We were saddened to receive the following news from Paul:
To: Ethnic Dance Chicago Email DistributionDear Folks:
Sad news - In case you had not heard, our friend, Selcuk Cihangir,
passed away from a massive heart attack on Monday morning. I received a call on Tuesday morning from Diane Cihangir.
The family has sent me information about their planned memorials to
Selcuk. Details in the attached pdf document [scan attached below]
Photo Attachment #1:
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L to R: Selcuk Cihangir, Rosalinde Vorne, Ellen Simon, Paul Collins
FDCC June Camp, Camp Channing, Pullman, MI - circa 1976-1978
Photo Attachment #2:
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L to R: Atanas Kolarovski, John Kuo, Larry Hoey, Steve Spear, Bill Lee,
Russell Frank, George Ornstein, Selcuk Cihangir, Sulieman Hassan, Robert
Sturm
University of Chicago International Folk Festival - Ida Noyes Hall
Gymnasium - circa 1975-1978
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Friday - Dec 18th
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Dance Memorial, Ethnic Dance Chicago will host a dance memorial tribute
to Selcuk Cihangir as we do many of his favorite dances and remember
Selcuk. 8:00pm to midnite - Chicago Latvian Cultural Center,
4146 N Elston, Chicago 60618
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Saturday - Dec 19th
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Visitation & Prayer - 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Muslim prayer offered at 3:15 pm
Albanian American, Islamic Center, 5825 St. Charles Rd,
Berkeley, IL 60163
See Attached pdf for additional details
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Sunday - Dec 20th
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Memorial - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Club House, Cress Creek
1049 W. Ogden, Naperville, IL 60563
Diane Cihangir has requested that we have some dancing at this
celebration. Selcuk's favorite dances would again be in order.
See Attached pdf for additional details
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Selcuk's son Emre is creating a multi-media project to honor his father.
Please send your photos and comments to Emre Cihangir at:
bigbossemre@yahoo.com
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The Family is requesting that in lieu of flowers to please contribute to
a transport fund that can help realize Selcuk's desire to be buried in
his homeland. - via PayPal: bigbossemre@yahoo.com
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