I'm kicking myself for not taking classes this fall, but the show will go on without me LOL It's going to be great!

Sat, December 15 @ 6:30 pm
Bell Performing Arts Centre
buy tickets: https://tickets.bellperforming.....r/1/online

your second chance to experience STARS OF BOLLYWOOD


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Shiamak Davar presents STARS OF BOLLYWOOD
Saturday, November 21, 2009
@6:30 pm

Celebrating the drama, song, dance, energy and color of “Bollywood” with award winning choreography, costumes and props in Shiamak’s unique style.

BELL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
6250-144 Street, Surrey
$25

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call the box office: (604) 507-6355
or
browse: www.bellperformingartscentre.com

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Including a special performance by SDI Instructors and the North Shore Connexions Society
"Making opportunities happen for people with special needs"

For more info on Shiamak please visit:
http://www.shiamak.com
phone: (604)722-5724 or (604)924-9104 or (604) 980-0195
email: vancouver@shiamak.com

July 18, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Bell Performing Arts Centre
Surrey, BC

Telephone: 604-507-6355
www.bellperformingartscentre.com

Tickets are $15 & $20
buy tickets: https://tickets.bellperforming.....mp;event=0

See You there ... !!!!

For more info on Shiamak please visit:
http://www.shiamak.com
phone: (604)722-5724 or (604)924-9104
email: vancouver@shiamak.com

Join the Shiamak Davar International (Canada) Inc. Facebook group for more updates

SDI presented “Sole 2 Soul in March 2007 and July 2008 performed by the Shiamak’s Bollywood Jazz Dance team in Vancouver


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which met with grand success and appreciation, a full house had the audience asking for a comeback of the production. “Sole 2 Soul” showcased dance pieces in Shiamak’s Indo Jazz, Shiamak’s Bollywood Jazz Dance styles and Shiamak’s Yoga- Inner Dance Movement.

This Year..

Shiamak Davar presents STARS OF BOLLYWOOD
July 25 & 26, 2009

Celebrating the drama, song, dance, energy and color of “Bollywood” with award winning choreography, costumes and props in Shiamak’s unique style.

Centennial Theatre
2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver V7M 3L1
(604) 984-4484
http://www.centennialtheatre.com

Saturday, July 25 2009 @ 07:00pm
Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 06:00pm

Tickets go on sale JULY 13th at
Centennial Theatre Box Office 604-984 4484
Box Office Hours: Mon- Wed-Fri from 12-5pm.
Tickets are $30 and $40.

A portion of the proceeds from this performance will be donated to Victory Arts Foundation Canada http://victoryarts.blogspot.com/

See You there ... !!!!

Join our Official "Stars of Bollywood" Facebook Group to discuss more :
http://www.facebook.com/group......amp;ref=ts

For more info on Shiamak please visit:
http://www.shiamak.com
phone: (604)722-5724 or (604)924-9104
email: vancouver@shiamak.com

http://www.shiamak.com/announcement2.asp

Here's our song. It's the fast remix of
Tennu Le Ke Jana from the movie Jai Veeru


YouTube Video Link


~soofie

I love spring...late spring! The cherry blossoms have all blown away but colour is popping up everywhere. Most of the lilac are in full and fading bloom and the giant poppies are bursting open everywhere. They don't last long though.

Got a new camera recently (still a 10.2mp cheap piece of junk) so I'm out walking every evening after work and invading gardens everywhere. I pass by the some of the same gardens every day and I find new things popping up each time I pass and trying to keep track of what is blooming and when. They are shown in the order I strolled by them, and nevermind the blurry ones...it was rather breezy and flowers don't stay still.

LINK - May 21, 2009 Floral Photos



LINK - May 20, 2009 Floral Photos



LINK - May 19, 2009 Floral Photos



LINK - May 18, 2009 Floral Photos (part I)



LINK - May 18, 2009 Floral Photos (part II)



~soofie

Thought I would share my Mother's Day project with you. Turned out pretty good. I just used the 'make movie' tools in Picasa.

