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YARD SPORTS FESTIVAL TO BE ORGANIZED THIS YEAR AS WELL ON INITIATIVE OF YEREVAN MAYOR'S OFFICE
Noyan Tapan
April 28, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN. A contest-festival of Yerevan's
music and art schools is held for already the second year on the
initiative of Yerevan Mayor's Office. This year it started on April
20 and will finish on June 14, with a concert to be held in Aram
Khachatrian concert hall. As Kamo Movsisian, the Head of the Youth,
Culture, and Sport Department of Mayor's Office, said at the April
28 press conference, festival's goal is not only to raise quality
of music schools, but also to draw children's attention to national
instruments. It was also mentioned that the best ten of music and
art schools will be chosen in the contest and the winning schools
will be given prizes.
According to K. Movsisian, a yard sports fesival and The Best Sport
Family event will be organized this year as well on the initiative of
the Mayor's Office. In his words, the first yard sports festival was
held in 2007, in which 2000 children from different communities of
Yerevan took part. The festival includes a number of kinds of sport:
football, volleyball, basketball, handball. It was mentioned that
both cultural and sports events will involve disabled children as well.
K. Movsisian also said that like every year this year also Yerevan
Mayor's Office will organize a concert dedicated to the Last Bell
event for comprehensive school leavers in Liberty Square.
Noyan Tapan
April 28, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN. A contest-festival of Yerevan's
music and art schools is held for already the second year on the
initiative of Yerevan Mayor's Office. This year it started on April
20 and will finish on June 14, with a concert to be held in Aram
Khachatrian concert hall. As Kamo Movsisian, the Head of the Youth,
Culture, and Sport Department of Mayor's Office, said at the April
28 press conference, festival's goal is not only to raise quality
of music schools, but also to draw children's attention to national
instruments. It was also mentioned that the best ten of music and
art schools will be chosen in the contest and the winning schools
will be given prizes.
According to K. Movsisian, a yard sports fesival and The Best Sport
Family event will be organized this year as well on the initiative of
the Mayor's Office. In his words, the first yard sports festival was
held in 2007, in which 2000 children from different communities of
Yerevan took part. The festival includes a number of kinds of sport:
football, volleyball, basketball, handball. It was mentioned that
both cultural and sports events will involve disabled children as well.
K. Movsisian also said that like every year this year also Yerevan
Mayor's Office will organize a concert dedicated to the Last Bell
event for comprehensive school leavers in Liberty Square.