NASHA take on their own Fundraising event at Alexandra Park, to help the people of NEPAL shattered by the recent earthquakes in April and May 2015. The band adopts the INDO KIWI theme, brining together the communities once again via music and dance. The Nepali community of Auckland also joined the band in efforts to raise much needed funds for their rebuild process being conducted by Sir Edmund Hillary's Legacy - THE HIMALAYAN TRUST. The band wishes to thank Wojcik & Wilgermein who contributed to support the initial idea and saw it through to fruition. Numerous people got involved to help in any way they could and we would like to thank the following: Asha Patel, Maree Gray, Bijaya Regmi, Ricky Singh and Trish Dickinson for their efforts. Melanie Kerr was a gracious and charming host and did it with much aplomb, being a presenter on TVNZ's "THE GOOD MORNING SHOW." William Pike, Mountaineer, Explorer and Author supported the effort with an inspirational speech on overcoming adversity. Dance teams offered their support with performances and donors came forward with items for Auction and small donations to help the cause. The event was a success raising funds in excess of NZ$ 10,000.
THE BAND
Vocals: Raul Cardoza, Leon Ruwhiu, Molly Leishman, Rhea Maheshwari and Sunaina Roy
Guitars: Liam Smith and Steven Winn
Bass: Dean Rodrigues
Keyboards: Joel Coutts
Drums: Mark Pinto de Menezes
DANCERS/DANCE TEAMS
Anu Khapung
Pooja Bhagath
IDENTITY DANCE CREW
TAUR PUNJABAN
A SLICE OF PINEAPPLE
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Melanie Kerr
GUEST SPEAKERS
Hilary Carlile (from THE HIMALAYAN TRUST)
William Pike
SOUND
Liam Smith, Leon Ruwhiu and engineered by McCoy D'Silva
LIGHTING
Neil Prasad (HDEV)
Photography and Video
Natalie Fox (Fox Fotography), Vishwanath Balasubramaniam (CLIXTURES), Steven Park, Rhea Patel & Matthew Rhys
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Pictured with Prue Smith (General Manager) and Linda Broom (Engagement & Development Manager) of THE HIMALAYAN TRUST. Proceeds of the event ( $ 11,900) were given to the Trust to help with their Rebuild of Schools in the Solukhumbu Region of Nepal.
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Hilary Carlile (Sir Edmund Hillary's niece): It was a fabulous event. Mark you are an inspiration as well as your work with young people, bringing out their musical talent and passion. Thank you for all your work. Congratulations on the great result.
Linda Broom (Engagement & Development Manager - The HIMALAYAN TRUST) - What a phenomenal result with the funds raised....thank you so much for all your incredibly hard work!!
William Pike: I really enjoyed the Nepal fundraiser, such a great night. I now understand that it was a difficult event to organise, however credit to you for pulling the event off. I thought it went exceptionally well!
Kaz Wojcik (Wojcik & Wilgermein) Sponsor: Still getting very positive feedback from people about the Gala event. So thank you for the tremendous effort that you put into making the night such a success.
Trish Dickinson: The night went off well, everyone seemed to have a great night and our friends really enjoyed as we did. Be proud of raising that money, it was a good result.
Vicki Skill: Both Bruce and I had a great time! We were totally blown away with all the entertainment, food and goodies on offer. And of course it is a very worthy cause. So once again, many thanks for encouraging us to come along.
Brendan O'Toole: The night was a terrific success which is just brilliant given the importance of the cause. Bravo! My warmest congratulations.
Ricky Singh: An absolutely amazing evening...thanks to Nasha and all the performers
Asha Patel: The performers and their efforts were huge....what talent....
Maree Gray: Wonderful evening....a credit to you Mark!!
Stephanie Archer: Had a great night out at the Nepal Gala Dinner.......Great Entertainment, Great Company and all for a great Cause!!Heard William Pike speak and the kids were inspired. Lots of different dance performances were very entertaining, including Top Hip Hop Crew IDENTITY. . Nasha the band kept us Rocking all evening....
Pip Prentice: On behalf of the Prentice Family, just wanted to say "Thank You" for the wonderful job you did last night. We had a fabulous time, loved the music, food and being able to support the people of Nepal. Well done!!
Shivani Sachdeva: It was an amazing event for such a good cause....we all had a gala time!!
Bijaya Regmi: Firstly I wish to congratulate you for such a huge success on organising the program and raising money for the needy people of Nepal. It was extremely well organised and entertaining programme. You deserve a huge round of applause from all of us involved.. A small Nepalese community who attended the programme were delighted as well.
Ajay Vasisht: It was great to see you guys in action at the event. And it was simply awesome. What a tight band!!! Thanks for the opportunity to attend and also congratulations on pulling off such a fun and successful event & fundraiser. Great team effort & well done all round.
Linda Broom (Engagement & Development Manager - The HIMALAYAN TRUST) - What a phenomenal result with the funds raised....thank you so much for all your incredibly hard work!!
William Pike: I really enjoyed the Nepal fundraiser, such a great night. I now understand that it was a difficult event to organise, however credit to you for pulling the event off. I thought it went exceptionally well!
Kaz Wojcik (Wojcik & Wilgermein) Sponsor: Still getting very positive feedback from people about the Gala event. So thank you for the tremendous effort that you put into making the night such a success.
Trish Dickinson: The night went off well, everyone seemed to have a great night and our friends really enjoyed as we did. Be proud of raising that money, it was a good result.
Vicki Skill: Both Bruce and I had a great time! We were totally blown away with all the entertainment, food and goodies on offer. And of course it is a very worthy cause. So once again, many thanks for encouraging us to come along.
Brendan O'Toole: The night was a terrific success which is just brilliant given the importance of the cause. Bravo! My warmest congratulations.
Ricky Singh: An absolutely amazing evening...thanks to Nasha and all the performers
Asha Patel: The performers and their efforts were huge....what talent....
Maree Gray: Wonderful evening....a credit to you Mark!!
Stephanie Archer: Had a great night out at the Nepal Gala Dinner.......Great Entertainment, Great Company and all for a great Cause!!Heard William Pike speak and the kids were inspired. Lots of different dance performances were very entertaining, including Top Hip Hop Crew IDENTITY. . Nasha the band kept us Rocking all evening....
Pip Prentice: On behalf of the Prentice Family, just wanted to say "Thank You" for the wonderful job you did last night. We had a fabulous time, loved the music, food and being able to support the people of Nepal. Well done!!
Shivani Sachdeva: It was an amazing event for such a good cause....we all had a gala time!!
Bijaya Regmi: Firstly I wish to congratulate you for such a huge success on organising the program and raising money for the needy people of Nepal. It was extremely well organised and entertaining programme. You deserve a huge round of applause from all of us involved.. A small Nepalese community who attended the programme were delighted as well.
Ajay Vasisht: It was great to see you guys in action at the event. And it was simply awesome. What a tight band!!! Thanks for the opportunity to attend and also congratulations on pulling off such a fun and successful event & fundraiser. Great team effort & well done all round.