Art Asia ArchiveRegional Arts Lottery Programme Lottery win, and Newtown/ Nicholstown Community Survey Celebrations at the Mayor's Parlour
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| July – September 2001 Lottery win for Art AsiaWe are delighted to announce that we have been awarded .75 of a million pounds by the Arts Capital Lottery fund. The money is intended to enable us to move into larger and more central premises. The award represents the first, huge step towards this goal and is a tremendous opportunity for Art Asia. However, there is still a lot to be done in terms of detailed planning and raising match funding for a total project cost of £1.1 million! Southampton band voted top Bhangra act 14th Asian Song Contest, BirminghamArt Asia is extremely proud to announce that Southampton’s very own Bhangra Band ‘Chamak’ has won best Bhangra/pop band in a prestigious Europe-wide Asian song contest. After beating off competition from over 500 entries to reach the final, the band travelled up to the contest in Birmingham. They performed in front of a 1,500 crowd and 6 distinguished judges, including Bally Sagoo and Malkit Singh. The six members of Chamak have a long history with Art Asia. Some of them learned to play their instruments in classes run by Art Asia, and then went on to join the Art Asia Band and perform at functions and community events such as St Mary’s Festival. An earlier line up of the group was given opportunities to perform in mainstream venues such as Southampton Guildhall as part of Art Asia’s commitment to supporting local artists. Chief Executive of Art Asia, Vinod Desai, said ‘I am very pleased and excited for Chamak. As the group has grown and developed, Art Asia has been glad to support them with rehearsal space and opportunities to perform in public. It is really fantastic to see them getting the chance to make it outside Southampton.’ Former winners have gone on to national and even international success, and include Najma Akhtar and Balwinder Safri, both of whom have performed in Southampton in recent years. The band members are: |
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