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Concerts & Festivals...
Mangalananda/Yamini - Concert Tour
Beginning this fall, Mangalananda das (Michael Cassidy) will be performing all around the U.S. The singer/songwriter and accomplished guitarist has arranged to appear in a series of Home Concerts. He will be accompanied on vocals by his wife, Yamini dasi (JoAnn). These acoustic presentations are being promoted as "An Evening of Music with Michael and JoAnn Cassidy" and are presented by Vaishnava Performing Arts (VPA). The duo will be touring from October 2003 through April 2004. They’ll be singing songs from Mangalananda’s CDs: A Change of Heart, Nature’s Secret, Beyond Illusion, Take Me Back, and Tryin’ to Connect with You (CDs available at BlueMonsoonMusic.com or write to MantraRockMusic@msn.com)
Vaishnava Performing Arts - Concert Hosting Information
Home Concerts
These concerts are a chance to socialize in comfortable surroundings and share Krishna consciousness with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. VPA is very excited about the prospect of this new program and hopes you will get involved.
Hosting a Home Concert is easy
Audiences range from 15-50, and the concert can be held at your home, in your back yard, or in a bookstore, church, community theater, art gallery, etc.
No technical worries
Depending on the size of your gathering, we custom fit your concert area with suitable sound and lighting equipment to maintain an intimate, relaxed setting.
Simple to sponsor
The Host can:
1. Sponsor the concert in total
2. Find co-sponsors
3. Defray expenses by selling tickets
Vaishnava Performing Arts, Inc. will provide:
1. Promotional materials for the Host (flyer, fact sheet, sample brochure)
2. Brochures for audience members on concert night
3. Sound equipment, lighting, and handling of set-up
To Secure a Performance Date
Please call Sacinandana (Steve Zucker), VPA Booking Agent, at 352.215.1451, with inquiries about hosting a Home Concert.
More About Vaishnava Performing Arts
Vaishnava Performing Arts, Inc. is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to glorifying Krishna and spreading universal love of God through all aspects of Eastern and Western music, poetry, dance, and theater.
Formation of VPA
Mangalananda and Uttamasloka Dasa (Ron Marinelli), owner of Blue Monsoon Music in Los Angeles, began working on the idea for VPA while touring with the Change of Heart Band in 2001. They met many devotee-musicians who were spread out across the U.S. and Europe, and saw a need to create a cyber community to bring them all together. Plans for a website are underway thanks to financial assistance from Gayatri Dasa (Gerry Snoddy), professional musician and singer/songwriter in Nashville. The website will be one of VPA’s many tools to facilitate association among Krishna conscious performing artists.
Function of VPA
We need to engage our emotions in Krishna. In all cultures our deepest feelings are expressed and evoked through the performing arts—poetry, music, dance, and theater.
For Eastern Vaishnavas, the performing arts have been dovetailed as part of their spiritual culture for thousands of years, and even today provide a great source entertainment and inspiration. In the same way, Western Vaishnavas need to use their performing arts to glorify Krishna so that these emotional and influential arts become part of their spiritual culture.
Over the past 30 years, the painters and sculptors of the Hare Krishna Movement have come a long way in their Krishna conscious expression through the fine arts. This refinement of skills was made possible by regular encouragement, financial support, and training. VPA is dedicated to providing this same encouragement by assisting performing artists with career guidance, financial support, and training.
If you would like to know more about being a supporter of VPA, please write us at VaishnavaPerformingArts@webtv.net or:
VPA
RD 1 Box 330A
Moundsville, WV 26041
Thank you.
Michael Cassidy, President VPA
eMail us at info@BlueMonsoonMusic.com for more details regarding any of these events.
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