Music Awards... The short of it is that Pomegranate Music did get a win for Hover!!! A much deserved CD, congratulations to the entire Hover crew.
Now the show. None of those celebrities were there, including Serj. The show was moved to Hollywood, the Henry Fonda Theatre, which worked well with the "Golden Globe" format of the evening. I attended with Antranig Kzirian, nominated for the "History: Volume I" album. We ended up sitting next to Sako, a singer who performed that night. He was enough entertainment for the night. So there were some good performances. Arev Ensemble did a fantastic job. Gor was great on stage. Roubo the duduk player was wonderful. Shoushan Petrossyan was fantastic. But sadly, many of the performances seemed forced and lacking. My personal favorite was Andy. He sang with another woman, not Armenian, with whom he recorded a song on the "House of Sand and Fog" soundtrack in English. It was a wonderful performance and Andy is quite the entertainer as always.
Notable appearances were again Aram Saroyan (William Saroyan's song), the Armenian guy who did the special effects in Lord of the Rings, and a few other "industry" folks. I will say this, Arto Tuncboyajian's presence was missed. He is what made that show for me the last time around.
For a full list of the winners, go to narek.com, it's listed there.
Otherwise, I'm back in DC, had a nice quiet weekend. I went to a House Party on Saturday for Kerry's National House Party day... met up with some "Armenians for Kerry" folks and talked a lot about the campaign. That night was a lecture at the church given by Khajag (Editor of the Hairenik) and Robert Krikorian, professor at George Washington University. The focus was on May 28th Independence Day. I have a hard time with Armenian lectures, so I didn't follow Khajag's lecture all that well, but Robert's was fantastic. He was in Kharabagh from 1988-1991 (during the movement) and has a very interesting perspective of Armenian independence, the second time around. He's a great speaker, I highly recommend attending one of his lectures if he is in your area.
Lots going on. Tomorrow is a wake for Mr. Vartan Anoushian, a genocide survivor who passed away at the age of 110, so he also survived the Adana massacres. I fear how the next generation of Armenians will relate to the genocide if there are no survivors to tell their stories.
This weekend, I am back in Boston for Raffi Meneshian's wedding. At the same time in Prospect, PA, there will be the Annual AYF Junior Seminar, bringing in some of the best lecturers around. This is an interesting weekend that I haven't figured out. The weekend is PACKED with lectures and educational focuses, yet, it's the biggest AYF Juniors event of the year. There are well over 400 people registered to attend. Though I wont be there, I'm interested to see how it goes. I heard the lecture line up, it should be a great weekend.
That's enough for now.
Now the show. None of those celebrities were there, including Serj. The show was moved to Hollywood, the Henry Fonda Theatre, which worked well with the "Golden Globe" format of the evening. I attended with Antranig Kzirian, nominated for the "History: Volume I" album. We ended up sitting next to Sako, a singer who performed that night. He was enough entertainment for the night. So there were some good performances. Arev Ensemble did a fantastic job. Gor was great on stage. Roubo the duduk player was wonderful. Shoushan Petrossyan was fantastic. But sadly, many of the performances seemed forced and lacking. My personal favorite was Andy. He sang with another woman, not Armenian, with whom he recorded a song on the "House of Sand and Fog" soundtrack in English. It was a wonderful performance and Andy is quite the entertainer as always.
Notable appearances were again Aram Saroyan (William Saroyan's song), the Armenian guy who did the special effects in Lord of the Rings, and a few other "industry" folks. I will say this, Arto Tuncboyajian's presence was missed. He is what made that show for me the last time around.
For a full list of the winners, go to narek.com, it's listed there.
Otherwise, I'm back in DC, had a nice quiet weekend. I went to a House Party on Saturday for Kerry's National House Party day... met up with some "Armenians for Kerry" folks and talked a lot about the campaign. That night was a lecture at the church given by Khajag (Editor of the Hairenik) and Robert Krikorian, professor at George Washington University. The focus was on May 28th Independence Day. I have a hard time with Armenian lectures, so I didn't follow Khajag's lecture all that well, but Robert's was fantastic. He was in Kharabagh from 1988-1991 (during the movement) and has a very interesting perspective of Armenian independence, the second time around. He's a great speaker, I highly recommend attending one of his lectures if he is in your area.
Lots going on. Tomorrow is a wake for Mr. Vartan Anoushian, a genocide survivor who passed away at the age of 110, so he also survived the Adana massacres. I fear how the next generation of Armenians will relate to the genocide if there are no survivors to tell their stories.
This weekend, I am back in Boston for Raffi Meneshian's wedding. At the same time in Prospect, PA, there will be the Annual AYF Junior Seminar, bringing in some of the best lecturers around. This is an interesting weekend that I haven't figured out. The weekend is PACKED with lectures and educational focuses, yet, it's the biggest AYF Juniors event of the year. There are well over 400 people registered to attend. Though I wont be there, I'm interested to see how it goes. I heard the lecture line up, it should be a great weekend.
That's enough for now.
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