FIGURE SKATING SCHOOL AFTER YEVGENY PLYUSHCHENKO TO OPEN IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.12.2008 15:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A figure skating school named after Olympic champion
Yevgeny Plyushchenko will open in the Yerevan Sports and Concert
Complex on December 27.
"We are negotiating with Mr. Plyushchenko, whose participation in the
project will be very helpful," Hovik Muradyan, a stockholder of Bamo
company, the owner of the SCC, told a news conference in Yerevan today.
"The fee will be affordable. Furthermore, lessons will be free of
charge for 25 per cent of pupils," he added.
Yevgeny Plyushchenko himself arrived in Yerevan to attend the opening
ceremony and give a master class. On December 27 and 28, he will
present his famous show.
"I want to make a contribution to development of figure skating in
Armenia. We are also negotiating to invite coaches and specialists
from Russia," he said, adding that the best Armenian pupils will take
part in his ice shows.