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21 Sept UN International Day of Peace - Sydney Sikhs particiapting in 24 Hours Peace Prayer Vigil
A CALL TO THE PEACE VIGIL - 2008
When people gather together under a united banner, all things are possible.\
As you may be aware, in 1981, the United Nations declared 21 September a day for all nations to commemorate and reflect on peace and non-violence throughout our communities.
Sydney began the inaugural Peace Vigil in 2006, with hundreds of people turned out to celebrate this significant day. Sydney Sikhs, particularly Sikh youth, have actively participated in this program ever since. During the 2006 and 2007 vigils, Sikh youth contibuted by offering an hour of prayers for peace. The 2007 vigil was followed by an award ceremony held at Revesby Gurdwara of Sydney wherein Ms Biannca Pace, Chairperson of the Ministry for Peace - Australia, presented Sikh youth with "Sikh Ambassadors of Peace" awards.
This year, Sikhs will be leading the "Peace/Prayer Vigil" for two hours, from 3pm to 5pm as per following program
Please come and join on this day and let us unite together with peace groups, organisations, communities, individuals, government agencies and followers of all faiths in harmoniously celebrating the importance of peace.
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7th Annual Kirtan Competition Deemed A Success
(Report compiled by Jasmeen Kaur Malhotra)
The hall of the Revesby Gurdwara continuously echoed following words during the two days of Kirtan competition: "Shabad Guru Da, Raag Guru De, Te, Saaz Guru De" as most of the competitors sang shabad in Nirdharit Raags and eight of them used traditional tanti saaz (string instruments).
This year's Annual Bhai Hira Singh Ragi Memorial Shabad Gayan Competition was a resounding success (no pun intended!), with 197 entries in 17 categories by 135 participants from the ages of just 2 to 21. The size of the competition required it to run over two days, the 18th and 19th of July, 2008 at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Revesby.
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7th Annual Sikh Youth Leadership Awards 2008
Heartfelt "Thank You" to all the participants and their parents
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7th ANNUAL GURBANI SHABAD GAYAN COMPETITION 2008
We are happy to inform you that the 7th Annual Gurbani Shabad singing competition is being held at Revesby Gurudwara Sahib, 14-18, The River Road, Revesby NSW on 18-19 July 2008 as per following programme: -
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Friday, 18 July 08 |
5.00pm – 8.00pm* |
Groups: S, J, T, & G (Junior), F |
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Saturday, 19 Jul 08 |
10.00am – 7.30pm* |
Groups: A, B, C, D, E, G (Senior) |
THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO ALTERATIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED. ALTERED PROGRAM WILL BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE COMPETITION.
IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE PAPERWORK ON THE DAY, ALL COMPETITORS *MUST* REGISTER BEFORE 13TH JULY ’08 AND LODGE A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.
Final paperwork will be completed on this date and no further changes made. We request that a $5 deposit be made for each solo entry and $25 for each Jatha. This deposit will be refunded upon attendance at the competition.
For more information click here or e-mail: skpma@hotmail.com
Click here for the rules of the competition |
OUR SIKH YOUTH CHOIR PERFORMED GURMAT SANGEET AT NSW PARLIAMENT
North Shore Sydney Sikh Youth Choir Turramurra performed at the NSW Parliament to celebration Baisakhi (Khalsa's birth day) on 9th May 07 (6.00pm to 7.30pm) - Venue - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Choir member (L to R) Rev. Gurjeet Singh (Music Teacher & Composer), Gurkeerat Singh Bulla, Gurkiran Kaur Channi, Ashneet Kaur Sethi, Akrit Singh Sethi and Eknoor Singh.
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Sydney Sikhs participate in ANZAC Day 2007 rememberance services
The recent Harmony day celebrations as "Open House" at Revesby Gurdwara and Sikh History exhibition at Sydney Royal Easter Show paid dividents for the Sikh community living in Revesby, Bankstown & Canterbury areas when Revesby Gurdwara management committee received two invitations from local RSL clubs (Panania/Padstow and Revesby Heights) to come in and join the Anzac parade & memorial services on Sunday 22nd April 07, Sikhs gladly accepted the invitation and participated in the functions. Sikh contingent lead by Manjinder Singh participated in Panania/Padstow services and Manmohan Singh Baveja lead the Sikhs at Revesby Heights function. Report with photos will soon be available here.
Photo 1: Manmohan Singh Baveja placing wreath at Revesby Heights RSL Memorial Cenotaph
Photo 2: Ms. Jasmeen Kaur Malhotra, (representing Sikh community) paying tributes to Anzac soldiers |
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First ever Sikh History Exhibition at Royal Easter Show was booming success
Thanks to the dedicated services of the six Sikh volunteers, and the space donated by the Community Relations Commission of NSW, the first ever Sikh History Exhibition arranged anywhere in Australia was a big success as more than 1,000 people visited the Sikh exhibition stall during its 10 hour display at Sydney's Royal Easter Show on Sunday the 15th April 2007. Click here for full story
 
