7th Annual Dandiya Nite : 2012

Posted on November 3, 2012 by hinduyuva

THE BIGGEST INDIAN DANCE NIGHT ON CAMPUS IS BACK!


    • BUY TICKETS HERE [Online sales have closed]
    • Date and Time: Saturday, November 17 · 6:00pm – 9:30pm
    • Venue: South Campus Center, University of Washington [Map location]
    • Ticket Prices: UW Students/Staff: $10 advance, $12 at the door Others: $15 advance, $20 at the door
    • Tickets include FREE Dance Lessons and Snacks!
    • RSVP/Invite your friends on Facebook 

 

 


Highlights:

  • DANDIYA LESSONS by UW’s ONLY Garba/Dandiya Team: DANGERAAS DAWGS
  • Mix of Bollywood and Traditional Gujarati tunes
  • Tasty Indian Snacks included in the ticket
  • Lots of prizes to be won!
  • Free discount coupons with ticket
  • Bollywood Dance Floor from 9pm on
  • Most of the proceeds go towards projects supporting education of children in India.

So grab those kurtas and ghaghra-cholis and join us for an amazing night of dancing … Desi style!

Check out pictures from last year’s Dandiya Nite – Facebook Album

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Pehel – an Initiative for a better society

Posted on May 16, 2012 by hinduyuva

$70 per child per year. It covers the child’s annual education and basic living expenses.

Hindu YUVA is starting a campaign to raise funds for the VidyaDaan project in Hyderabad, India. Come fly kites with us! Experience the joy of childhood again. We will have volunteers helping the people who have no experience at kite flying.

Where – Rainier Vista, University of Washington (Directions)
When – 1pm to 3pm, July 15, 2012 (Saturday).
Fee – A donation of at least $10 towards the VidyaDaan cause.

VidyaDaan project was initiated by Youth for Sewa last year in which volunteers visited students and made a database of students who find it hard to afford their education. Last year, we raised $2200 which were able to sponsor annual education for 23 kids. Youth for Sewa sends bi-annual progress reports of the sponsored children to the donors and arranges for personal visits or phone/video chats too.

Last year’s report of VidyaDaan project.

Here is this year’s campaign video -

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Photos from Holi 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by hinduyuva

The Golden Gardens beach saw a lot many colors other than gold in its skies today. It was really hard to recognize people here with all the colors. The braver ones also took a dip in the cold water :) A glimpse of the celebration can be found here.
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Holi 2012

Posted on March 20, 2012 by hinduyuva

As our annual tradition, we all went to the Golden Gardens Beach on March 17 to celebrate Holi – the festival of colors. Around 40 people braved the initial cold weather to play some games like kho-kho, kabaddi, lock and key etc. and follow it up with smearing colors over each other. Seeing the enthusiasm among the people, the Sun decided to come out in its full glory. Quite a few of the participants also decided to take a dip in the cold salty waters and then run back to the bonfire :)

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Annual Surayanamaskar Yogathon

Posted on January 1, 2012 by hinduyuva

To culminate the 2 week-long Suryanamaskar yagna (http://www.hssus.org/sny), Hindu Yuva is organizing a 2 hour yogathon. The idea is to come together and do as many Suryanamaskars as we can and test our fitness levels :)

Time: 10am to 12pm

Day: Saturday, Jan 28, 2012.

Where: UW Tower Cafeteria (South), 43rd St Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle

Besides the fact that suryanamaskars are totally awesome, here are some more reasons to attend:
a) Amazing views of our beautiful Seattle from the venue
b) Alysha Greig, a certified yoga instructor from Yogis at UW, will be there to guide us through the event.

Hope to see you all there!

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Photos from Dandiya Night 2011

Posted on November 15, 2011 by hinduyuva

With about 150 people joining in for the Dandiya, Dandiya Night was lot of fun. The photos have been uploaded to the Facebook album.

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Dandiya Night 2011

Posted on October 23, 2011 by hinduyuva

 

ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED. PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE EVENT ITSELF.

PARKING: The UW Tower  parking is free for the Dandiya Night attendees. Please mention that you are there for this event in case anybody asks you for the parking fee there.

Highlights:

  • FREE LESSONS by UW’s ONLY Garba/Dandiya team, Dangeraas Dawgs.
  • An amazing venue that offers an unmatched view of the Seattle skyline
  • Power packed sound system and awesome Indian tunes (Traditional+Bollywood)
  • Tasty Indian Snacks included in the ticket
  • Prizes over $300
  • Online Raffle
  • Free gift coupons with ticket
  • Proceeds go towards supporting projects undertaken by the NGOs Sewa International and Yuva for Sewa

So grab those kurtas and ghaghra-cholis and join us for an amazing night of dancing … Desi style!

