Dear Youth of Northern Ireland,
The Norwegian Baháí Youth Committee would like to invite any interested youth over the age of 15 to this years Nordic Baháí Youth Conference. We are expecting around 150 to attend mostly from Scandinavia but also from around Europe. The conference is being held in English. This year the conference will be held in Lillehammer, Norway, from April 5-9. Lillehammer as you may recall was the home of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games and lies about two hours north of Oslo.
The theme and title of this year's conference is "Consuming, Choosing, Creating" and is related to how we as Baháís consume, choose and create media (e.g TV, music, film, video games, internet). In addition to the main talks, the programme will include performances from exciting Baháí artists including Shirin Hosseini Sech from the UK (read below), Ann Sofie Wensbo from Sweden, and Terje Seljevold from Norway. Participants will be able to choose from a wide range of creative and artistic workshops including:
We hope that participants will come away from the conference with a greater consciousness about the way they consume and choose various media forms and also be inspired to create new forms of creative media which reflect the spirit and teachings of the Baháí faith.
We are delighted to welcome Mark Bamford as the main speaker for this years conference. Mark is an American film writer and director whose award-winning work has screened all over the world. He is also the founder of the Baháí Media Network, an online group of Baháí media professionals with more than 250 members from over 60 countries.
On the opening night participants will be introduced to the talent of Shirin Hosseini-Sech from the UK who is a Baháí youth currently carving out a career for herself as a commercial recording artist. Her music which is a mix of Baháí-inspired and pop songs have been playing on UK radio stations and it is only a matter of time before she hits the big time!
Regulars to the Nordic Youth Conferences will be pleased to hear that Sweden's own Ann Sofie Wennsbo will be performing her soulful renditions to Baáa'u'lláh's writings and participating in the conference. Of course it goes without saying, that you catch up with all your old friends and hopefully meet some new ones too! We are looking forward to an exciting Conference and look forward to seeing you there.
Remember that prices for early registration before March 10 are NOK 725 (GBP 60) and from March 10 until March 20 (the registration deadline) the price will be NOK 775. So be kind to the organisers and to you or your parent's wallets and get your application in early! to register go to our website.
With Talks, Fun and a Bonfire (marshmallows included!)
30 March1 April
Twiname Home, Cullybackey
For more details contact Maryam or Natasha.
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