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Please join us in our Nowruz
ceremony, the ancient (and modern) Persian New Year celebrating the first day
of Spring. There will be Persian traditional dinner, a series of very
entertaining performances (more so than in previous years) and afterwards we
will get to dance till we drop. Here are the details:
Date:
March 25th, 2011
Time:
6:00pm - Midnight
Location:
Assembly Room - William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh
Admission
fee: $10 for students, $20 for non-students
Tickets: See below
UPDATE: Memoir Competition
We will be having a memoir competition. If you want to take part
in this competition, please send your best memories of Nowruz and its
surrounding culture (Nowruz Shopping, 4shanbe Suri, Eydi, Eyd didani, Sizdah
Bedar, etc) to
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. Selected memories will be narrated by
the hosts and there will be special prizes for winners.
Please note: as opposed to
most of our events, you must purchase
your tickets in advance (by March 19th); there will be no at-the-door
tickets sales due to the University regulations. We realize that this is a bit
more inconvenient, so we have set up as many purchase methods as possible:
1.
On-line: http://www.showclix.com/event/NowruzCelebration. Please
note that a small convenience fee will be charged for online sales.
2.
In person: Tickets will be available for purchase on-campus at both
Pitt and CMU, from March 7th until 18th. More detail follows:
Pitt:
You can visit the Box Office on the first floor of the
William Pitt Union (just beside the Information Desk). Please note that the Box
Office will be closed the week of 7th-11th for Spring Break.
CMU:
You can go to the Information Desk on the first floor of
the University Center (near Kirr Commons, a.k.a. the black chairs).
Representatives:
You can also get in touch with the following people to
purchase tickets:
·
Anahita Khojandi (Pitt, Swanson School of
Engineering):
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Behdad Beheshti (Pitt, Swanson School of
Engineering):
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Omid Moghimi (Pitt, School of Arts and
Sciences):
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Rava Vivian Allahyari (Pitt, School of Arts
and Sciences):
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Hassan Takabi (Pitt, School of Information
Sciences):
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Bahar Laderian (Pitt, School of Medicine):
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Narges Sharif Razavian (CMU, School of
Computer Science):
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Yasaman Torabi (CMU, Heinz College):
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Amin Aghaei: (CMU, Dept. of Civil and
Environmental Engineering):
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3.
Mail: To purchase your ticket(s) by mail, please mail your
check (no other payment method can be accepted, sorry) to:
Omid
Moghimi
257
Melwood Ave, Apt 1
Pittsburgh,
PA 15213
Checks must be made payable
to "Omid Moghimi". Please enclose a note indicating your name and the
number of student and/or non-student tickets you would like to purchase
(corresponding, of course, to the amount of the check).
Tickets purchased by mail or
online will be available for pick-up at the door.
The tentative schedule is as
follows:
·
6:15-7:00:
Screening the movie “Babak & Friends: A First Norooz”
·
7:00-8:30:
Persian traditional dinner
o
Mirza Ghasemi
(http://www.foodepedia.co.uk/sabrina-ghayour/2010/may/Persian_Mirza_Ghasemi_Aubergines.htm)
o
Ash-shole-ghalamkar
(http://www.tebyan.net/social/nutrition/2009/8/25/100795.html)
o
Khoresht-e-Gheymeh
(http://www.nestle-family.com/our-kitchen/english/main-courses/16744.asp)
o
Sabzi polo Mahi
(http://www.takfoodmarket.net/menu/sabzi-polo-mahi/)
·
8:30-10:00: Shows & performances
o
Music performance
o
Dance performances by Pittsburgh Iranian
Dance Group & dance group from Washington DC
·
10:00-12:00:
Music & Dance
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all at the party.
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