2001 BOULDER ASIAN FESTIVAL
Friday, Aug. 24, 7pm to 9:30pm
Saturday, Aug. 25, 11am to 6pm
Pearl Street Mall, Boulder County Courthouse Lawn
Admission is FREE

Join Gamelan Tunas Mekar at the seventh annual Boulder Asian Festival.
This year's Festival will showcase local Asian Pacific American talent
through arts, crafts, dance, music and food. Come and enjoy the
entertainment, sushi, samosas and special children's activities.

Tunas Mekar will perform two pieces (Balaganjur processional and
Cendrawasih "Bird of Paradise") on Saturday, Aug. 25 starting at
2:20pm. It's brief, so don't be late!

Parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays in the parking garages
(11th and Walnut, 11th and Spruce, and 14th and Walnut, 15th and
Pearl). Metered parking is not free on Saturdays.

Sponsored by: The Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance

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CONGRATULATIONS to Tunas Mekar member Michael Swank who was awarded a
Darmasiswa scholarship, through the Indonesian government, to study
traditional Indonesain music at STSI in Denpasar, Bali for this coming
school year. Mike has written two pieces for Tunas Mekar, one for
gamelan angklung and one for gong Semara Dana. We hope to hear much
more wonderful music from Mike after a year saturated in the culture.

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COLORADO PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC), Arapahoe and Speer in downtown
Denver, Terrace Stage
Saturday, September 29, 10-10:45am

Join Tunas Mekar at the lovely Colorado Performing Arts Festival for an
outside performance on the Terrace Stage of the DPAC. Tunas Mekar will
perform on the traditional gamelan angklung instruments, and will
perform both instrumental and dance pieces.

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GONGCAST
For those of you who have not visited GONGCAST, curated by Jody
Diamond, Sapto Raharjo, and I Nyoman Wenten, and sponsored by the
American Gamelan Institute, you must check it out. GONGCAST features
all kinds of gamelan, Indonesian music, and related sounds from around
the world, and is broadcasting 24 hours a day. (You may even hear a
piece from Tunas Mekar's CD!) Go to http://www.gamelan.org/AGI/
gongcast.html for an aural treat.