May 17, 2011
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Nork Children's Center Troupe Performs in Lebanon

  • AGBU's Nork Children's Center troupe from Yerevan on stage a
    AGBU's Nork Children's Center troupe from Yerevan on stage after a performance at the Hovhannes Boghosian Auditorium in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Lebanese-Armenian students and guests watching the AGBU Nork
    Lebanese-Armenian students and guests watching the AGBU Nork Children's Center troupe perform in Beirut. The five performances drew in a total of 3,000 guests, including 1,300 Armenian school students.

During the week of April 2-8, 2011, 30 youth from AGBU's Nork Children's Center in Yerevan performed in Beirut, Lebanon in connection with the 80th anniversary of the founding of AGBU Armenian Youth Association (AYA). Five performances, directed by Aida Antreassian, were held at the Hovhannes Boghosian Auditorium, drawing in a total of 3,000 guests, which included 1,300 Armenian school students.

The AGBU Children's Centers performers ranged in age from five to fourteen. Their performances, which consisted of song, dance, and gymnastics, followed introductory remarks by their group leader, Reverend Komitas Hovnanian, a member of the brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin and head of the AGBU Nork Children's Center. During their time in Lebanon, the youth from Armenia spent the good part of four days sightseeing and exploring the countryside. They made visits to Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, the museum of the Cilician Catholicosate in Antelia, Lebanon, the Armenian Genocide Monument in Antelias, the village of Harissa, the Armenian Catholic monastery of Bzommar, the Jeita grotto, the Armenian Birds' Nest orphanage, and the historic Byblos Fort in Jibeil. Travel expenses were underwritten by the Armenian company VivaCell.

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