Program Schedule
6:30 PM – 6:35 PM - Welcome speech by NSS President, Tirtha Khanal
6:35 PM – 7:30 PM - Nepali Cultural Program (Emcee: Ruby Shrestha)
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM - Dinner, Catering service by Himalayan Sherpa Restaurant
9:00 PM – 9:40 PM - Nepali Cultural Program (continued….)
- Ethnic Costume show
- Award ceremony for artists and Organizing Committee members
9:40 PM – 11:20 PM - Floor Music and Dance (DJ: Krishna Gurung)
Nepali Cultural Program Items:
Traditional music: Dashain Dhoon by Sushil Bogati
“Dhoon” means music in Nepali. This particular “dhoon” is a very popular tune that is played throughout the dashain festival all over Nepal. Sushil is a talented local artist. NSS would like to congratulate Sushil for his recent marriage.
Nepali Poem by Jyotsana Rana
Jyotsana is a talented Nepali poet from Seattle.
Traditional Dance ‘Darpan chayan’ by Selista Nyachhyon
New to Seattle, Selista is performing her first dance at the NSS event. Please welcome our new talent!
Kids Dance ‘Kalilo taama lai’ by Ravi and Santosh Sharma
Ravi and Santosh are lovely twins. This is their 2nd dance performance in Seattle. Please welcome our youngest talents!
Modern Song “Jaha Jaun” by Sunil Joshi
Talented singer Sunil is part of Seattle based Nepali POP band “Naulo”. The other member is Bhusan Khanal. They have released their first album “Sapanima” in 2000 which was sold around the world. This is a song from their upcoming 2nd album.
Story Part 1 ‘Katha’ by Sita Gurung, Tsering Lama, Prem Gurung.
This is the story of ‘Maila’ who is coming to the US to make his fortunes. His family is performing farewell rituals before his departure from Nepal.
Kids Dance ‘Bye Bye’ by Kumar Gurung Nessenbaum
Kumar, son of Sita Gurung, is performing his first dance at the NSS event. Please welcome our young talent!
Pop Song ‘Chari Udyo Badal Choona Lai’ by Pushpa Shrestha
New to Seattle, Pushpa is giving his first performance in Seattle. Like his brother , Madan Shrestha, he is a talented artist.
Story Part 2 ‘Hario Dollara’ by Tsering Lama, Sita Gurung, Prem Gurung, Madan Shrestha, Pushpa Shrestha, AC Sherpa, Mamata Singh
The story continues. The songs depicts Maila’s life story in the US.
Tamang Dance ‘Sunko Bhauchha Suntala’ by Parvati Tamang Brown
Parvati is an awesome dancer. She is dancing in popular Tamang rhythm.
DINNER BREAK ………….
Newari Dance ‘Rajamati Wa Matina Yaye Wa’ by Sampurna Prajapati and Parvati Tamang Brown
Sampurna and Parvati have already made their marks with excellent dance performance in Seattle and Portland. This is their first Newari dance performance.
Ethnic Costume Show from the Land of Mount Everest – Coordinator: Jeetendra Shrestha
Costumes Models
Sherpa AC Sherpa and Shanti Thapa
Newar/Jyapu Sampurna Prajapati and Parvati Tamang Brown
Nepali Tirtha Khanal and Mamta Singh
Gurung Madan Shrestha and Sita Gurung
Nepali Bridal Anil Shrestha and Kalpana Shrestha
Modern Song ‘Hridaya Bhitra’ by Atul Regmi
Atul, a Harvard graduate, is multi-talented artist in Seattle. He has recently released a CD in Nepal with songs composed and written by him.
Modern Dance ‘Kalo Kalo Kapalai Ma’ by Madan Shrestha and Mamta Singh
Madan and Mamata are active and talented members of NSS. Their duet performance is certainly going to leave us wonderful memories.
Event advisor Committee: Bed J. Thapa, Nil Pun, Craig Seasholes, Jan Mascall, Karma Sherpa, Krishna Awal, Autal Regmi, Darlene Silliman, Sabin Pradhan, Jim Rutherford, Linda Iltis, Dave Laemmle, Kishore Shrestha, Monoj Agrawal, Ravi Rana, Dr. Mahesh Thapa.
