CASO to host first Central Asian ball at Drexel

News CASO to host first Central Asian ball at DrexelBy Aiymzhan BeketNov. 13, 2026Aiymzhan BeketPhoto by David Pan | The TriangleThe Central Asian Student Organization will host the Shamshi Ball, which is Drexel University’s first Central Asian cultural ball, on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at Main Building. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m.The event is hosted in partnership with Drexel’s Campus Activities Board and is dedicated to Shamshi Kaldayakov (1930 to 1992), a Kazakh composer known as the “King of Kazakh Waltz,” according to Aruzhan Akhmadiyeva, a pre-junior marketing major and CASO’s marketing representative.The program will open with “Quanysh Valsi” (“Waltz of Joy”) and continues with waltz performances. Short presentations on Kaldayakov’s work will run every hour, and Uzbekistan Restaurant will cater.

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