I made it with my mother in mind as we both love to 'get our hands in the dirt' but the more I watch it, the more I relax

Take a lookie



YouTube Video Link


~Soofie

09-MAY-09

I've half completed this project but sidetracked by spending some time making my mother's day present and other stuff.

Doesn't matter right now the details of the species right now. The map is below. Just go out and walk the route. All the petals are falling and they will get all over you and your car and your dog. The street gutters are all line with pink and with wind picks them up and they swirl around in the air.

I've taken more photos and other things are popping up like lilac are budding and bursting all over the place. Rhododra (Rhododendron sp?) of all shapes and sizes are bursing open everywhere. and dogwood are exploding white. We need a little more rsin to satisfy the greedy dogwood. Oh, and the neighbourhood to the direct south of this area has amazing perennial gardens blooming all shapes and colours of blooms.

Just take the map and go. Oh, and the strawberries and tomatoes must be in bloom somewhere because I've run out of Reactine and I'm itchy as he-double hockey sticks.

I have all the pictures and materials to complete the map and found many more things as I went along the route many times and have a few more spots to place on the map.

...tbc after Mother's Day

Putting this together is harder than I thought. I've got the map done, a basic outline and thousands of sorted photos to choose from. I'll start by publishing the map.

Oh, and don't scoff at my lo-qual photos. I need a new camera YESTERDAY.

May 4 -- If you happen to be in the area right now, go to area 7. It's raining cherry blossoms. Click on the map below to enlarge.



Area 01 _ NE Corner of West 10th and Heather, Vancouver



I decided to start the walk here because it is close to public transit (Broadway & Heather) or you can usually find metered parking (I think it is free after 8pm) and it's also one block south of Broadway so you can begin or end with dinner or a nice coffee.

As you look north you can see an ocean of Kanzan blooming down the hill. Take a closer look at the third tree north of the corner. It's a young tree and I think it is a Shirofugen.

Area 01 Slideshow Here

‘Kanzan’ (“bordering mountain” = ‘Kwanzan’ = ‘Sekiyama’): The most commonly planted of all flowering cherries: fast growing with a large upright, spreading crown and with huge, double pink flowers produced in late April or May. Leaves emerge bronze green at the same time as the flower buds open. A Sato Zakura in cultivation in Japan since the 17th century.

‘Shirofugen’: (“white Buddha”) A popular May-flowering Sato Zakura cultivar known from the 15th century in Japan, ‘Shirofugen’ is also called ‘Fugenzo’. It is recognized for its strong, broad, tabular crown and long lasting, fully double flowers that emerge white from pink buds then gradually age to deep pink before they fall.

Area 1a. View looking down (North) on Heather Street



Take a little walk down Heather St. from 10th, past Broadway to West 8th Ave. Look left and right. Look up and look down. It's Kanzan heaven. Note that on the photo date (April 23, 2009), the blooms were only 80% bloom.

Area 01a Slideshow Here

‘Kanzan’ (“bordering mountain” = ‘Kwanzan’ = ‘Sekiyama’): The most commonly planted of all flowering cherries: fast growing with a large upright, spreading crown and with huge, double pink flowers produced in late April or May. Leaves emerge bronze green at the same time as the flower buds open. A Sato Zakura in cultivation in Japan since the 17th century.

Okay, well never say that I don't respond to the needs of my viewing public (thanks Khurram). I have just the cure for you. (Oh, and boo-hoo for you Calgary! Down in FLAMES!)

I am ALMOST finished a map and photo tour of the radius of Vancouver General Hospital. I'm putting the final order of the points on the map and will be taking a set of photos in the early morning tomorrow. Will take me a few days to finish up, because it is so hard to stay inside!

...here's another sneak peak. It's the same grove that contains the mystery tree.