Cleaning committee: All EC and BOD members led by Jeetendra Shrestha.
On the occasion of Bijaya Dashami 2002, NSS wish you all great happiness, good health and prosperity!
Sep 1st , 2002: Nepali in Northwest Joint Summer Picnic - Vancouver , Canada
Over 40 people from Seattle went to Portland to attend Himalayan
Night. The culture show was great. Thanks to all the artists who
joined from Seattle - Sita Gurung, Tshering Lama, Mamta Singh, Madan
Shrestha, Pasang Lama, Sumpurna and Parbati.
July 4th 2002: NSS Basketball team
NSS Basketball team "Yeti" participated at ANA Convention Basketball Tournament, Washington, DC. Players were: Bijit Giri, A C Sherpa, Madan Shrestha, Jyoti Giri, Rojen Gurung, Tirtha Khanal, Bishal Gurung and more. Thanks to all the players.
April 13th 2002 :New Year 2059 celebration and Tribute to "American Peace Corps Volunteers to Nepal"
Nepal Seattle Society wishes you all good health, great happiness and prosperous Nepali New Year 2059! May peace prevail in Nepal !
It was a great night to remember! Nepal Seattle Society celebrated Nepali New Year 2059 honoring "American Peace Corps Volunteers to Nepal". More than 250 people watched an hour and half long exciting Nepali Cultural program, enjoyed delicious food and joined in a grand dance party. For the first time, our Nepali cultural program included Nepali talents invited from outside Washington State. Everyone was fascinated by excellent dance performance by Roji Malakar (Portland, Oregon). Shanta Raut and Ram Khanal from Sanjose, California rocked the stage with Nepali songs "Oinana Oinana" and "Jati maya laye pani". There were excellent performance by many new Nepali talents in Seattle as well as a wonderful dance by 5 year old twins Ravi and Santosh Sharma. The first NSS newsletter "Lali Gurans" was distributed to the guests. NSS T-shirts and certificates were awarded to the artists and volunteers of the organizing committee. The celebration started at 6:00 PM and continued upto midnight.
1. Drinks and license: $135.00
2. Soft drinks and cups: $121.26
3. Flowers: $6.44
4. Chips: $39.40
5. Plates and forks:$51.96
6. Painting materials: $74.59
7. Party Hall: $50.00
8, Food : $1550.00
Total expense: $2028.65
Total profit: $943.35
If any NSS member would like to see detail income and expenditure report, please contact us at
info@nepalseattle.org.
Added note:
1. NSS bought a Stereo music system at $1373.50 before the party.
2. We made 200 T-shirts at $974.00. We have sold total of $194.00 only. We highly encourage everyone to purchase our NSS T-shirts by contacting us at nepalseattle@hotmai.com and wear them proudly during future NSS events.
3. We request every members of NSS to renew their membership soon. The membership of those who paid their membership fee last year (2001) will expire on April 30th 2002.
4. More than 200 copies of the first NSS newsletter "Lali gurans" have been distributed in the new year's party. Some copies are also sent to various Nepali organizations and individuals in the US.
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Party Organizing committee:
* Party co-ordinator- Bijit Giri & Dr. Mukunda Upadya
* Party Hall Booking- Tirtha Khanal
* Cultural Program- Sita Gurung, Tsering Lama
* Food & paper plates, tissues- Nima Sherpa, Lopsang Sherpa
* Drinks and cups- Shreeram Dahal
* Decoration- Nabin Khanal, Nabita Khanal, Tirtha Khanal
* Ticket, Program menu Design & Print- Krishna Gurung
* E-mail communication and Website update- Krishna Gurung
* Party Hall Cleaning- Executive Committee and Board of Directors (Lead by Dr. Mukunda Upadya)
* Advance Ticket Sell- Krishna Gurung, Dr. Mukunda Upadhaya, Nabin Khanal, Ang Chhiri Sherpa, Sita Gurung, Tirtha Khanal, Sangeeta Ranjit
* Door Ticket Sell- Nabin Khanal, Sangeeta Ranjit, Shreeram Dahal, Bijit Giri, Samir Pyakurel, Lopsang Sherpa
* NSS T-shirt Printing and Sell- Bijit Giri
* Emcee – Ruby Shrestha
* DJ – Krishna Gurung
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Program Schedule:
6:30 PM – 6:40 PM - Welcome speech by NSS President, Tirtha Khanal
- Felicitation of American Peace Corps Volunteers To Nepal (Speaker: Bijit Giri)
6:40 PM – 7:30 PM - Nepali Cultural Program (Emcee: Ruby Shrestha)
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM - Dinner, Catering service by Spicy Rack
9:00 PM – 9:40 PM - Nepali Cultural Program (continued….)
