Megaevento Cultural

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PRESS RELEASE

Friday, August 26, 2005

Live Webcast of AGBU Buenos Aires Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3

On Saturday, September 3, 2005, AGBU Buenos Aires (www.ugab.org.ar) will be airing a live webcast of its artistic and cultural festival, "Armenia, One People, One Nation, One Culture," the proceeds of which will benefit the city's Doctor Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital (www.elizalde.gov.ar). About 500 musicians and dancers will take part in the mega-event at the city's Exhibition Center. The evening will be hosted under the auspices of the City of Buenos Aires and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia.

Streaming video of the live webcast can be viewed by visiting the AGBU Buenos Aires website homepage (www.ugab.org.ar) on the day of the event and clicking on a banner that will launch the viewing portal. Up-to-minute information about broadcast times and system requirements will be available on the viewing portal as well.

The six-hour live broadcast will begin Saturday 5:00 PM (18:00) in Buenos Aires [Sunday 1:00 AM (01:00) in Yerevan; Saturday 11:00 PM (23:00) in Beirut; Saturday 10:00 PM (22:00) in Paris; Saturday 4:00 PM (16:00) in New York; Saturday 1:00 PM (13:00) in Los Angeles; and Sunday 6:00 AM (06:00) in Sydney].

This is the first AGBU event to be broadcast live to the public on the Internet. International viewers are invited to send comments and good wishes before and during the event via email to: agbufestival@ugab.org.ar. In addition to fundraising for the Pedro de Elizalde Hospital, the evening is a pre-event in honor of next year's AGBU Centennial.

The webcast will begin with a 90-minute program devoted to Buenos Aires Armenian schools, followed by performances by a wide array of choirs and dance troupes concluding with gala festivities that will include speeches and music.

Participating music and dance ensembles are:

• "Alakiaz" Choir from the Mekhitarian School of Buenos Aires
• AGBU Cordoba "Ararat" Dance Ensemble
• "Arax" Choir of Buenos Aires
• "Arevakal" Choir from the Vicente Lopez Armenian School of Buenos Aires
• "Erevan 50" Orchestra of Montevideo, Uruguay
• "Gayane" Dance Ensemble from the Armenian National Center of Uruguay
• "Gomidás" Choir of Buenos Aires
• "Grung" Choir of from UGAB of Montevideo, Uruguay
• "Haiastan" Orchestra of Buenos Aires
• "Kaiane" Dance Ensemble from the Armenian Cultural Union of Buenos Aires
• "Krikor Naregatsi" Choir from the Santa Cruz de Varak Church of Buenos Aires
• "Kusan" Orchestra of Cordoba
• "Masis" Dance Ensemble from the Archbishopric of Buenos Aires
• "Nairi" Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of San Fernando Valley, United States
• "Nairi" Dance Ensemble from HOM of Buenos Aires
• AGBU Buenos Aires "Nerses Shnorhalli" Choir
• "Nor Arax" Orchestra of Buenos Aires
• "San Gregorio el Iluminador" Choir from the Sourp Kevork Church of Buenos Aires
• "Sasun" Dance Ensemble from HOM of Cordoba
• "Shiraz" Dance Ensemble from Hamazkain of Montevideo, Uruguay

Participating local schools will be:

• Arzruní School
• Mekhitarista School
• Armenian School of Vicente López
• Isaac Backchellian School
• Khrimian Armenian Cultural School
• AGBU Marie Manoogian Institute
• San Gregorio El Iluminador Educational Institute.

Established in 1911, AGBU Buenos Aires is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Armenian heritage and culture through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. For more information and to watch the live Saturday, September 3 webcast, please visit www.ugab.org.ar.

For more information on AGBU and its worldwide Chapters, please visit www.agbu.org.

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PRESS RELEASE

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

AGBU BUENOS AIRES "MEGAEVENTO CULTURAL" ATTRACTS THOUSANDS WITH 1,000 TUNING IN WORLDWIDE

In tribute to AGBU's upcoming Centennial in 2006, the Buenos Aires Chapter sponsored its inaugural "Megaevento Cultural," a massive cultural festival, this September, attracting over 4,000 spectators to the city's Exhibition Center, and 1000 viewers online, becoming AGBU's first event broadcast live on the Internet. Among those in attendance were AGBU Central Board Members Carol Aslanian and Sam Simonian; AGBU Buenos Aires leaders, members and friends; AGBU Cordoba and Montevideo Chapter representatives; and Armenians and Argentineans alike. Proceeds raised from the event were donated to the city's Doctor Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital.

Held under the auspices of the City of Buenos Aires and the local Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, the AGBU festival, entitled "Armenia, One People, One Nation, One Culture," united over 500 performers from over 20 South American Armenian cultural groups for the first time ever.

With Laura Yorghanian, a well-known local television and radio reporter, as Master of Ceremonies, the six-hour program of song and dance kicked off with a segment devoted to the AGBU Marie Manoogian Institute, followed by song and dance performances from Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba), Uruguay (Montevideo) and as far as San Fernando Valley, California.

As a gesture of gratitude, the Chapter also hosted a luncheon at the AGBU Buenos Aires Center where all participating cultural groups were presented with a special certificate and every performer with a medal.

Established in 1911, AGBU Buenos Aires is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Armenian heritage and culture through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. For more information, please visit www.ugab.org.ar.

For more information on AGBU and its worldwide Chapters, please visit www.agbu.org.