That's gross, I think home-cooked food is most certainly the way forward here - will be making a whole pot of Dolma this weekend minus all the other parts which seem to be added to Harout's food in the various restaurants across Yerevan ;-)
Life in Yerevan with the AVC is definitely full of things to be doing, people to be meeting etc etc Everyday is most definitely a new day. This Christmas one of the volunteers had the idea to set up a winter festival, where all the AVC volunteers take part in organising Christmas parties for disadvantaged children in Vanadzor, Spitak, Gumri and Yerevan. Hopefully when AVC gets larger, it'll be able to encompass all the regions in Armenia. We'll try and see how the parties go and then next Christmas we can hopefully launch an even bigger campaign. The Armenian Tree Project kindly donated a huge amount of dried fruit for us to give out to the children, and what with all the crafts, games, carol singing and father christmas arriving, I suspect these children will have a great party!
With respect to Hover chamber choir, things are going smoothly. We held the CD launch event at the end of November, to a completely packed and doubly-full audience at the Aram Khatchadurian Museum. Photos from previous concerts can now be seen on the Hover website and also details of future concerts. The CD is selling well and fast over Yerevan, and many people have heard about the CD and the choir, which is a great thing.
I have also been working with Arlex International on their Christmas Wish List 2002 which has been set-up to enable people who want to support Armenia, but don't quite know how or what is more worthwhile, at Christmas time. This is an excellent way people can give, to needy institutions which use the money wisely and all of it, not some of it. If any of the readers out there want to peruse the site and see just how they can help, please do so.
Then after all of the Winter Festival goings-ons, it'll be Christmas. I have decided to stay for Christmas as I really want to experience Christmas and New Years in Armenia, and my brother should be coming as well. He'll definitely love it out here, and finally the holidays will start, so maybe I'll try some skiiing for the first time ever in my life.
There are lots lots more happenings which I haven't logged, will start being a bit more consistent in my logging!
Life in Yerevan with the AVC is definitely full of things to be doing, people to be meeting etc etc Everyday is most definitely a new day. This Christmas one of the volunteers had the idea to set up a winter festival, where all the AVC volunteers take part in organising Christmas parties for disadvantaged children in Vanadzor, Spitak, Gumri and Yerevan. Hopefully when AVC gets larger, it'll be able to encompass all the regions in Armenia. We'll try and see how the parties go and then next Christmas we can hopefully launch an even bigger campaign. The Armenian Tree Project kindly donated a huge amount of dried fruit for us to give out to the children, and what with all the crafts, games, carol singing and father christmas arriving, I suspect these children will have a great party!
With respect to Hover chamber choir, things are going smoothly. We held the CD launch event at the end of November, to a completely packed and doubly-full audience at the Aram Khatchadurian Museum. Photos from previous concerts can now be seen on the Hover website and also details of future concerts. The CD is selling well and fast over Yerevan, and many people have heard about the CD and the choir, which is a great thing.
I have also been working with Arlex International on their Christmas Wish List 2002 which has been set-up to enable people who want to support Armenia, but don't quite know how or what is more worthwhile, at Christmas time. This is an excellent way people can give, to needy institutions which use the money wisely and all of it, not some of it. If any of the readers out there want to peruse the site and see just how they can help, please do so.
Then after all of the Winter Festival goings-ons, it'll be Christmas. I have decided to stay for Christmas as I really want to experience Christmas and New Years in Armenia, and my brother should be coming as well. He'll definitely love it out here, and finally the holidays will start, so maybe I'll try some skiiing for the first time ever in my life.
There are lots lots more happenings which I haven't logged, will start being a bit more consistent in my logging!
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