- Award ceremony for artists and Organizing Committee members
- Inauguration of first NSS newsletter “Lali Gurans”
- Raffle draw
9:40 PM – 11:30 PM - Floor Music and Dance (DJ : Krishna Gurung)
Modern Dance “Darpan Chayan” by Mamta Singh
This is a popular song from a super hit Nepali movie “Darpan Chayan”. Please welcome Mamta Singh for her first ever dance performance in Seattle.
Nepali Song “Udi Jaun Bhane Jaahajai Chaina” By Nil Bahadur Tilija
Mr. Tilija is a former member of parliament from Myagdi district, Nepal. He is also a talented musician and singer. He is performing for the first time in NSS program.
Nepali Muktak (Short Poem) By Madhu Dahal
Madhu is famous for his wonderful short poems among Nepalese in Seattle.
Nepali National Song “Gaucha geeta Nepali” , Group song
This inspirational song reflects the glory of Nepal. Beautiful slides of Nepal and Nepalese are provided by Nima Sherpa and Anna Hauksdottir.
Folk Dance “Nepali western folk music” By Roji Malakar
She is our invited talent from Portland, Oregon. She has taken part in different Nepali cultural programs around US. She is regarded as among the best dancing talent in the northwest.
Kid Dance: “Jauna thamel ma” by Ravi and Santosh Sharma
Ravi and Santosh are lovely twins. This is their first ever dance performance in Seattle. Please welcome our youngest talents!
Nepali Wedding Music: “Panche Baja”, Group Performance
Panche Baja is one of the most unique Nepali folk music. It is played with special musical instruments like “Sanai” , “Damaha” and “Narsingha”. The music is often played in auspicious occasions like weddings or puja in Nepal.
Modern Dance “Achha Lekin” by Sita Gurung and Madan Kumar Shrestha
Sita is one of the pillars of Nepali cultural program in Seattle. She has performed in almost all of the cultural programs hosted by NSS. Madan is a new energetic talent of our community.
DINNER BREAK …………………………………………………..
Folk Dance: “Phool ma ramro lalu paate” by Tsering Lama and Mamta Singh
Tsering Lama is a wonderful dancer, well remembered for his disguise as an old man in the last Dashain program. He is also a good painter. He built the miniature Nepali house in the stage and painted the wall painting together with Krishna Gurung. Mamta Singh is joining Tsering in a folk dance Jyaure which says “Lalu paate is the best among flowers..”
Nepali Song: “Gajalule ankha chopne” by Sunil Joshi.
Talented singer Sunil is part of Seattle based Nepali POP band “Naulo”. The other member is Bhusan Khanal. They have released their first album “Sapanima” in 2000 which was sold around the world.
Nepali Song: “Oinana Oinana” by Shanta Raut and Ram Khanal
Ram and Shanta came all the way from Sanjose, California. They are friends of Sampurna Prajapati of Seattle. Please welcome our special guest talents.
Modern Dance: “Chhata rumal kya malum” by Parbati Tamang and Sampurna Prajapati
Please welcome our young talents Parbati and Sampurna. This is Parbati’s first ever NSS performance. She is accompanied by Sampurna, who has emerged as a leading new talent in our community since last year.
NSS would like to thank all the volunteers for their hard work. Special thanks go to Craig Seasholes and Happy Medium School family for providing the party hall.
