 So ready to start, thanks again for sticking around. I do want to mention this is Mi'gmaar and the Tibetan Youth Dance Troop, Dance and Music Troop, from Burlington today. And I want to mention a few more of our sponsors before they start. We have been thanking our platinum sponsors, the Hunger Mountain Co-op, NBC5, VSecU, Onion River Outdoors, Union Mutual, Capital Community Church, Consolidated Communications. And we have a number of other sponsors. Please take a look here on the banner. And we want to thank them all. This has been a wonderful event. We hope you'll stick around for a costume parade up to the downtown, up to the downtown after this show at 4 o'clock. So then we'll commence our trick-or-treating downtown. So thanks again. And this is Mi'gmaar. Hello, Tashi Dalek. Tashi Dalek. Let's do it one more. Say Tashi Dalek back to me. Tashi Dalek. Thank you, thank you. So Tashi Dalek, a group of Tibetan vamanters from Burlington. For the Tibetans, keeping our identity and sharing it with the world is crucial because of the situation inside and outside Tibet. We are all members of Tibetan Association of Vamanth, a very closely knit community with about 160 people. Tibetans are the true refugees. But due to some political reason, we do not get the refugee status and all the benefits along with that. We all started from scratch. And as of now, we are doing pretty well. We teach our kids Tibetan language. We teach them Tibetan songs, dances, and music. The only wish we have is to have a community center for ourselves so that we can have a place where we can feel we belong. Today on this beautiful rainy day, we are here to share with you some Tibetan music, some songs, and some dances. So to start with, I am going to play a flute melody. So that is called lu. In the wilderness of Tibet's nomadic area, you might often hear someone singing a song in a very high pitch. The song plays a very important role in their daily life to be happy in the wilderness and letting others know someone is there. It is often used for communicating with someone in distance. The nomadic songs are very funny and very delightful to hear. It is also like a lullaby to the animals they graze. The lu that I'm going to present now, it conveys this message. On those beautiful summer green meadow are the joyous and colorful herds of yak, sheep, goat, and horses, singing deep in the melody of lu, the nomadic song, reflecting the pure and happy life of a Tibetan nomad. So ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I am going to present you the melody on the flute. And I welcome all of you to enjoy Tibet, which is the land of snow, the zone of peace, the third pole, the Shangri-La on the globe, and my country, Tibet. So now it's the exciting moment of the day. As you can see, the bright future seeds of Tibet, all of them, and I have started this class not long ago, but they have been really, really good in learning Tibetan music, Tibetan songs. And very soon, they will be learning Tibetan dance also. So today, I cannot wait to present to you their first performance, playing Tibetan drunken. And the song that we are going to sing or play is called Tsung Dalai Mosul. It says, don't say there is no gem in Lhasa Noblinga. Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, and Noblinga is the summer palace of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Don't say there is no gem in Lhasa Noblinga. Who else is Yixin Norbum, which is the Dalai Lama? Do you think he is? Don't say there is no gem in a Tibetan young man. What else are his tales, scholastics, and the computing skills? Don't say there is no gem in a beautiful Tibetan lady. What else are her turquoise corals and ambas that she wear, bringing glamour? So the song actually teach us how to bring positive attitude, how to see what is good in others. So ladies and gentlemen, this is Tsung Dalai Mosul from none other than my favorite destiny. While celebrating those wings, I saw Dharam Sala, a little Hasa in India. When I looked at him, he looked at me. When I saw the turquoise Gandhampodam, the foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, tears rolled down my eyes without control. So ladies and gentlemen, a song called When I First Left Home. Home and saying that Tibetan people dance when they start walking and sing when they start talking. In Tibet, dancing and singing occasions such as harvest celebrations, weddings, religious and local festivals. Tibetan dancing always accompanies festivals and celebrations. These festivals were held in beautiful locations in the summer and fall. They may last for a few days and can include setting up tents, cooking extravagant meals, making butter and milk tea, offering rituals to local deities and even horse racing. These gatherings are always great opportunities for dancing, singing and playing. People dress up with their traditional clothing. They make a big circle around campfire and dance as they sing. Wedding celebrations have lots of dancing and singing. People send their best wishes and blessings through their traditional dance and folk songs. Overall, dancing is a very important part of Tibetan culture. It is through dance and song that people express their happiness and gratitude for the good things in life. Next, we are going to entertain you come region of Tibet called Trinjan Arilu. Presenting the dance, we have Mr. Dorje, Mr. Nambal, Mrs. Yanki, Mrs. Tenzin Veshe and myself. Please enjoy the come dance called Trinjan Arilu. Change their costume for the next dance. Ladies and gentlemen, the song says something like this. On the Golden Bridge was the most beautiful princess, Yintol Hamo. Then came the fearless prince, Norsan from the north, and took Yintol with him. Over the endless meadows, as Yintol and Norsan traveled, sharing true love with each other, a permanent relationship was born. To omit all the obstacles of life, Yintol and Norsan visited Samling Gomba, the most sacred monastery, and offered their most sincere prayers. So like a fairy tale, they lived happily ever after and with the hope that everyone will find their own true love. I am here to present a song that I have written and composed called Yintol Hamo. Chick Hill, meaning the short summer. So just like we have short summer in Vermont, we have short summer in Tibet also. Next, we are going to perform a dance from Yuzan region of Tibet known as Tibet's autonomous region. Such dances are known as Tushye and are performed during all occasions. The dance brings out the elegance of playing drayyans, singing and dancing, difficult and fast steps, all one at a time. The song that we are going to, the dance that we are going to present now, it conveys the message like, during the short summer festival, the bamboo fence was giving protection from outside as sitting inside is the gem, none other than His Holiness Dalai Lama. How prosperous we are, how prosperous we are. So presenting Yurgit Hamo a folk dance from Yuzan region of Tibet.