ZANTZANT NEWSNEWS A Publication of Zoroastrian Association of North Texas www.zant.org March 2012 ZANT EVENTS ZOROASTRIAN CALENDAR INSIDE THIS ISSUE 03/03/12: ZLC Breakfast Upcoming Events 2-4 03/11&12/12: ZANT Youth 3/2: Mehrgan Jashan [S] lock-in 3/12-3/16: Ayathrem Gh [S] Vohu Manah Gems 5 03/11/12: Children/Teen 3/16-3/20: Panjeh Gh [F] Religious class 3/20: NouRooz [F] Youth Corner 6 03/11/12: Vohu Manah Group Key Card Access 7 03/17&18/12: Gahanbar Panjeh Article 8 03/21/12: Nourooz Meet & Greet Kids’ Corner 9 03/24/12: Nourooz Function 03/31/12: Woodworking Class Treasurer’s Corner 10 04/06/12: ZANT Camping BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE FROM THE ZANT BOARD President Zal Parakh O Ahura Mazda, God Omniscient, witnessing all the beauties of nature You have created, we feel happy, and feel the urge to turn especially to You. We Vice President Saghar Behroozi bow our heads, and raise our hands up. We ask for Your guidance through Your gifted progressive mind. Treasurer Pearl P. Balsara God Omniscient, we thank You for all You have granted us. We thank You for all You shall grant us. We shall remain praising You and preserving Your Secretary Khurshid Jamadar creation. We want to serve, as long as we can, our own selves, our families, our neighbors, our countrymen, and our fellow human beings on this good Social Director Delnaaz Irani earth. We shall serve them all through righteousness and with wisdom. We shall join hands with every good man and woman to unite in mind and body, Director Afsaneh Samiya and to cooperate in thoughts, words and deeds in order to create an ever-new, ever-progressive, and ever-better world. We know, this is what You wish. Director Boman Godiwalla Therefore, this is what we wish and what we work for. (Inspired by the Gathas, Haptanhaiti, and Farvardin Yasht) “The Zoroastrian”, February and March 1987 Mailing Address: NouRooz will arrive on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 12:14am P.O. Box 271117 Flower Mound, TX 75027-1117 ZANT wishes its family and friends a Very Happy and ZANT Center: Prosperous NouRooz 2012!! 1605 Lopo Road NouRooz Pirooz Baad! Flower Mound, TX 75028-1306 We welcome and encourage feedback from our community. Please send comments or suggestions to The Communication Representative or mail to ZANT, P.O. Box 271117, Flower Mound, TX 75027 ZANT News - March 2012 1 UPCOMING EVENTS CHILDREN AND TEEN RELIGIOUS CLASS ZANT 2012 NOUROOZ SHOW PRACTICE When: Sunday, March 11, 2012 SESSIONS Time: 11:15 am When: Sunday, March 4, 11, & 18th Where: ZANT Center Time: Communicated to participants 1605 Lopo Road Where: ZANT Center Flower Mound, TX 7502 ZANT is getting ready to show-case some talents! Children, please remember to bring your folders & caps/ Our kids are working hard to entertain everybody at the scarves to each religious class. We will begin each upcoming ZANT Nourooz function. religious class with prayers in the Prayer Room at 11:15. Please come by 11:00 am so you can sign-in your kids’ ZANT YOUTH LOCK-IN names on a sheet that will be there, for Tan Dorosti prayers. For further details, please contact Pearl P. Date: Sunday-Monday March 11-12, 2012 Balsara. Time: 3:30pm on Sunday to 6:30pm on Monday VOHU MANAH GROUP Where: ZANT Center Date : Sunday, March 11, 2012 ZANT youth are organizing a youth lock-in for ages 10-18 years. The emphasis of this Time: 1:30 pm lock-in is to allow free time for youth to Where: ZANT Center interact and develop their own programs. There will be fun programs such as Topic: Reciting Daily Prayers learning how to shuffle, learning The topic for this month’s Vohu Manah Group is effective chess moves, and making your dedicated to reciting (chanting) daily prayers with correct own short movie. pronunciations. Please come and join us as Mobed Poras This is a great opportunity for developing youth Balsara leads this educational session. leadership skills while getting to know each other "Vohu Manah" represents good thinking, and Vohu better. Adults will be present to supervise. More detail Manah Group meeting is a learning and discussion forum will be provided to participants upon sign up. There will to nourish our minds. Join us as we learn and discuss the be a minimal fee charged to cover the cost for food above topic. For questions, please contact Anahita during lock-in. Sidhwa. WOODWORKING CLASS ZANT LADIES CLUB BREAKFAST Date : Saturday, March 31, 2012 Time: 10am to 12noon ZANT LADIES CLUB is hosting a breakfast on March 3, 2012 Where: 2142 Rohne Dr., Cedar Hill, TX 75104 A delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs with garlic, Adults & youth come and join us for a fun filled wood- toast and