Arevner Children’s Band from Armenia held concerts Saturday, December 25 and Monday, December 26, 2010, at the Hovhannes Boghossian Theater in Lebanon. The events were organized by the Board of Trustees of the Arts Schools of Hamazkayin in Lebanon, in collaboration with “Bzdig-Mzdig” and VivaCell-MTS.
The students of Kayane Dance School of Hamazkayin (artistic director Antranig Krikorian) and Gargach Children’s Choir of Hamazkayin (artistic director Zakar Keshishian) also participated. The artistic director of Arevner is Armen Divanyan, the vocal specialist Arpine Hovhannisyan, and the song instructor Ruzanna Jambazyan.
Kourken Papazian welcomed the audience on behalf of the organizers and said the event is a good opportunity to create a bond between teenagers from Armenia and the Armenian community in Lebanon. He also congratulated the collaboration between Hamazkayin and Arevner.
Afterward, event host Marina Martirosyan, who is also the dance instructor of the Arevner band, described some of the songs.
In the first part of the program, the 14 members of Arevner performed the Lord’s Prayer in their unique style, and afterward performed 11 other songs, each with its own uniqueness. Among the songs were the folk songs “Karnoug” (“The lamb,”) “Hoy Nar,” “Erishda,” and “Dambouren,” as well as songs by Satenig Torosyan, “Lousashogh jbid,” (“Bright smile,”) and “Santa Claus,” just to mention some.
A video film presenting the activities of the Kayane Dance School of Hamazkayin was shown during the intermission, after which Arevner performed another 10 songs, including “Siroun Shoghik” (“Beautiful sunbeam,”) by Rouben Ghazaryan, “Yerevan,” “Zmbik,” and “Hanik-nanik” by Sousanna Barseghyan, to mention some.
During the concerts, the students of Kayane Dance school presented the dances “Sassountsinerou bar,” (“The dance of Sassoun,”) “Latino,” “Sartarabad,” and “Walsh,” while the members of Gargach Choir took part in the last two songs and, together with Arevner, performed the songs “Garmir, gabouid,” (“Red, blue”) and “Hayasdan” (“Armenia.”)