PALLAVI OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT,INC
P.O. BOX NO  1732
LATHAM, NY 12110
Phone: (518) 273-6624
Website: www.cs.rpi.edu/~moorthy/Pallavi/


NEXT Pallavi Concert: Sitar Concert by Ustad Shahid Parvez with
Akram Khan on Tabla

Date and Time :Sunday,   September 28, 2003   6 PM
Venue: Troy Arts Center, Downtown Troy, NY

Patron: $ 100;  Sponsor: $ 50; General Admission: $ 15;
Students:  $ 8 . Pallavi has tax exemption status under section
501 (c) and hence donations may be tax deductible. 

This is an expensive program with an estimated cost around $
2300 . We are looking for a good number of Patrons and Sponsors.
Please donate liberally. Please make checks payable to
“Pallavi of the Capital District” and mail to the
address given above.Tickets will be held at the door.  The seats
in Arts Center are limited and so please book your tickets
early. 
 For more information, please contact the  coordinator: Dr.
Nalini Madiwale at 518-356-2688.

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     Other Pallavi Concerts for the year  ( Please mark your
calendar). 

1.	Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal )  visiting from India on October 19,
2003. Venue: “Mothers”  at RPI campus, Troy. 
2.	Violin Duet recital by Lalgudi Srimathi and Anuradhha Sridhar
on November 1, 2003
3.	Vocal Concert  by Vidya Subramanian in November, 2003. 
            

Other Area Activities and concerts 

1.	 Religious discourses in English by Prof.  Prema Pandurang ji
from August 16-24, 2003.She will discourse on Mahabharatha part
II. Venue is Hindu temple, Albany. Time: 7.00 PM-9.00 PM.  For
more information, contact N. Balasubramanian at 346-5125.

2.	Maha Gayathri Yagnya, Japa and havan at Hindu temple, Albany
on Sunday August 17, 2003 from 9.30AM -12.30 PM.. For more
information, contact M.R. Balakrishna at 371-6852. 
 

Gift Matching from General Electric Corporation
We are happy to inform that  effective March 7, 2003, Pallavi
has  been approved for gift matching under the More Gifts, More
Givers Program of General Electric Corporation. Our code is #
1064C.  Under this scheme, approved gifts from eligible
participants (General Electric employees, retirees and
directors) will be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. As a
precondition to continue the scheme, Pallavi should in any
calendar year receive gifts from a minimum of ten individual
donors and a total of $ 1000.    . Please   indicate along with
your donations that it is under the matching gift program. 
Pallavi hopes that GE employees and retirees donate liberally
under the scheme. We are happy to inform that we have already
received about $600 so far as donations.   If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to call Sri Narayan Nair
(399-1774) nknair@nycap.rr.com .   Please also visit Pallavi
website( URL given above) for stepwise instructions to make the
gift and register it with GE>  

Membership for the new year 2003.
Please renew your membership of Pallavi for the year 2003.  A
large membership base will augment our resources to organize
more concerts confidently without the fear of losing unduly on
the concerts. Since 9/11, the cost of organizing concerts (by
artists from India) have gone up considerably.  Please also help
in recruiting new members.