C e l e b r a t i n g the Persian New Year, Noruz On Saturday, March 24, 2001, 6:00-7:00 pm EST On the Millennium Stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Live webcast at http://www.kennedy-center.org/ NAVA, Iranian Young Players' Ensemble and Masters led by Shahriar Saleh present: Sorud Ey Iran and two folk songs, by young Iranian players. The audience around the stage is encouraged to sing the sorud along, as the young performers play this national song of Iran. Variations in Dastgah Mahur, by the Masters. Mahur is one of seven Iranian tonalities and as its name implies, closely resembles a western major key, and in this case, G Major. However, as melodies progress, it deviates from standard G Major and assumes the very Iranian tonalities, based on quarter tones. The songs to be played are as follow: Peesh Daramad by M. Ney Davoud Narges-e Masti by Sheida Pardees by F. Payvar Ze Man Negaram, an old song Zolf-e Sar Kajat by Sheida Ghahr o Ashti by Darvish Khan Additional information available at http://nava.hadavi.net. This event is free and open to the public. It can also viewed, live on the Internet at http://www.kennedy-center.org/.