Carrom Association

If you live in North Carolina and are at a loose end on Saturday, March 24, go along to the Crown Arena between midday and 8 o’clock.

The Southeastern North Carolina Asian Indian Association Festival Committee who have been working towards this day continuously for the last four months, are holding a celebration of all things Indian.

The festival will feature authentic Indian foods, tropical drinks, traditional dancing, live music and all sorts of entertainment.

You can have a henna tattoo, which will slowly fade away, admire Indian paintings and drool over the jewellery.

Leave your little darlings in the designated kids’ corner where they can play carrom, listen to folk tales, have healthy delicious snacks and play to their hearts content.

This is the third year the festival has been held and it is going from strength to strength.

It will cost you a dollar to get in and kids under 3 are free. What a bargain.

You will also be supporting a good cause.

In 2005, the group donated about $9,000 to a charity for deployed soldiers

In 2006 the local police and fire departments and a children’s charity received charitable donations.

The local Indian community has been quietly raising money for local charities for over twelve years and deserve to be commended for their compassion and goodwill.

Read the whole article here or call the Crown Center at 438-4100 for more
information.

Make it a date. You won’t regret it.

The only thing I would change: Please allow the grown-ups to play Carrom too. Why should the kids have all the fun?