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Support for Education Dinner and Dance

 

Friends of Anatolia organized its 2nd Annual Support for Education dinner in Sunnyvale on May 20, 2006.

Eighty guests attended to this fun night, which was organized to raise funds for our school projects in Turkey.

Among the highlights of the dinner, there were the Fashion Show by Sibel Giftgi and Ulku Nisan, Salsa Dance Show by Stanford University students, flamenco dance show by Koko de la Isla, guitar performance by our Vice-President Tugsan Topcuoglu, and DJ performance by Ali Tosun of Cemali.

Friends of Anatolia would like to thank to the volunteers and supporters below who made this dinner a success:

Volunteers

Event Coordinators
Sema Basol, Tugsan Topcuoglu, Demet Yezgi

Event Presenters

Sema Basol, Demet Yezgi

Technical Support

Nathaniel Chittenden, Serkan Hatipoglu, Tugsan Topcuoglu

Music

Ali Tosun


Photos
Ali Sarikaya

Fashion Show

Maria Anguiono, Eda Arici, Christy Baker-Smith,Mehmet Baksi,
Marta Barettoni, Belen Cucciali, Ebru Erdem, Sibel Giftgi, Ulku Nisan, Eda Ozbay, Sera Ozemek, Tamara Samoylova, Esperanza Summers, Marisol Vidal, Demet Yezgi


Salsa Dancers

Maria Anguiono, Allison Coppel, Belen Cucciali, La Shawn James, Didier Liautaud, Pino Del Sesto, Jason Torres, Marisol Vidal


Flamenco Dancer

Koko de la Isla


Guitar Performance

Tugsan Topcuoglu


Sponsors

Ahmet’s Barber & Hair
Bosphorus Restaurant
Café Baklava
California Hair Stylist
Doublet Manufacturing
European Mini Market
Hidden Closet
Istanbul Hair Salon
Lunatic Fringe
Mystyq
New Kapadokia
Nisan Design
Tarragon Restaurant
Turkish Airlines
Spotlight Promotions
William’s Party Rentals
Zucca Ristorante

Special Thanks to…
Kadriye Aras
Neda Armanfar
CemAli
Tayfun Coskun
Aytul Diril
Nilgun Erdal
Ahmet Giftgi
Ismail Haritaoglu
Aydin & Hulya Koc
Deniz Kursunoglu
Beth Newhouse
Arzu Ozbek
Ali Sarikaya



Please find the photos from this event below.

 

 

EVENT DETAILS

 

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Date: Saturday, May 20, 2006

Time: 7:00pm – Midnight [Dance starts at 10:00pm]

Place: Tarragon Restaurant

Address: 140 S. Murphy Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Tickets:
For dinner and dance: $55 per person, $45 for students. For dance only (after 10pm): $30 per person, $25 for students. Drinks not included.

Program:
7:00pm -- social hour
7:45pm -- short presentation about Friends of Anatolia followed by buffet dinner
8:30pm -- dance (flamenco by Koko de la Isla, salsa by Stanford students) and music performance by Tugsan Topcuoglu
9:00pm -- fashion show featuring designs of Ulku Nisanoglu and Sibel Giftgi, modeled by volunteer Stanford students
9:30pm –- closing remarks and drawings.
9:45pm to midnight –- Music and DJ Dance Party courtesy of CEMALI

 

 


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To contribute to peace and democracy by encouraging the growth of Turkish civil society.

 

MISSION

To strengthen community participation by supporting education, promoting volunteerism and philanthropy, and fostering cultural exchange.

 

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