Parking for 3:30 pm-April 26th - Procession of the Species is best near "TRADITIONS" or "8th Street Downtown Library".
Bring your camera and be there early. It is a beautiful Sunny Saturday !
Hope to see you there.
Enjoy !

ayub

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:17 AM, M Ayub <ayub98516@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey, Buddies ! What are you all doing on Saturday ?
Well, I know what I hope to do (God Willing !)
1- April 26th - Procession of the Species and then, 2- musical fund-raiser to benefit Handicapped Palestinian Children - Rachel Corrie Center in Rafah, Palestine. (Details below.)

1- Procession of the Species - 45,000 people show up from around for this event - so, pack a picnic basket and be there early. http://www.procession.org/
The Procession of the Species is a joyous, spontaneous artistic pageant where community members celebrate their relationships with each other and with the natural world. It was started in 1995 by a group of Olympia residents to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day and to support Congressional renewal of the Endangered Species Act.
NOTE - No signs, no written word, no spoken word, only actions, music, animal stuff.
Be sure to bring your camera and lots of tape.


http://www.procession.org/

More history and pics from WIKIPEDIA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procession_of_the_Species



2- Then,
You are Invited to a….

Benefit Piano Recital by
Meera Shanti
Music of Bach, Albeniz, Rachmaninoff,
Chopin, Granados, & Schubert
Saturday, April 26th, 7:30 P.M.
United Churches of Olympia
(11th and Capitol Way)

http://www.palestinereview.org/Site_2/Meera_April_Concert_Poster.html

All funds will go to the Rachel Corrie Youth and Cultural Center in Rafah, Palestine. The Center is named for the young woman from Olympia, WA, Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home in Rafah. She spent several months volunteering in Rafah with the International Solidarity Movement and after her tragic death in March 2003, the Union of Health Work Committees named their children's center after her. The Center is dedicated to building relationships with the isolated children and youth in Rafah and their peers from other countries. The Center provides creative and educational opportunities for the children of Rafah City and Rafah refugee camps. They hold art classes, summer camps, and a variety of after-school programs.

http://www.palestinereview.org/Site_2/Meera_April_Concert_Poster.html

Meera Shanti, 17, has been playing the piano since the age of two. She is a senior at Olympia High School, and a junior member of Olympia Friends Meeting (Quakers). Besides the piano, she also studies jazz voice and is a competitive gymnast for Black Hills Gymnastics in Lacey, WA.

Suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away.

Checks payable to The Rachel Corrie Foundation

For More Information, Call: (360) 352-0506; E-Mail: shantinik@earthlink.net


http://www.palestinereview.org/Site_2/Meera_April_Concert_Poster.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Albert and Ellen Sawislak <shantinik@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Meera April Concert Poster]
To: ayub98516@gmail.com, karimwalid@hotmail.com





Friends,
As Meera's publication czar, I urge you to publish this widely.

- J

Online PDF: http://www.palestinereview.org/Site_2/Meera_April_Concert_Poster.html