FROM: IVCE <nhipsong@ivce.org>
DATE: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:28:15 -0400
TO: <nhipsong@ivce.org>
SUBJECT: artist Nguyen Dinh Nghia


Dear friends:

I am writing this letter asking your support for IVCE’s fundraising.
Your contribution will help artist Nguyen Dinh Nghia who had a stroke on
May 11th, 2003 and has been unconscious until today.

Vietnam’s premier flutist and master of the T’rung or bamboo xylophone,
Nguyen Dinh Nghia arrived in the U.S in 1984. He rose to prominence in
Saigon in the 1960’s where he taught bamboo flute at the National
Conservatory of Music and later at the Department of Traditional Music,
Van Hanh University. He has given widely acclaimed concerts in France,
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Nguyen
Dinh Nghia and his family settled in the Maryland. He has toured the
U.S and performed at colleges and festivals, including the Smithsonian
Institution’s Festival of American Folklife and Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York City. He has received many music awards in U.S. He also
is member of Board of Directors of IVCE.

Nghia Dinh Nghia and his family performed for program of “Vietnam:
Journeys of Body, Mind & Spirit” sponsored by American Museum of Natural
History, New York City on May 11th, 2003. At the end of program, he
felt to unconscious behind the stage, and he was taken to the hospital.
His condition has been very serious for 3 months. During his
hospitalization, the family has spent a lot of money for the medical
bills because of limited insurance.

Nguyen Dinh Nghia has dedicated his whole life to promote Vietnamese
traditional music to Vietnamese community, American and Southeast Asia.
We deeply admire his dedication. Therefore, I am asking your generosity
to help him. All donations are tax deductible as permitted by law.
Please make your check payable to IVCE and send to:

Thang Tran
31 Timothy Dr
West Hartford, CT 06110

Sincerely,


Thang Tran
President of The Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE).
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