hot tea working class, taught by Pheroz Tengra. Please let us will be served from 9 to 10 am. know about any project you are interested to work on. Everyone welcome For further information and to RSVP please contact Saghar Behroozi. Reservations required The ZLC will provide the eggs and toast. The garlic will come from the ZANT garden. CHILDREN & YOUTH SEWING & ART/CRAFT Please RSVP to Mary Tengra by March 1st. CLASS This is a team activity when too many cooks will March sewing & art/craft class is cancelled due to certainly make great scrambled eggs! Nourooz practices. For more information please contact After breakfast we will have an outside activity. Dilnawaz Rustomji . ZANT News - March 2012 2 UPCOMING EVENTS CONTINUED GAHANBAR PANJEH ZANT LADIES CLUB (ZLC) Date: Saturday March 17th from 11am to 3pm Thanks to all the ladies who came out. Thank you to everyone who donated to help the hungry and Sunday March 18th from 11am to 1:30pm homeless. Where: ZANT Center It was a lot of fun learning how to wear a Sari in different ways and differ- ent styles. Everyone had Gahanbar Panjeh will be held at the ZANT center for the an idea about how they first time on March 17 & 18, 2012. This ceremony is should be worn. Learning conducted according to the Fasli calendar and is compara- a few tricks on how to ble to Mukhtad Prayers. On both days, prayer session will drape and pin will be be followed by a Pot luck lunch. Dessert will be provided very helpful in the up- by ZANT. coming NouRooz season. ZANT has invited Mobed Sirous Hormozdi to conduct A BIG THANK YOU to Gahanbar Panjeh. Please make a note of this important Zenobia DadyBurjor, Nina Kalianivalla, & Dilnawaz event and plan to attend. For more information please Rustomji. They provided snacks and brought Saris for contact Saghar Behroozi. everyone to try on. All the models looked fabulous. Calendar of Future Events: March, - Enjoy your family and the celebrate the sea- NOUROOZ MEET & GREET son of NouRooz. No meeting will be held. Date: Wednesday March 21, 2012 April 29th, 2012 - Dallas Arboretum picnic. Time: 6-8:30pm May 27th, 2012 - Tahitian Dance and Food Where: ZANT Center June 24th, 2012 - Berry Picking. ZANT welcomes all to our first NouRooz Meet & Greet, July 29th, 2012 - Bollywood Dance Workout. an integral part of the NouRooz tradition, on Wednesday th March 21, 2012. Come and visit friends and community August 26 , 2012 - Pottery Painting. members and enjoy tea and light pastry as we start the September 30th, 2012 - Bowling new year at our center. October 28th, 2012 - British High Tea Party. November 10th, 2012 (2nd Saturday) - Fun Fundraiser. All ZANT Ladies who would like to receive an evite NOUROOZ CELEBRATION invitation for all current and future ZLC events please Date: Saturday March 24, 2012 e-mail your request to Mary Tengra and/or Neenaaz DiLucci. All ZANT Community Ladies are Wel- Time: 6pm to 12am come! Where: Double Tree Hotel in Dallas March 24th, 2012 is not far off, are you ready to celebrate ZANT GARAGE SALE NouRooz 2012 with your fellow ZANT members? By As you clean house and prepare for the arrival of now, everyone should have received the Invitation and Spring, save your garage sale items for the upcoming some if not most of you have already sent in your ZANT Garage Sale event. reservations. If not, please send them in so that we can assure a seat for you. We sure are looking forward to Please bring in items to the ZCNT and store them in celebrating NouRooz with all of you. the shed, depending on the amount collected, we will have a garage sale in April or September. For details please refer to the attached NouRooz flyer. If For questions please contact Keshvar Buhariwalla. any questions, call Delnaaz Irani. ZANT News - March 2012 3 UPCOMING EVENTS CONTINUED ZANT OPENING FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY Date: Saturday May 5, 2012 Our ZANT Center will be celebrating its first anniversary on Saturday May 5, 2012 and this special occasion deserves a special party! We have enjoyed a year of religious, social and cultural activities under this magnificent roof, so let’s get together and celebrate with thanksgiving prayers followed by fun, food and fellowship. The evening will begin with Machi prayers, and each person attending will light a candle to encircle the Afargaan and create a circle of light symbolizing the one family of ZANT. Next, there will be “ZANT food and fun bazaar” – our volunteers will have goodies for sale – those interested in enjoying dinner and light shopping will avail themselves of the many choices that will be available. The money raised from these proceeds will benefit ZANT and booth volunteers combined.