SONG HOLIDAY IN VANADZOR TO BE HELD IN NEW PLACE THIS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
May 23 2006

VANADZOR, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The 35th city song holiday will be held
on May 28 at “Bolor Kar” (name of a place) of Vanadzor. Construction
works are done at present, the road towards the festive place is being
asphalted, trade pavillions are being placed, stages for orchestras
and spectators are being built. The song holiday was celebrated in
Armenia for the first time in Kirovakan (at present in Vanadzor)
on September 18, 1955. The place of holding has been for a long
time the picturesque park of pine-trees in the south-western part of
Vanadzor. All groups and individual performers of songs and dances
in the city participate in the fete that lasts for 3 hours. It has
become the inseparable part of the cultural life of the city.