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PRESS RELEASE
Friday, August 26, 2005
Live Webcast of AGBU Buenos Aires Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3
On Saturday, September 3, 2005, AGBU Buenos Aires ()
will be airing a live webcast of its artistic and cultural festival,
“Armenia, One People, One Nation, One Culture,” the proceeds of which
will benefit the city’s Doctor Pedro de Elizalde Children’s Hospital
(). About 500 musicians and dancers will take part
in the mega-event at the city’s Exhibition Center. The evening will be
hosted under the auspices of the City of Buenos Aires and the Embassy
of the Republic of Armenia.
Streaming video of the live webcast can be viewed by visiting the AGBU
Buenos Aires website homepage () on the day of the
event and clicking on a banner that will launch the viewing
portal. Up-to-minute information about broadcast times and system
requirements will be available on the viewing portal as well.
The six-hour live broadcast will begin Saturday 5:00 PM (18:00) in
Buenos Aires [Sunday 1:00 AM (01:00) in Yerevan; Saturday 11:00 PM
(23:00) in Beirut; Saturday 10:00 PM (22:00) in Paris; Saturday 4:00
PM (16:00) in New York; Saturday 1:00 PM (13:00) in Los Angeles; and
Sunday 6:00 AM (06:00) in Sydney].
This is the first AGBU event to be broadcast live to the public on the
Internet. International viewers are invited to send comments and good
wishes before and during the event via email to:
agbufestival@ugab.org.ar. In addition to fundraising for the Pedro de
Elizalde Hospital, the evening is a pre-event in honor of next year’s
AGBU Centennial.
The webcast will begin with a 90-minute program devoted to Buenos
Aires Armenian schools, followed by performances by a wide array of
choirs and dance troupes concluding with gala festivities that will
include speeches and music.
Participating music and dance ensembles are:
* “Alakiaz” Choir from the Mekhitarian School of Buenos Aires
* AGBU Cordoba “Ararat” Dance Ensemble
* “Arax” Choir of Buenos Aires
* “Arevakal” Choir from the Vicente Lopez Armenian School of Buenos Aires
* “Erevan 50” Orchestra of Montevideo, Uruguay
* “Gayane” Dance Ensemble from the Armenian National Center of Uruguay
* “Gomidás” Choir of Buenos Aires
* “Grung” Choir of from UGAB of Montevideo, Uruguay
* “Haiastan” Orchestra of Buenos Aires
* “Kaiane” Dance Ensemble from the Armenian Cultural Union of Buenos Aires
* “Krikor Naregatsi” Choir from the Santa Cruz de Varak Church of Buenos Aires
* “Kusan” Orchestra of Cordoba
* “Masis” Dance Ensemble from the Archbishopric of Buenos Aires
* “Nairi” Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of San Fernando Valley, United States
* “Nairi” Dance Ensemble from HOM of Buenos Aires
* AGBU Buenos Aires “Nerses Shnorhalli” Choir
* “Nor Arax” Orchestra of Buenos Aires
* “San Gregorio el Iluminador” Choir from the Sourp Kevork Church of Buenos Aires
* “Sasun” Dance Ensemble from HOM of Cordoba
* “Shiraz” Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of Montevideo, Uruguay
Participating local schools will be:
* Arzruní School
* Mekhitarista School
* Armenian School of Vicente López
* Isaac Backchellian School
* Khrimian Armenian Cultural School
* AGBU Marie Manoogian Institute
* San Gregorio El Iluminador Educational Institute.
Established in 1911, AGBU Buenos Aires is dedicated to preserving and
promoting the Armenian heritage and culture through educational,
cultural and humanitarian programs. For more information and to watch
the live Saturday, September 3 webcast, please visit
For more information on AGBU and its worldwide Chapters, please visit