The In the House Festival starts its Fall Season with a beautiful showcase of Persian culture. 1,001 treasures for the soul await you on this magical evening which starts off with a delectable dinner and continues into the night with music and poetry. Come join us for this entrancing event.
Time: Dinner at 6:30 pm / Show at 8:00 pm
If you are coming to the dinner portion, please be on time so that the show can start on time.
Tickets: Dinner + Show: $38 adults / $30 kids
Show only: $18 adults / $13.00 kids
**If you are attending the dinner, you MUST purchase your tickets in advance.
Seating is limited so if you want to guarantee yourself a seat, please make sure you get your ticket and reserve quickly.
Feel free to send this announcement to friends, family, co-workers and anyone you think may be interested.
Performers:
Amir Haghighi + Amy Stephen: Amir Haghighi was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and grew up singing traditional Persian music. He has lived in Canada since 1983. Amir has been performing Persian music and composing original songs based on the mystical poetry of Hafez, Rumi and other great Persian poets. Amir has appeared at the Vancouver International Folk Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Children's Festival, the Chan Centre with the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra, the Vancouver Sacred Music Festival, Global Discoveries Festival, Inter-spiritual Chantfest, Persian Cultural Conferences and events in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, Geneva, Paris, Amsterdam, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. Amy Stephen has been studying and performing traditional Celtic music for the past 20 years. She grew up in Vancouver and studied music at UBC. A founding member of Celtic rock band Mad Pudding, Amy has performed at festivals around North America and Europe. She is also a composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator.
The Honari Family: The Honari Family immigrated to Canada from Iran in 1985. They have been actively pursuing the art of Persian traditional and folk music. In addition to giving numerous "family" concerts for the Persian community in North America, the Honaris have given many well attended concerts and have performed in several music festivals and on CBC Radio. Fathieh and Reza grew up in the Balochistan and Khorasan provinces of Iran and are familiar with the folk music of these parts of the country. Hidayat Honari plays tar, setar, oud, guitar, banjo and more. He has a jazz degree from Capilano College and has worked extensively with many artists including Amir koushkani. Presently, he tours with the fiddle mega-show Barrage as their pronciple guitarist. Hamin Honari, Hidayat's brother, has studied with Persian masters and is an exceptional tombak and daf player. He is in demand as a percussionist and has performed across North America working with various Persian artists. Both Hidayat and Hamin, have played professionally with their family for years.
Haideh H. Nouri: My name is Haideh H. Nouri. I was born in Shemiran, north of Tehran. My family and I have been living in Vancouver since 1996. My interest for poetry originates from early stages growing up in a family whose passion and profession was literature. As far as I reflect on my childhood, reading and writing poems have been an essential part of our family tradition, and I still take refuge in the magical world of poetry and prose to refine my soul, express myself, and connect with people and the beauties encompassed in the universe.
Anahit K. Mohajer: My name is Anahit. I was born on an ordinary magic day - on a sunny afternoon, when orange trees were blooming, and howling wind was combing grass, when my shadow used to whisper her melodies to rainbows. I was born in a city like paradise. I grew up amongst fairy tales. Fairies in my town smelled like mint candy. As years went by I started to write something. I started to share everything in my mind with white papers. I gave a soul to my white empty papers. I gave a new life to my papers.
Food is prepared by Maryam Gsarmrzy.
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