Marathi Bhashik Mandal, Toronto
ePatra Volume 100801
Shalivahan Shaka 1930,  Ashwin   Shu. 7     
 Oct 6,  2008

Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008 ,
Venue: Erindale Secondary School, 2021 Dundas Street West (Dundas St. and Erin Mills Pkwy) Mississauga,  ON,  L5K 1R2 Map link: Click here for directions to Erindale Secondary School
Time 6: p.m.-11 p.m.    
Rendezvous full of fun, costume dancers, "Dandia and Garbha" to the live music by Mehboob Orchestra, savoury snacks, stalls of festival season items, and to top it all, Basundi to keep you re-charging.
Program Fees : $12 per person  ( no fees for children under age -6 years )
RSVP:  for attending:  By Oct 18th: Devayani Dhekanye  (905) 509 0229  or Jagdish Mehendale (905-257-6160) or Email to: rsvp@mbmtoronto.com

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008 
Venue:  Sangam Banquet Hall, 6991 Millcreek Dr # 3, L5N 6B9 Ontario 
Map link :  Click here for directions to the Sangam Banquet Hall 
Time:    9.30  a.m. - 4 p.m.
*  9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Registration 
* 10:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m. MBM's 40 years celebration item with felicitation 
    and MBM youth awards   
* 11:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m.  Festive Lunch, and side by side on a projector- display of  a small film of MBM's 40 year's Vaatchaal -
* 1:30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.  GaDiMayan , Artists' Felicitation, and vote of thanks. 
Anand Madgulkar (ref :  http://www.anandmadgulkar.com/ )   (from Pune, India ) will be visiting us to present:  Gadimayan 
As a  tribute to his father, Mahakavi Ga.Di.Madgulkar, his son Shri.Anand Madgulkar bears the torch forward with Gadimayan. The mesmerizing, ever-green songs, poetry, and literature penned by Ga.Di.Ma are presented through a musical journey  interweaving the beautiful Marathi chitrapat geete, bhavgeete, bhaktigeete, foot-tapping lavanya and geet ramayaan written by Gadima and presented by his son - Shri. Anand Madgulkar. So far Anandji has performed 28 successful shows of GaDiMayan in Australia, Gulf and North America.
Shri.Anand Madgulkar takes us through the multi-faceted life of this legend, touching upon Geet Ramayan as well. Narrating interesting incidents and creating an almost interactive program filled with 'potbhar gappa-goshti' about Gadima, we will relive the grandeur of this rich Marathi golden era!
Accompanist: Yashodhan Navathe  - on Tabla
Program Fees: Current year's Patron Members and Children under age 6 years:  No fees
                        MBM Current year Basic or Complimentary members:    $20 per person
                        Non-members/Guests:               $25 per person  
Note: At the program registration counter, MBM current year's members   will receive: Snehabandh 2008 Nov. issue , MBM directory,   and   a copy of Kalnirnay (2009 ) with compliments from MBM, Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal of North America and Philadelphia Maharashtra Mandal Convention Committee. 

Baby Sitting Facility (for age 3-11years) will be provided at a reasonable rate, during 1:30p.m. - 4 p.m , only with pre rsvp . Contact Devayani Dhekane  (905) 509 0229   for baby sitting rsvp by Nov 1st
Program RSVP : By Nov 8:   Vinata Kulkarni : 905-842-6562, or Jagdish Mehendale (905-257-6160)  or Email to: rsvp@mbmtoronto.com   

Why RSVP? :    MBM EC needs to provide the banquet hall and it's caterer an accurate head-count  ahead of time to ensure that everyone can be served, while minimizing waste. Those, who show up for the event without RSVP, or later cancel rsvp offsets event planning and may lead to a potential food shortage or wastage sometimes.  Neither of these situations are pleasant, so please plan ahead and send us  RSVP ahead of time.

Here is a call  to MBM members of this year for creating a  slogan  and  a poem of  2 to 4 maximum  lines  that we could incorporate  as a jingle in a small  audio video film on MBM's 40 year's Vaatchaal.
Note:  -  Poem and slogan both should be in Marathi and with positive thought reflections.
          -  Slogan should support MBM's objectives, and should be maximum 12 letters
          -  Poem/Jingle should reflect MBM's objectives and vaatchal ,should include some slogan and should be 2 lines to maximum 4 lines
You may visit http://www.mbmtoronto.com/  to get brief ideas on MBM's objectives and vaatchaal
The creator of the selected slogan and selected poem,  will be appropriately honoured on 15th  Nov 2008, during MBM's Diwali program day.  
So put on your creative hats and send your entries to:
president@mbmtoronto.com   but this email id  has limited web quota and large size attachment may not go through, hence please also send  cc to:   vinata@gmail.com
Last date for submitting the entries : Oct  20th , 2008.
Feel free to give a call to Vinata Kulkarni, at 905-842-6562 during  8p.m. -9 p.m. on MON-TUE, THUR-FRI if need more details.

MBM Directory for 2008-09

All Marathi households widely use the Mandals directory. As a result, it provides a very economical way to advertise your services to the membership.  If you wish to insert an advertisement in the directory, please contact Mr.Vinayak Gokhale, Tel. (416) 497-3546 or e-mail vinayak.gokhale@sympatico.ca.  All advertisement material should reach Mr. Vinayak Gokhale no later than October 15, 2008.
Submitted by: Shriram Mulgund, Data Base Administrator, MBM Toronto, (416) 493-7582 

An International Yog teaching body of PATANJALI YOG PEETH TRUST, Haridwar, India) in association with Patanjali Yog Peeth Canada and Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust (UKCharity Registration No. 1115370) www.pypt.org  Assistant Yog Teacher (Level - I) training session
Date: Toronto-Friday 14th Nov. to Sunday 16th Nov.  
Venue: Premium Banquet Hall 2360 Lucknow dr. (Derry & Torbram) Mississauga, On L5S 1H3
Contact: Dr. Gagan Bhalla
Telephone # (905) 608-1993, E-mail: gaganbhalla1@gmail.com
Last day of Registration: Sunday, November 9th 2008