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1 Tibetan Language and Culture Summer Camp (Small Grants Provided by the Tibet Fund in Partnership with the Office of Tibet, Washington DC) Program Saturday, August 12, 2017 Tibetan School (Dale Heights Church) 10:00 am -11:00:am Opening Ceremony Chief Guest Geshe Tenzin Sherab la WTA President, Board Members School Teachers, Parent s Representative, Students & Shugtri ( བ གས Arrangement: WTA Tsultrim Gyamtso la Deysil and Solja Bodja (Provided by Acha Namgyal Dolma la & Jampa la family) 11:00 am am Prayers and Meditation Jampa Khedup la 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch (provided by Tshultrim Gyamtso la & Tenzin Bhuti la family) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Introduction to Buddhism Ani Lhundub Jampa la 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Tibetan Conversation Tashi Norbu la 3:00 pm -3:15 pm Break (Snacks In Charge WTA Dechen Wangmo la) 3:45 pm 4:15 pm Cholsum Gorshey Tenzin Choedon la Chung Tsering la Amdo Acha la 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Tibetan Music Tenzin Choedon la, Sonam Marpa la Sunday, August 13, 2017 Deer Park Buddhist Center 10:00 am 11:00am Prayers and Meditation Geshe Tenzin Dorje la 11:00am 12:00 noon Tibetan Conversation Jampa Khedup la 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided by Dechen Wangmo la & Lobsang Phintso la family)

2 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Introduction to Buddhism Geshe Tenzin Sherab la 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Tibetan Language Reading & Writing Kalsang Gyatso la 3:00 pm -3:15 pm Break (Snacks In Charge WTA Dechen Wangmo la) 3:15 pm 4:15 pm Tibetan Songs & Dance Tenzin Cheodon la, Sonam Dolma la 4:15pm 5:15 pm Tibetan Music Tenzin Choedon la, Sonam Marpa la Monday August 14, 2017 Tibetan School (Dale Heights Church) 10:00 am 11:00am Prayers and Meditation Jampa Khedup la, Tsering Namgyal la 11:00am 12:00 noon Tibetan Language Reading, & Writing Yeshe Gyatso la 12:00 pm 12:45 pm Lunch (Provided by and Lori Cayton la) 12; 45pm - 1:30 pm Tibetan Music (DraNyen) Tenzin Wangchuk la New Tibetan Song Tenzin Dolma la Tenzin Choeney Tadhey la 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm Tibetan Resettlement in the United States- Preservation of Tibetan Language and Culture Kalsang Gyatso la 2:15pm 3:00 pm Tibetan Arts Sonam Tenzin la Kusheo Lodoe la 3:00 pm 3:15 pm Break (Snacks In Charge WTA Dechen Wangmo la) 3:15 pm 4:15 pm Chinese Invasion, A Personal Experience

3 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Tibetan Songs and Dance Tenzin Choephel la, Dawa Choezom la Tuesday August 15, 2017 Tibetan Music Sonam Marpa la, Tenzin Yeshe Namgyal la Tibetan School (Dale Heights Church) 10:00 am 11:00am Introduction to Buddhism Gen Jampa Khedup la 11:00am 12:00 noon Tibetan Language reading & Writing Yeshe Gyatso la 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided by Lhakpa Dolma la and Namgyal la family) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tibet- Past and Present Kalsang Gyatso la 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Tibetan Guerilla Akhu Pema la A Documentary Film 3:00 pm 3:15 pm Break (Snacks In Charge WTA Dechen Wangmo la) 3:15 pm 4:15 pm Tibetan Conversation Jampa Khedup la 4:15 pm 5:15pm Tibetan Songs and Dance Tenzin Choeople la Dawa Choezom la Tibetan Music Sonam Marpa la, Tenzin Yeshe Namgyal la Wednesday August 16, 2017 Tibetan School (Dale Heights Church) 10:00 am 10:45am Prayers and Meditation Jampa Khedup la Lobsang Tenzin la s video 10:45am 11:30 noon Tibetan Language reading & writing Kalsang Gyatso la

4 11:30am 12:00noon Why Dhalang Chatral (Green Book) Matters? Tenzin Molam la 12:00 pm 12;30 pm Lunch (Provided by Dawa Tsamchoe la) 1:30pm - 2:30 pm Tibetan Conversation Tashi Norbu la 2:30 pm 4:00 pm Kundun (Movie) Sherab Lhatsang la 4:00 pm 5:00pm Closing Ceremony WTA President & Board Members All the Resource Persons The Sonsors Tibetan School Teachers Parent s Representative All the Students Support needed in Dranyen (Tibetan Music) and Tibetan Language Reading and Writing sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Please call Kalsang Gyatso (608) Summer Camp Committee; Food and Refreshments: President/Secretary, Wisconsin Tibetan Association Cultural In charge WTA All the teachers Parent s Representative WTA Board Members Parents and Camp Assistants: Tibetan School Ex-Students (Dance and Tibetan Language Classes) Tsewang Dolkar la Tenzin Choeney Tadhey la Tenzin Dolma la Tenzin Lhamo la Other Tibetan School ex-students are also welcome to support these classes if they have time.

5 List of Resource Persons: 1. Geshe Tenzin Dorjee la Introduction to Buddhism, Prayers & Meditation 2. Geshe Tenzin Sherab la Introduction to Buddhism 3. Ani Lhundub Jampa la Introduction to Buddhism 4. Gen Jampa Khedup la Introduction to Buddhism 5. Jampa Khedup la Prayers and Meditation 6. Tsering Namgyal la Prayers 7. Lobsang Tenzin la Prayers 8. Tibetan Conversation 9. Jampa Khedup la Tibetan Conversation 10. Tashi Norbu la Tibetan Conversation 11. Kalsang Gyatso la Tibetan Language Reading and Writing 12. Tibetan Language Reading and Writing 13. Yeshe Gyatso la Tibetan Language Reading and Writing 14. Tenzin Choekyi la Tibetan Language Reading and Writing 15. Tenzin Choedon la, Tibetan Songs & Dance ( Cholsum Dance) 16. Chung Tsering la Tibetan Dance (Utsang Gorshey) 17. Amdo Acha la Tibetan Dance (Amdo Gorshey) 18. Sonam Dolma la Tibetan Dance 19. Tenzin Choephel la Tibetan Dance 20. Dawa Chozom la Tibetan Dance 21. Teznin Choedon la Tibetan Music (Dranyen and Flute) 22. Sonam Marpa la Tibetan Music (Dranyen and Yangching) 23. Tenzin Wangchuk la Tibetan Music (Dranyen) 24. Tenzin Yeshe Namgyal la Tibetan Music (Dranyen) 25. Tenzin Dolma la New Tibetan Song 26. Tenzin Choeney Tadhey la New Tibetan Song 27. Kalsang Gyatso la Tibet-Past and Present 28. Chinese Invasion ( First hand personal experience) 29. Akhu Pema la Tibetan Guerilla (First hand personal experience, A Documentary Film) 30. Sherab Lhatsang la Kundun (Movie) 31. Tenzin Molam la Why Dhanglang Chatrel Matters? 32. Kalsang Gyatso la Tibetan Resettlement in the United States- Preservation of Tibetan Language and culture 33. Kushoe Lodoe la Tibetan Art (Thangka Painting) 34. Sonam Tenzin la Tibetan Art (Thangka Painting)

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