunday, May 19th, 2002
1:30pm-2:30pm South Asian Drum performers by Mr. Maninder Singh,
Mr. Govind
Parjapati, Mr. Sukhraj Singh Basati involving audience to learn
the Bhangra
steps.
2:00p:m-2:30pm Punjabi Folk Dance performances (3 different
performing arts
groups) by Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago www.PCSChicago.org followed
by
Bhangra101 called teaching Punjabi Folk Dance
"Bhangra"
2:30pm-3:00pm Turban Tying: Organized by Rajinder Singh Mago,
Sikh Ameriican
Heritage Organization www.SikhAmerican.org
ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE Month celebration is scheduled
throughout the month
of May 2002. Judy Baar Topinka will host a reception to honor
Asian Americans
on May 6, 2002 at Thompson Center.
MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH Play: is being scheduled to be held
on May 5, 2002. For
more information contact Mr. Thakar S. Basati at (847) 670-1367
VAISAKHI MELA @ Devon: is being scheduled starting with a
Parade on Devon
Ave. on Saturday, June 1, 2002 and ending with cultural festival
at the
Warren Park. For more information contact Mr. Balwinder Singh at
(773)
274-6969
PUNJABI PAGES: includes the addresses and phone numbers
of the Punjabi
community members of Midwest U.S.A., community businesses,
government
resources, a list of community services providers, and other
useful general
information.
The directory is available at various community centers or can
be picked up
at the Punjabi Sports Festival. Community members to be included
in the next
edition of this directory are required to fill out a short
authorization
form, at no charge, see attached form. The form is
available from P.C.S. via
mail, e-mail, and fax. On line registration can be made on-line
at PCS
website.
P.C.S. INFORMATION SUPER-HIGHWAY: PCS website has been
designed and
maintained by Gurpreet Kaur and Buvdeep Singh and hosted by IDL
Solutions
Inc. PCS e-mails are monitored by Mr. Mohinderjit S.
Saini. If you wish to
receive this newsletter
via e-mail, please send us your e-mail address and we
shall keep you posted of community events. This PCS Newsletter
and events
information is also available at PCS website at
http://www.PCSChicago.org
Also stay tuned to Punjabi Radio Program "Raunaq Mela"
every Sunday from 9:00
a.m.-10:00 a.m. on 1590AM, & Desi Junction Radio Program
every Sunday
3:00pm-4:30pm on 1530AM for PCS events.
See you at "Rangla Punjab 2002" on March 30, 2002 at
Gateway Theater.
Onkar S. Sangha
Onkar S. Sangha
Executive Secretary,
Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago. |
