Friends of Drepung Gomang Monastery

www.gomang.org

Sue A. Simone, 2008 National Tour Coordinator

2035 Overbrook Lane, Spring Hill, FL 34606

203-725-6888 sue-1@hotmail.com

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Date

General Location of Tour Group

Arrive At

Host/Sponsor

Host

comments

emails

REGION-CT, NYC

2/1/2008 to 2/10/08

JFK Airport-NYCtravel to CT

Curt Jones

Orientation & Fundraising Events

2/7/2008

Trip to Carnegie Hall for All Day Rehearsal

2/11/2008

NYC

Tibet House West 15th Street NYC, NY 212-807-0563

Tibet House West 15th Street 212-807-0563

Begin Mandala

2/12 and 2/13/2008

NYC

Carnegie Hall: On Sale Now: Concert Tickets - $35-$108- can be purchased by calling 212-247-7800 or in person at Carnegie Box Office (57th Street & Seventh Avenue, NYC

Tibet House West 15th Street 212-807-0563

Bob Thurman/Kyra

2/12 - Dress Rehearsal all Day; 2/13 - Performance

2/15, 2/16,2/17,2/18

NYC

Tibet House West 15th Street NYC, NY 212-807-0563

Tibet House West 15th Street 212.807.0563

Work on Sand Mandala - Closing Ceremonies on 18th

2/19, 2/20, 2/21, 2/22,

Middlebury, CT

Melinda Burbank 1 School St, Middlebury CT 203-758-2423

Westover School

sand mandala, chanting prayers, merchandising, workshops

mburbank@westoverschool.org

REGION-MID ATLANTIC

2/23 - 2/24: Travel to NC 02/25, 2/26, 2/27, 2/28, 2/29

Wingate, NC

Student Affairs Dean Doug Searcy

University Guest House, HWY 74, Wingate, NC

searcy@wingate.edu

REGION-FLORIDA

3/1, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4,3/5,3/6,3/7,3/8,3/9

Spring Hill FL

Sue Simone, 2035 Overbrook Lane, Spring Hill FL 34606; 203-725-6888

private pujas

Sue Simone: 203-725-6888

Unpack merchandise and supplies

sue-1@hotmail.com

3/8, 3/9, 3/10, 3/11, 3/12, 3/13

St Petersburg

Shorecrest Preparatory School, 5101 First Street, Northeast, St. Petersburg, FL 33703; 727-522-2111

Shorecrest School

Penny Jennings Storecrest School St.

Mandala + prayers, pujas, and merchandise

pjennings@shorecrest.org

3/14, 3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21, 3/22, 3/23, 3/24

Miami

Dr. & Mrs. Mai Nguyen, Palm Island, Miami Beach, FL

Mai Nguyen

3 Mandalas - location TBD; Daily Prayers & Pujas in home

NGUYEN369@aol.com

REGION- MID-WEST

3/24 : travel to Louisville - stop over at Kaity Power's Home in Tallahassee

kaitypower@embarqmail.com

3/25, 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 3/29

Louisville, KY

Anne Walter

Private Pujas, Prayers, & Blessings

Annekwalt@aol.com

3/30 to 4/5

Stewart, MO

NW Missouri University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO, 64468; 660-562-1212

Professor Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson, NW Missouri Univ

Sand Mandala, Cultural Pageant, Debate

mjohnso@nwmissouri.edu

REGION- WA &CA

travel to Seattle 4/5,6, 7

Stop Overs

4/8, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11

Seattle, WA

Lobsang Dargey, Seattle, WA

Carol Thomas, Cultural Director, City of Everett

Judy Tuohy, Snohomish County Arts Council, 1507 Wall St, Everett, WA 98201, 425-257-7370; www.artcouncilofsnoco.org

Sand Mandala & Cultural Pageant at Monte Cristo Historic Hotel, 1507 Wall St, Everett, WA 98201

Lobsang Dargey: lobsang@dargeyenterprises.com

4/12, 4/13, 4/14, 4/15, 4/16, 4/17

Seattle, WA

Kerr at Olympia Library, 313 8th Ave, SE, Olympia WA 98501; 360-252-0595

Workshops, Prayers, & Pujas

cdye@trlib.org

4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/21

Seattle, WA

Barbara Graham

barbara@illuminations.org

4/22, 4/23, 4/24, 4/25, 4/26

Olympia, WA

South Puget Sound Community College, 2011 Mottman RD., SW Olmpia, WA 98512; 360-754-7711

Professors Hirsh Diamant and Cassandra Welliver

Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Prkwy, NW, Olympia, WA 98512

Children's Workshops, Tangha Exhibit, Sand Mandala

DiamantH@evergreen.edu Cwelliver@spscc.ctc.edu

4/27, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30, 5/1, 5/2, 5/3, 5/4

Tibetan Center for Compassion & Wisdom, 160 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941; 415-383-8824

