From: petra@zausun1.zamg.ac.at (SEIBERT 2410)

The organisation SAVE TIBET Austria is happy to announce the first tour of the Dharamsala-based Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts through Austria from March 1 to 17, 1996. The troupe of more than 30 musicians and artists will present music and dances of ancient Tibet under the title "Joy of Tibet".

The schedule is as follows:

29/2, 15.00 Press conference in Viennna

01/3, 19.30 Premiere and Losar Celebration, Vienna, Kursalon Stadtpark * 1)

02/3, 20.00 Vienna, Kurhalle Oberlaa

05/3, 19.30 Zwettl, Stadtsaal

06/3, 19.30 Bad Ischl, Kurhaus *

07/3, 19.30 Neunkirchen, Kurhaus

08/3, 20.00 Salzburg, Stadkino * 2)

09/3, 20.00 Linz, Landeskulturzentrum Ursulinenhof *

10/3, 19.30 St. Peolten *

11/3, 19.30 Graz, Opera 3)

13/3, 19.30 Leoben, Kongresszentrum, Sparkassensaal

15/3, 20.00 Klagenfurt, OeGB-Haus Festsaal 4)

16/3, 20.00 St. Johann in Tirol, Hauptschule Aula *

17/3, 19.30 Telfs, Rathaushalle * 5)

Moderation: Tseten Zoechbauer. Performances marked with * co-moderated by the famous Austrian musician Hubert von Goisern and Tseten Zoechbauer.

Patronages:

1) Mayor Michael Haeupl

2) Francesca and Karl Habsburg

3) Mayor Alfred Stingl

4) Heinrich Harrer and Mayor L. Guggenberger

5) Mayor Helmut Kopp

Tickets are sold by the offices of Bank Austria and Raiffeisenbank.

Contact adress: SAVE TIBET Austria, tel. +43-1-5228192, fax +43-1-5228190

March 10 Activities:

SAVE TIBET will send a delegation to the European demonstration in Brussels. The traditional demonstration in Vienna, between Stephansplatz and the Chinese ambassy, will be attended also by the members of TIPA touring Austria at this time.

Support by the parliamentary group of the Greens

The parliamentary group of the Greens supports the European Resolution on Tibet, as put forward by the Transnational Radical Party, and calls on its members to ask their municipal governments and mayors to participate in the "fly a flag" action. A corresponding World Wide Web page has been set up at the www server of the Greens (http://www.t0.or.at/gruene/tibet.htm).

Petra Seibert, SAVE TIBET Austria