Atlhough I loved Sala's idea about the Pacific dancers there will no doubt be other opportunities. and someone else's budget J But maybe because it's out of the square I liked Ali's suggestion to check out Asia's most recent big time talent quest.. and not necessarily singing and dancing, Raf J What else is there? I just so love these discussions. M From: Holly Raiche [mailto:h.raiche@internode.on.net] Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2014 10:51 a.m. To: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro Cc: Maureen Hilyard; Raf Fatani; apralo; Siranush Vardanyan Subject: Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO spirit I'm not sure I agree with Raf's no dancing, but the Dikir Barat idea does provide something both Asian and different. And Sala - I don't think the budget would go to flying in dancers from wherever. I loved seeing the dancers in the cook Islands when I was there - but getting them to Singapore would not be cheap, and I think we should start with our budget - funds we have and funds we could realistically raise. Holly On 7 Nov 2014, at 5:01 am, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com> wrote: Dear All, Since Singapore is home to most Asian diaspora - I think we can get some performers to do one entertainment piece that features: * Tamil Dancers; * Chinese; * Malay; * Pacific dancers (either Cook Islands/Samoa/PNG); ICANN should fly in some dancers from Rarotonga, Cook Islands so that people can have a taste of Asia Pacific. Kind Regards, Sala Atlhough I loved Sala’s idea about the Pacific dancers there will no doubt be other opportunities… and someone else’s budget J But maybe because it’s out of the square I liked Ali’s suggestion to check out Asia’s most recent big time talent quest.. and not necessarily singing and dancing, Raf J What else is there? I just so love these discussions… M From: Holly Raiche [mailto:h.raiche@internode.on.net] Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2014 10:51 a.m. To: Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro Cc: Maureen Hilyard; Raf Fatani; apralo; Siranush Vardanyan Subject: Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO spirit I’m not sure I agree with Raf’s no dancing, but the Dikir Barat idea does provide something both Asian and different. And Sala - I don’t think the budget would go to flying in dancers from wherever. I loved seeing the dancers in the cook Islands when I was there - but getting them to Singapore would not be cheap, and I think we should start with our budget - funds we have and funds we could realistically raise. Holly On 7 Nov 2014, at 5:01 am, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <[1]salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com> wrote: Dear All, Since Singapore is home to most Asian diaspora - I think we can get some performers to do one entertainment piece that features: * Tamil Dancers; * Chinese; * Malay; * Pacific dancers (either Cook Islands/Samoa/PNG); ICANN should fly in some dancers from Rarotonga, Cook Islands so that people can have a taste of Asia Pacific. Kind Regards, Sala References 1. mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com