Arjia Rinpoche

Prayers, Meditation, Private Pujas

REGION- KS CITY, MO

5/5, travel to KC, MO

5/5, through 5/25

Kansas City

Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery

Lama Chuck Stanford

Rime Buddhist Center 700 W Pennway, Kansas City MO 64108-2134

Sand Mandala, Visits to Prison Buddhists, Prayers, Cultural Pageant

lama108@aol.com

REGN-IND-OH-IND- KY

5/25 travel to Ohio

5/26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, June 1, 2, 3, 4

Ohio

Cincinnati

Stacey Johnson and Marini Blanken

Cincinnatti Library 800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2009

TV appearances, Sand Mandala, Prayers

Stacey.Johnson@cincinnatilibrary.org Marnieblanken@yahoo.com

6/5, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8, 6/9, 6/10

Dayton, OH

Mark R. Willis, Community Relations Manager, Dayton Metro Library

Stacey Johnson and Marini Blanken

Sand Mandala, Pujas

Stacey.Johnson@cincinnatilibrary.org Marnieblanken@yahoo.com

6/11, 6/12/, 6/13, 6/14

6/17, 6/18, 6/19, 6/20, 6/21, 6/22, 6/23, 6/24, 6/25

Indiana

Nashville, IN

Christopher Dick, Lotus Petal Gallery, 75 S. Jefferson, Nashville, IN 47448; 812-988-1250

Private Pujas, Blessings, & Cultural Pageant at Lotus Petal Cinema, 75 S. Jefferson, Nashville, IN 47448; 812-988-1250

REGN-VA-DC MD DE PA,

6/26, 6/27, 6/28, 6/29, 6/30, 7/1

Baltimore MD

American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230; 414-244-1900

Susan Weis and Rebecca

breathe books 810 W 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211
and American Visionary Art Museum

Workshops, Prayers, Rest over the holiday

Breathebooks@aol.com rebeccavisionary@hughes.net

7/2, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 7/8

Virginia

Falls Church

Rev Trish

Center for Spiritual Living 2840 Graham Rd, Falls Church, VA

Sand Mandala, Chanting, Prayers, Merchandise

revtrish@cox.net

7/9, 7/10, 7/11, 7/12, 7/13, 7/14, 7/15

Philadelphia, PA

Greg Schultz

Lehigh University

Greg Schultz Arranging for Tour Group to be with HHDL at Lehigh University, 27 Memorial Dr. West, Bethlehem, PA 18015

TO SEE HIS HHDL IN WI

7/20, 7/21, 7/22, 7/23, 724

Wisconsin

Deer Park Buddhist Center, 4548 Schneider Dr, Oregon, WI 53575; 608-835-5572

With His Holiness

Deer Park Center

7/25 through 8/1

Madison, WI

Deer Park Center

To Be Determined

sue-1@hotmail.com

8/2 through 8/23

Maryland

Balmitore Maryland

Virginia Eanes

Programs to Be Determined

veanes@benefitvision.com

travel to NH

REGION, NE

8/24, 8/25, 8/26, 8/27, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1

New Hampshire

Aryaloka Buddhist Center, 14 Heartwood Circle, Newmarket, NH 03857; 603-659-5456

David Carr and Amala

Sand Mandala, Cultural Pageant, Visit to Prison Buddhists

Kantioutreach@verizon.net; bodhi@wildmind.org; amala@metrocast.net; info@aryaloka.org

9/6 through 9/10

Woodbury, CT

Curtis Jones

Private Prayers, Pujas, Meditations; Visit Dae Yen Sa Temple

curt@civil1.com

9/11 through 9/21

Philadelphia, PA

Greg Schultz

LaSalle University Programs & Prviate Blessings, Pujas & Cermonies

freedom4tibet@comcast.com

9/21, 9/22, 9/23, 9/24, 9/25, 9/26

Annville, PA, East Main Street

Chaplain Paul Fullner, PhD & Virginia

Lebanon Valley College, 101 N. College Ave., Annville, PA 18003 & Blue Mountain Lotus

Sand Mandala, Cultural Pageant & More

fullner@lvc.edu; 717-867--6135

9/27 through 10/15

Keene, NH

Jennifer White & Terry Reeves, Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St, Peterborough, NH 03458; 603-924-4555

Sand Mandala, Art Workshops, Pujas, Blessings, School Visits

education@amariposamuseum.org and jwhite@su29.org

10/15, 10/16, 10/17, 10/18,

Dunny Barney

Private Schools

Hartford Area

acdb2@att.net

LAST REGN: IN KY OH Il

travel towards IN

10/18, 19, 20, 21

Diann Rich

Schools

Edison NJ

diannrich@patmedia.net

10/22/2007 travel to Indiana

10/23, 2, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Lafayette, IN

David & Lynda Raymer

Tippecanoe Arts Federation 638 North Street, Lafayette, IN

Sand Mandala, Cultural Pagaent, Merchandising

davidBraymer@insightbb.com

11/1/08 to 11/15/2008

Indiana

Mary Pattison, 3655 Snoddy Road, Bloomington, IN 47401

Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center

TMBCC, 3655 Snoddy Road, Bloomington, IN 47401

Sand Mandala, Cultural Pageant, Visit Families

indianatcc@yahoo.com