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Homenetmen Western USA
2324 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90041
www.homenetmen.net
Contact: Rubina Djansezian
Phone: 323-344-4300
PRESS RELEASE: July 6, 2012
TENS OF THOUSANDS TO GATHER FOR NAVASARTIAN GAMES AND FESTIVAL
Van Nuys, CA - The 37th Annual Navasartian Games and Festival,
organized by the Western USA chapter of the Armenian General Athletic
Union and Scouts - `Homenetmen', in Armenian - will have its closing
ceremony this Saturday, July 7, at 6:30PM, at Birmingham High School
in Van Nuys. The event brings together 2400 athletes, 1000 scouts, and
over 35,000 spectators throughout the tournament and festival in the
largest Armenian sporting event outside of Armenia and one of the most
important events for the Armenian community of the western United
States.
The Games, which began in East Los Angeles in in 1975, has 260 teams
competing in basketball, soccer, volleyball, track & field, tennis,
swimming, chess, and table tennis. The teams represent 18 chapters of
Homenetmen, hailing from throughout southern, central, and northern
California, Arizona, and Nevada.
The closing ceremony will feature delegations from each Homenetmen
chapter, consisting of athletes and scouts, who will march around the
stadium in their uniforms. Joining the athletes and scouts will be
Armenian-American veterans of the Iraq War who will be honored for
their military service.
In attendance will be a number of dignitaries, including the Prelate
of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop
Moushegh Mardirossian; the Consul General of Armenia Grigor
Hovhannissian; Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman; members of
the Los Angeles City Council, including Paul Krekorian and Dennis
Zine, among other L.A. City officials.
Following the ceremony will be a display of fireworks, leading to a
night of celebration at the Festival with musical performances and
dancing.
The Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts, referred to as
Homenetmen, is a 501 (C)3 non-profit organization with 28,000 members
in five continents. Homenetmen was founded in 1918, and currently has
18 chapters with over 6,800 members and growing in the Western Region.
It is the largest Armenian athletic and scouting organization in the
United States.
For more information about the Navasartian Games and Homenetmen, you
may visit www.navasartiangames.com.
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Attached: Logo, 37th Annual Navasartian Games
2324 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90041
www.homenetmen.net
Contact: Rubina Djansezian
Phone: 323-344-4300
PRESS RELEASE: July 6, 2012
TENS OF THOUSANDS TO GATHER FOR NAVASARTIAN GAMES AND FESTIVAL
Van Nuys, CA - The 37th Annual Navasartian Games and Festival,
organized by the Western USA chapter of the Armenian General Athletic
Union and Scouts - `Homenetmen', in Armenian - will have its closing
ceremony this Saturday, July 7, at 6:30PM, at Birmingham High School
in Van Nuys. The event brings together 2400 athletes, 1000 scouts, and
over 35,000 spectators throughout the tournament and festival in the
largest Armenian sporting event outside of Armenia and one of the most
important events for the Armenian community of the western United
States.
The Games, which began in East Los Angeles in in 1975, has 260 teams
competing in basketball, soccer, volleyball, track & field, tennis,
swimming, chess, and table tennis. The teams represent 18 chapters of
Homenetmen, hailing from throughout southern, central, and northern
California, Arizona, and Nevada.
The closing ceremony will feature delegations from each Homenetmen
chapter, consisting of athletes and scouts, who will march around the
stadium in their uniforms. Joining the athletes and scouts will be
Armenian-American veterans of the Iraq War who will be honored for
their military service.
In attendance will be a number of dignitaries, including the Prelate
of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop
Moushegh Mardirossian; the Consul General of Armenia Grigor
Hovhannissian; Congressmen Howard Berman and Brad Sherman; members of
the Los Angeles City Council, including Paul Krekorian and Dennis
Zine, among other L.A. City officials.
Following the ceremony will be a display of fireworks, leading to a
night of celebration at the Festival with musical performances and
dancing.
The Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts, referred to as
Homenetmen, is a 501 (C)3 non-profit organization with 28,000 members
in five continents. Homenetmen was founded in 1918, and currently has
18 chapters with over 6,800 members and growing in the Western Region.
It is the largest Armenian athletic and scouting organization in the
United States.
For more information about the Navasartian Games and Homenetmen, you
may visit www.navasartiangames.com.
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Attached: Logo, 37th Annual Navasartian Games