November 3, 2006, Friday night was a great night for TACAM and all music lovers in Michigan. The Towsley Auditorium at Washtenaw Community College was alive with Yeni Turku performing their music as the Turkish American community relished in the wonderful performance. More than 240 people packed the auditorium to make it a night that no one will forget. TACAM thanks all that attended and the Yeni Turku Committee. This event is just another reason why continued support of TACAM will help enlighten the Turkish American community of Michigan.
TACAM board of directors and Yeni Turku event committee worked very hard to bring this event to all Turkish music fans. This event was costly but at the same time it was the most profitable event in recent history of TACAM. I personally like to thank Yeni Turku event committee one more time and especially to Ogun Arslan.
Last two months, we have been getting calls every evening, regarding changing schedules of the group, music systems, location, tickets, sponsors, hotel arrangements, budget etc… On the other side of the phone there were many people. Most of the time, it was Ogun making comments, explaining decisions, asking questions, going over the progress or simply just talking about the event. Serkan was sending e-mails daily regarding the ticket design, program book, ticket prices. Meanwhile Didem is directing financials and making sure that we will not be in black once event is over. Zeynel is in daily communication with all of them and making his quick comments in a hurry and then ten minutes later says “let me call him or her back say I did not mean it”. Burak , Hulya, Onur and Ozlem, the other members of the committee were working very hard in the background to bring more sponsors while Cihangir is posting daily mails to bring more attention to this event. At the end, we had the event successfully completed with over 240 people attended.
Many thanks to all our sponsors with special thanks to gold sponsors, especially Dr. Ahmet Karaca for his generous contribution to encourage the committee to move forward with this project. I like to thank Turkish Canadian Cultural Association of Windsor, Café Zola and of course all of our guests who were dancing all evening.
Yeni Turku was very happy with the entire organization. They mentioned many times that organization in Michigan was far better than other sites. As you will see in the following picture even our youngsters were keeping them company at the back stage making sure they have all their needs.
It was also great night for me personally to see many friends after a long time. I hope to see all of them again in our next event. I have talked to many people who said the same thing. They met their all friends and also made new friends. Let’s keep this sprit going and come together again to meet new faces and see old friends at the same time.
Sincerely,
Mehtap Aksoy
President, TACAM
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