One and All Harmony Festival to be held at Vedanta Centre

Brisbane, February 28: One and All Harmony Festival at Vedanta Centre Springfield Lakes will take place on Saturday, March 23, from 4.30pm to 8.30pm.

The Harmony Festival features live music, cultural dance, market stalls and delicious food. This twilight event is expected to attract a crowd of about 500 people. The aim of the festival is to celebrate the wonderful diversity of cultures and traditions that enrich our community.

Highlights of the evening will be African Drumming with Tsoof Baras. Tsoof Baras is a composer, percussionist, session musician, hand drummer and graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium. He has performed as a percussionist with the QLD Pops Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Ipswich Theatre Company, Salseros, Talkin’ the Drum and Spankin hide.

Tsoof will also perform with his newly-formed collaboration Pan Alchemy with Darshil Shah featuring three artists from diverse upbringings who will present a collection of calming and energetic music that could be described as a healing fusion of rhythm, improvisation and musical spontaneity. Featuring the unique hand pan instrument, this concert will feature original music from Tsoof's solo album Dawn, and will see Lachlan expand on the singer-songwriter material from his first album 'No Enemy Within'. There will be moments of soaring improvisation from bansuri virtuoso Darshil Shah, introspective vocal melodies, and mystical soundscapes created by all three artists.

Glenn Barry, aGamilaraay man- the First Nation peoples of North Western NSWand Western Qld and of Irish heritage, will officiate the Welcome to Country. Glenn structures his own identity through reclaiming his ancestral voice with music and art and acknowledges his rich heritage and offers expanded notions of urban Aboriginal experiences. Other featured artists include Sargam Music Academy, who will delight the audience with Indian classical and semi classical vocals,Singers from PhilippinesAustralia Multicultural Associationand Ashwini Nandkumar who is a promising, committed young Bharatnatyam Exponent from India.Visitors will be able to purchase hot meals from the onside Maa Sarada’s Kitchen Café and there will also be snow cones for the kids. The motto of Harmony Day is ‘Everyone Belongs’ which reminds us to accept everyone regardless of their background or circumstances. What better place to celebrate Harmony Week than the Vedanta Centre with its ideal of unity in diversity. This event has been assisted by the Ipswich City Council’s Community Events Funding

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Address: Vedanta Centre, 96 Vedanta Drive Springfield Lakes (behind 2 Poppy Crescent) www.facebook.com/ vedantaspringfield