[SkateDC] Thai New Year Festival (4/12/09) [Off Topic]

[MyeongHee Elgibali]

this is a must to go, see and eat!  pleskobali will be there.
 
> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:29:41 -0700
> From: skatewash at yahoo.com
> To: skatedc at skatedc.org
> Subject: [SkateDC] Thai New Year Festival (4/12/09) [Off Topic]
> 
> Three announcements:  
> Thai Festival in Maryland(4/12/09), 
> Thai Festival in Virginia (4/19/09), and 
> Thai Restaurant Week (4/13/09 - 4/19/09).
> 
> The Earth having successfully completed another orbit
> around the Sun, it's Songkran time again.  Come and 
> experience a little slice of Thailand in Maryland.  
> The weather for next Sunday (4/12/09) looks good.
> 
> Before and after next Sunday's skates...
> 
> Celebrate the Thai New Year Festival (Songkran) on 
> Sunday, April 12, 2009, from 8:30am to 3:30pm 
> (those are the official times, it actually starts 
> earlier and continues later) at:
> 
> Wat Thai DC 
> 13440 Layhill Road
> Silver Spring, MD  20906
> 301.871.8660
>  
> There is no entrance fee and a free shuttle is 
> provided from the Glenmont (Red Line) Metro Station.
> Google Map Directions:
> http://tinyurl.com/copoee
> 
> Delicious Thai food, drink, and various goods (CDs, 
> DVDs, clothing, furniture, dwarf Kaffir lime trees, 
> etc.) can be purchased from a multitude of vendors.  
> Free Thai music and dancing are featured.
> 
> Here's the announcement at the Thai Wat DC site:
> http://www.watthaidc.org/ which as usual is not 
> especially informative.  Frankly they have no 
> problem attracting big crowds to this festival without 
> doing any English language advertising.
> 
> Schedule (only approximate since it's based on last 
> year's schedule)
> 
> 7:00am  Offer Breakfast to the monks
> 8:30am   Pouring of lustral water to honor the Buddha Image/
>              Food and merchandise stands open
> 10:00am  Religious ceremony
> 10:30am  Offering food for the monks, Monks give blessing
> 1:30pm   Pouring of lustral water to honor the monks/
>              Thai Dance and Music Show
> 3:30pm   Food and merchandise stands close (food can still be
> had up until around 5pm)
> 
> Even if you are not taking the Metro, I suggest you use 
> the free parking at the Glenmont Metro Station (corner of 
> Georgia Ave. and Layhill Rd.) and take the free yellow 
> (Barrie School) buses that will shuttle people between the 
> Glenmont Metro Station and Thai Wat DC.  Please don't park
> in the neighborhood surrounding Wat Thai.  The shuttles are
> fairly efficient, and more importantly, parking at the metro
> station helps keep relations good between Wat Thai and their
> neighbors.
> 
> You can purchase food whenever you want during the entire 
> festival.  It wouldn't be a Thai festival without food.
> 
> Glenmont Metro Station neighborhood map:
> http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/GLENMONT/glenmont.html
> 
> Some pictures taken (not by me) at a previous year's Songkran:
> http://songkran2006.blogspot.com/
> 
> Description of 2005's festival (not written by me):
> http://tinyurl.com/3bactj
> http://tinyurl.com/2d3g8a
> http://tinyurl.com/34ztuw
> ______________________________
> 
> Thai Festival in Virginia (4/19/09):
> http://www.watyarn.com/calendarevents.html
> 
> On Sunday, April 19th, 2009 the Songkran Festival will be held 
> at Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery.  Please come and join
> us.  The ceremony will begin at 10:00 am.
>  
> Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery
> 21950 Shaw Road     
> Sterling, Virginia 20164-9318 USA.
> Tel. 703-406-8290, 703-406-2509 
> Google Map Directions:  http://tinyurl.com/ddngc4
> ______________________________
> 
> Thai Restaurant Week (4/13/09 - 4/19/09):
> Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/deuvk5
> 
> Thai Embassy info: http://tinyurl.com/c8h4fp
> ______________________________
> 
> Thanks for your indulgence,
> George Marinkovich
> 
> 
> 
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