LA-YEREVAN SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION, LOS ANGELES COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS UNVEIL YEREVAN SISTER CITY SIGN IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
The Los Angeles-Yerevan Sister City Association, in collaboration with Los Angeles City Council President, Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles City Council Member and President of Sister Cities of Los Angeles, Tom LaBonge unveiled the Los Angeles to Yerevan street sign on Friday before community leaders and activists in Downtown Los Angeles.
Garcetti began the event by welcoming the Los Angeles community to the unveiling of the traditional, fraternal street sign. During his remarks Council President Garcetti touched upon the theme of the day by referring to the founding heritages of both cities, making note of the glorious founding of both Yerevan and Los Angeles, which now officially share a common fate. "With the unveiling today, Yerevan officially became a Sister City on our signage downtown," he said. "but it has long been a sister city in our hearts."
Following Garcetti's speech, Council Member LaBonge ecstatically thanked all those who tirelessly worked to make the Sister City relationship a reality and invited to the stage Souzi Zerounian-Khanzadian, President of the LAYSCA. Zerounian-Khanzadian, proclaiming it a day of celebration, congratulated the crowd on the occasion of 16th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Armenia. She continued with an introduction to the LAYSCA and its mission, urging the guests to join the association and further advance the relationship being established today.
Following the unveiling of the sign, City Council President Garcetti moved the ceremony into the Los Angeles City Council Chambers where his Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate for the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America and His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Prelate for the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America spoke and offered the opening and closing prayers.
Representing the Republic of Armenia was Deputy Consul General Harutyun Kojoyan, who also spoke to the Council Chamber. Kojoyan commended the LAYSCA for their efforts to bring together the two cities with the largest concentration of Armenian's on the planet. He further noted that "the LAYSCA is unique because it allows us to get together and work together on a whole new level—for a common and shared mission."
The event came to a close with a reception held in the Tom Bradley Tower of City Hall where guests were served refreshments and given an opportunity to enjoy a photograph exhibit, sponsored by the Armenian Center for the Arts, depicting life in Armenia and Los Angeles.
On February 23, 2007 Yerevan became Los Angeles' 26th sister city and the Los Angeles-Yerevan Sister City Association was formally established following a signing ceremony at Los Angeles City Hall presided over by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, LA City Council President Eric Garcetti, and Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan.
The Los Angeles-Yerevan Sister City Association is a nonprofit organization that promotes friendly ties between Yerevan and Los Angeles, as well as between the United States and Armenia. This is accomplished through cultural, educational, scientific, health services, sports, and trade and commercial exchanges between the two cities.
World-renowned KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir performs in firs-ever North American tour this fall
KOHAR Tours the U.S. and Canada, Performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York's Carnegie Hall
KOHAR, an internationally acclaimed symphony orchestra and choir based in Gyumri, Armenia, will grace the U.S. and Canada for the first time in an eight-city North American tour, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York.
KOHAR is comprised of 150 performing artists, musicians, choral singers, soloists, dancers, and a pantomime, fusing the sounds of Armenian culture and heritage with classical music. KOHAR Symphony Orchestra & Choir is the only symphony orchestra that integrates symphonic-jazz music with traditional Armenian instruments to generate Armenian folkloric music in a modern rendition. Together with the most favored Armenian patriotic and popular songs, the program has been trademarked or branded as "All Time Armenian Favorites".
With audiences throughout the Near East and Europe and fans worldwide, KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir has performed in Beirut, Lebanon; Nicosia, Cyprus; Istanbul, Turkey; and Moscow, Russia.
KOHAR Symphony Orchestra & Choir's DVD was bestowed the Intermedia Award during the World Media Festival in Hamburg, Germany in 2004. KOHAR also received the Anoush Achievement Award during the seventh annual Armenian Music Awards, held at the Hollywood Palladium in California in May 2005. The award was presented to KOHAR for its contribution to Armenian culture, which is exemplified in the All Time Armenian Favourites DVD.
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