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Celebrating VAISAKHI as HARMONY DAY at REVESBY GURDWARA on 14 April 2007 from early morning till late at night, finishing with Basant Darbar(Gurmat Sangeet in Basant Raag & other related Raags such as Bahar, Basant Bahar, Hindol, Basant Hindol, Budda Basant etc.).
Venue: 14-18, The River Road, Revesby NSW. OPEN DAY - ALL WELCOMED - NO ENTRY FEE - GREAT FUN FOR KIDS & ALL
FACE PAINTING - JUMPING CASTLES - STALLS - EXHIBITION ON SIKH HISTORY - TURBAN TYING DEMOS & VIDEOS - DELICIOUS FOOD
Click here for more details. |
Award ceremony for all the participants for Guru Arjan Dev Youth Seminar was held on Saturday, 21st Oct 06 at Gurdwara Revesby; 14-18 River Road, Revesby (Sydney) NSW Australia. All the youth who presented their research papers were awarded with a trophy, certificate and cash prize of $25 each. click here for detailed report.
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Award Ceremony of Sikh Youth Leadership (Music & Culture) 2006
In a mamoth ceremony lasting over an hour, held in the main hall of ASA Glenwood (Parklea Gurudwara), on Saturday, the 19th August 2006, 133 young mucisians and 29 Sikh History Quiz contestants received awards, gifts, trophies and cash prizes from the dignitaries such as Head Granthi (Priest) of the Parklea Gurudwara, ASA Chairman Balvinder Singh Chahal, and its President Labh Singh Kooner.
In the midst of the ecoes of slogans and Jaikaras of "Jo Boley So Nihal - Sat Sri Akal" by the gathering of more than 1,000 people, a sense of achievement and satisfaction was clearly visible on the happy and blooming faces of the all the participants when they were awarded for their year long hard work of learning Sikh heritage, music, culture & history and performing in front of audience and panel of judges on 14th and 15th of July 2006. The stage was ably managed by the secretary of ASA, Nirmal Singh Sandher and Amarjit Singh Chawla.
Seen in photos are:
Top Right: Jasmeen Kaur Malhotra & Gursagar Singh - winners of Sikh Youth Leadership Award 2006 (Music & Culture) for best female & male performance, respectively. Bottom right is of the members of Chardi Kala Junior Group Choir & Bhai Mardana Ji Jatha who shared first position in group competition.
Click here to see more photos of the prize distribution. |
 
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24th July 2006: More photos added. To see more photos Click here Photo Gallery 2006_2
Kirtan Competition Photo Gallery: Click here to view some of the photos of the competition. More photos will be uploaded shortly. Photo Gallery 2006_1
Click here to see more details about the rules of the competition held on 14th & 15th July 06. |
OUR SIKH YOUTH CHOIR PERFORMED AT NSW PARLIAMENT
Sydney Sikh Youth Choir performed at the NSW Parliament to celebration Baisakhi (Khalsa's birth day) on 28th March 06 (6.00pm to 7.30pm) - Venue - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Choir member (L to R) Gurkiran Kaur Channi, Jasmeen Kaur Malhotra, Japneet Kaur Bindra, Luvneet Kaur Bindra and Gurkeerat Singh Bulla.
Seated behind on the chairs (among others) is Mr. John Acquilina, Speaker, NSW Parliament.
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KIRTAN PHULWARI NEWS ON BBC
Jasmeen Kaur, the editor of Kirtan Phulwari was interviewed live on BBC's Punjabi Program on Sunday the 26th February 06. To listen to the interview please click on the following link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/asiannet_aod.shtml?asiannet/asiandevsounds_sikh_sun
To listen you will need to have a programme called RealPlayer installed. The interview starts approximately at 22nd minute of the 60 minutes long program.
Bhai Harjinder Singh Ji Srinagar Waley Launches Kirtan Phulwari – Issue Two containing 19 Essays written by Sikh youth on the martyrdom of the four Sahibzadas (sons) of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
For detailed report on the launch, click “News”. To obtain a copy of the Kirtan Phulwari, please email 21kulbir@khalsa.com
 
Sikh youth performing at CRC Annual Symposium 2004. Click here to listen to the group's performance.
Choir members from Left to right: Gurkeerat Singh Bulla, Jasmeen Kaur Malhotra, Bindra sisters (Japneet, Luvneet and Jessica), Gurkiran Kaur Channi and Eknoor Singh.
Our Vision
To encourage Sikh youth to perpetuate the Sikh heritage of Gurmat Sangeet (Sikh classical music), by learning & teaching traditional Sikh kirtan in the raags (musical scales) ordained in the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh scriptures) and sharing the tradition with other communities.
Our Objectives
- Provide Gurmat Sangeet & youth leadership training to Sikh youth.
- Encourage Sikh youth to perform in multicultural and other communities events.
- Generate friendships with members of other communities to become acquainted with their cultures.
- Create community awareness of Sikh history and culture.
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