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Parev sireliner,
The Montrealahayootyoon has been quite busy these past couple of weeks.
The A.G.B.U. Scouts held their (or should I say our) 7th annual summer camp at Camp Tamaracouta. What a success story this movement has been, and what tremendous pride it is for me to be a part of it. We started the movement in 1999 with about 10 kids, and just as many leaders (I was one of the ten kids), and are now at well over 150 members (I'm now part of the leaders). Our cub scouts alone are now at over 50 kids. All great kids, and a tremendous group of leaders. The camping was once again a complete success, and even the tent cleaning day that followed it was a blast.
Adgé zad, Garni barakhump (another great organization I'm proud to be a member of) participated in an international dance show at the Place des Arts (nicest hall in Montreal). We danced the Sabre Dance, a folk dance from Vaspouragan (my favourite), a lyrical dance called Gakhartvadz (about enchanted flowers and infatuated princes) and the ever-famous Kochari. All in all, another great success, especially as we were lucky enough to have the finale. We had participated in the same event last year, and the overall quality had improved. The Columbians and Russians were particularly impressive.
Tekeyan mshagootayin Miootyoon had brought in the Malatya dance ensemble from Armenia. I couldn't see them perform as we were up camping. I heard mixed reviews about them, which is too bad.
Sourp Kevork church in Laval has their summer kermesse going on over this weekend, with Andy on Friday, Sako and Joseph Krikorian on Saturday and Armenchik tonight. I must confess that I'm not fond of any of these singers, but I did go last night, and Sako was able to keep the kef going. While I knew that there would be heghapokhagan/goosagtsagan songs in the end, I found it a shame that they just cut the kef short, to sing songs that were at times more reminiscent of an arabic "yeleli yelel" song than anything else. Everything has its place, I think, and I hardly see where that fit in, especially as most people just left. Perhaps we should re-evaluate when and where to sing our azkayin heghapokhagan songs, to preserve their quality and status too.
Bon, I'd love to shadakhosel some more, but I am off to meet some of my friends.
The AGBU Armenia 2006 team is leaving Montreal for Yerevan on July 6th, and nobody could be any more excited. I'll try to get in one more blog from Montreal before departure.
Pari getsek,
Vrouyr
The Montrealahayootyoon has been quite busy these past couple of weeks.
The A.G.B.U. Scouts held their (or should I say our) 7th annual summer camp at Camp Tamaracouta. What a success story this movement has been, and what tremendous pride it is for me to be a part of it. We started the movement in 1999 with about 10 kids, and just as many leaders (I was one of the ten kids), and are now at well over 150 members (I'm now part of the leaders). Our cub scouts alone are now at over 50 kids. All great kids, and a tremendous group of leaders. The camping was once again a complete success, and even the tent cleaning day that followed it was a blast.
Adgé zad, Garni barakhump (another great organization I'm proud to be a member of) participated in an international dance show at the Place des Arts (nicest hall in Montreal). We danced the Sabre Dance, a folk dance from Vaspouragan (my favourite), a lyrical dance called Gakhartvadz (about enchanted flowers and infatuated princes) and the ever-famous Kochari. All in all, another great success, especially as we were lucky enough to have the finale. We had participated in the same event last year, and the overall quality had improved. The Columbians and Russians were particularly impressive.
Tekeyan mshagootayin Miootyoon had brought in the Malatya dance ensemble from Armenia. I couldn't see them perform as we were up camping. I heard mixed reviews about them, which is too bad.
Sourp Kevork church in Laval has their summer kermesse going on over this weekend, with Andy on Friday, Sako and Joseph Krikorian on Saturday and Armenchik tonight. I must confess that I'm not fond of any of these singers, but I did go last night, and Sako was able to keep the kef going. While I knew that there would be heghapokhagan/goosagtsagan songs in the end, I found it a shame that they just cut the kef short, to sing songs that were at times more reminiscent of an arabic "yeleli yelel" song than anything else. Everything has its place, I think, and I hardly see where that fit in, especially as most people just left. Perhaps we should re-evaluate when and where to sing our azkayin heghapokhagan songs, to preserve their quality and status too.
Bon, I'd love to shadakhosel some more, but I am off to meet some of my friends.
The AGBU Armenia 2006 team is leaving Montreal for Yerevan on July 6th, and nobody could be any more excited. I'll try to get in one more blog from Montreal before departure.
Pari getsek,
Vrouyr
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