Here‘s some more information on Dandiya, a beautiful ancient Indian Dance form.

Date and Time: Saturday, November 5 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Venue: UW Tower Cafetaria South

Tickets:

UW Students/Staff: $10 advance, $12 at the door

Others: $15 advance, $20 at the door

 

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Lecture Demonstration on Indian Classical Music

Posted on September 26, 2011 by hinduyuva

Hindu YUVA invites you all to a Lecture-Demonstration of Indian classical music (both Carntic and Hindustani styles) conducted by Dr. Deepak Paramashivan.

Dr. Paramashivan will describe basic concepts of Raga, Tala (beats) and the commonality and differences between the North Indian (Hindustani) and South Indian (Carnatic) styles. Demonstrations will be given using vocal music and Sarangi (a bowed stringed instrument.)

*** No prior knowledge of Indian classical music is necessary. ***

Time: 5pm to 8pm

Day: Saturday, October 1, 2011

Place: Savery Hall #260, University of Washington (Location on map)

 

A brief bio of Dr. Paramashivan: Born into a family of musicians, he started his training in Carnatic vocal and Veena at a tender age of five from Vidushi. R. Vasanthalakshmi of Mysore. Later he underwent rigorous training in the traditional Mysore style of Veena under Vid. D. Balakrishna. He is trained in Sitar in Vilayat Khani style for more than 10 years by Pt. Jayant Kumar Das. He learnt Hindustani vocal and Sarangi for 15 years from Ustad. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan of Dharwad. Currently Deepak is learning sarangi under the Sarangi maestro Padma Vibhushan Pt. Ram Narayan.

Dr. Paramashivan started giving public performances in Carnatic music at the age of 8. He has worked as an associate music director for Kannada cinema and tele-serials and extended vocal support and played sitar, veena and sarangi for movies, tele-serials, dance ballets and other musical projects. He has given numerous performances at AIR, and Doordarshan. On sarangi, he has given several solo performances, accompaniment support to leading vocalists and provided lehra saathi for tabla, sufiana and kathak dance shows.

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HinduYUVA’s Annual Movie Nite for Charity: Rang De Basanti

Posted on April 8, 2011 by hinduyuva

Vidya Daan is an initiative of Youth For Seva (YFS) and Hindu YUVA Seattle that seeks to sponsor the education of the poorest of the poor kids in India! For academic year 2011-12, YFS volunteers have chosen students after painstakingly verifying their background and meeting each student personally. The chosen students are from families whose annual family income does not exceed Rs 20,000. In some cases it is as low as Rs 5,000.

HinduYUVA is proud to organize its annual charity event of screening blockbuster movie Rang De Basanti.

When: Saturday, 30th April, 3pm – 7pm
Cost:  $10

All proceedings will go toward Vidya Daan alone! Additional voluntary donations at the venue are most encouraged!

RSVP on facebook event page

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Upcoming Events this Month (Bouddhik evening, Movie Nite for Charity)

Posted on April 6, 2011 by hinduyuva

Monthly Bouddhik Evening


Continuing our tradition of somebody sharing information about a particular topic, we present a talk on “Introduction to Indian Philosophy” by Jagdish Pandey.

Where: CSE403, Paul G. Allen Center, University of Washington
When: 7:30pm to 8:30pm, April 23, 2011
Cost: Nothing, but your inquisitive self :)

Here is the link to the facebook event page. Please RSVP there to receive any further messages regarding the talk.

Talk abstract: “India philosophy is extremely diverse as with anything Indian, and its roots can be traced back to ancient times. In this talk, we will attempt to understand the broad categories of Indian philosophy along with their primary differences and characteristics. We will broadly cover both theistic and atheistic schools of thoughts and trace their chronological development. Specifically, Hindu, Sikh, Bouddh and Jain traditions or the Dharmic traditions will be examined in more detail and their common bases and differences will be highlighted.” – Jagdish.

Annual Movie Nite for Charity: Rang De Basanti


Vidya Daan is an initiative of Youth For Seva (YFS) and Hindu YUVA Seattle that seeks to sponsor the education of the poorest of the poor kids in India! For academic year 2011-12, YFS volunteers have chosen students after painstakingly verifying their background and meeting each student personally. The chosen students are from families whose annual family income does not exceed Rs 20,000. In some cases it is as low as Rs 5,000.

 

HinduYUVA is proud to organize its annual charity event of screening blockbuster movie Rang De Basanti.

 

Where: Savery Hall #260, university of Washington, Seattle
When: Saturday, 30th April, 3pm – 7pm
Cost: $10

 

All proceedings will go toward Vidya Daan alone! Additional voluntary donations at the venue are most encouraged!

 

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