Child's Play (India) Foundation

Child’s Play @ Goa’s first Children’s Book Fest

The children of Child’s Play were delighted to be invited to perform at Goa’s first Children’s Book Fest organised by Bookworm. On Sunday December 16, a gaggle of kids piled into our cars and came to the Panjim Municipal Garden, which was the venue for the Fest. There,

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Now live: Dr. Luis Dias @ INKTalks 2010

We’ve had many requests for the video link to our Project Director Dr. Luis Dias’ talk at the INK Conference 2010 held at Lavasa. The INKTalks website was recently revamped and we’re pleased to announce that the talk is once again online.
In his talk, Luis describes how Child’s

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Reasons to come to a WorldBusk event

 
1. Meet the children in our project and see how they are progressing with their music-making.
2. Enjoy performances from professional and amateur musicians, singers and others. In the past, in addition to our violins and a trio, we had guitars, drums and even a juggler. Expect to

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It’s today: World Busk at Literati, Calangute

It’s today! Join us at Literati Bookshop, Calangute (5.30 pm onwards) for our 3rd year at WorldBusk. There will be lots of children with violins (kids from our project + other children), singing, and even one of Goa’s best known bands! And as with most of our busking events, there

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World Busk 2012: Event 1 (Panjim)

What an awesome evening! There were guitars and violins and amazing voices. International classical guitarist Pedro Rodrigues (who was in Goa for a concert) agreed to perform for us on his last evening here.  We were also delighted that Goa’s favourite fadista Sonia Shirsat took time off to come and

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World Busk 2012

For the third year, Child’s Play will be participating in World Busk to raise awareness and funds for Musequality and Child’s Play India.
We are delighted to be having two events this year – on 11 June at Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim and on 16 June at Literati, Calangute.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

As part of our ongoing music education series, Child’s Play, in association with the Fundacao Oriente, recently organised a screening of the ballet version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
On Saturday evening, a motley crowd of young children (ranging from 3-15) and their parents trooped into the Fundacao premises

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Top Dog jams for Child’s Play (India)

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Top Dog Brass Band were here in Goa all the way from their native Dresden, Germany. They gave a power-packed concert at the Kala Academy, Panjim Goa, and the next morning, they very kindly agreed to play for our kids from Child’s Play (India) Foundation at Hamara

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