Open Mind Presents…
Snatam Kaur Live in Concert w/ Guruganesha Singh & Ramesh Kannan
March 2, 2011
Recap by Krishan Khalsa
Founder of Open Mind Creations
I’ve been involved in sacred music since I was a small child. I grew up listening to Sing Kaur’s beautiful angelic voice, Shakta Kaur’s nurturing hymns and most of the music that came out of the American Sikh community. I’ve never met a more inspiring musician than Snatam. After months of preparation and a long day of setting up the hall, getting everything right, and making sure everything was running smoothly I sat down to a sparkling performance of “To Heaven and Beyond”…A piece that takes listeners through chanting the names of God from different faiths. It was a treat to close my eyes and feel my being completely surrender.
Attendees braved the rain that came after the sun had gone down. Children: laughing and crying, Families: large and small, and a truly diverse group of people filled the beautiful Wilshire Ebell Theatre. It was truly representative of our much larger world community and made me grateful for the opportunity to come together.
The candor, humor and comfortability on stage set the tone for a truly expansive journey which at one point errupted into people dancing up and down the aisles…arms raised in the air…completely free and full of joy.
May we be blessed to continue to have these opportunities to come together and share this universal love that binds us all.
Namaste
For those of you who missed it…here are some pictures. Hope to see you soon at Open Mind Creations.
A big heartfelt thank you to Sarah A. Greene for donating her amazing mandala artwork. Check out her artwork at Ordered-Chaos.com
Photo’s courtesy of Kat Goduco Photography
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Hi. My name is Krishan and I am the founder and owner of Open Mind. I started Open Mind with the belief that music is the only common language we all share. It is my goal to help as much music come to fruition as possible, and to assist people with getting their music from their head to the cd. Spending 4 1/2 years in India, as well as time all over the world, has led me to find time and time again that no matter where you are music is the ultimate release, the ultimate comfort, and the ultimate company. 
um…I may be more blonde than usual today, but, um….how do I get to the pictures. I drove two hours in rain to walk through drops as gentle as kisses to be blessed and renewed…Thank you for the blessings & light. Thank you with blessings & light..
Hi Phoenix…What browser are you using? The pictures show up using Firefox and Internet Explorer, but not Google Chrome.