On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:05:59 +1100, "Oscar & Hazel Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
********************************************************************* WORLD GOA DAY 2004 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA This year World Goa Day in Melbourne, Australia will be celebrated on 21 August 2004 at Springvale City Hall, Springvale, Melbourne. The theme will be identity and assimilation with other cultures. The overwhelming response we had last year (where 380 Goans came together to celebrate the first official World Goa Day, at St. Anthony's Hall, Noble Park) has prompted the advisory committee to hire a larger venue this year, where a crowd of 608 people are expected at this rendezvous. In this celebration, we, Goans, will once again remind ourselves of the need to work to preserve our culture, music, history, language, cuisine and art for our children and our Goans wherever they come from. This will be an evening of Goan nostalgia, where Goans from the length and breadth of Melbourne will meet to remind ourselves of our roots and rich culture that we belong to. We, would like to encourage you all to parcipate and support to work for the preservation of our WORLD GOAN HERITAGE throughout the year. Your suggestion on how to maintain our culture will be most welcome. We need to break our thinking barriers and work toward an unified goal of preserving our culture and togetherness. For the love of Goa and our identity, we ask various groups in Melbourne and any other parts of the GOANWORLD, to keep our differences aside at least JUST FOR ONE DAY and join in SOLIDARITY the celebration of 'World Goa Day'. Perhaps, this day will be the springboard towards unification of different organisations working in vacuum. Last year a lot of Goans in Melbourne missed our celebration. I would therefore request those interested to contact me or one of the following advisory committee as soon as possible. Please also refer to our website www.goaday.com I believe that we need to remian TOGETHER under the banner of one * WORLD GOA DAY * Ellis Fernandes 03 9729 3226 0409 729 322 Gabriel & Susan Figueiredo 0421 053 325 Henrietta Lobo 0403 612 175 Newton Marques 03 9764 3770 0421 465 313 Oscar Pinto 03 9557 7698 0422 005 120 Oscar Lobo 03 9563 9918 0404 848 345 Oscar C. Lobo Co-ordinator WORLD GOA DAY - MELBOURNE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################