Simply Christmas
Reported by Arpi Bekian
If in your hectic holiday schedule, this year’s “Simply Christmas’ concert was not on your radar, you missed a great opportunity to put yourself in the Christmas spirit. With the ever present commercialism and the stress induced by it, we are robbed of the pleasures of enjoying the season of our Lord’s birth. This, albeit for a fleeting moment in time, was what we all needed.
The concert began with our own St. Sarkis “Datevig” children’s choir, conducted by Mrs. Haikouhi Megerian and assisted by Mrs. Janet Marcarian at the piano, singing a song dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Armenia written by Charles Aznavour ‘Pour Toi Armenie’. I could have listened to them all day. What else can transcend all our problems and anxiety more than the calming voices of a group of children? They were a delight!
Then, just when you thought it could not get any better than this—it did! The children’s choral group was followed, again by a St. Sarkis veteran, Deborah Agopian and her merry making friends singing traditional carols. To the amazement of the crowd, Deborah’s non Armenian friends sang part of the Noels in Armenian. It certainly got the audience going, and many cheers were heard.
It goes without saying that Ms. Agopian and classmates put a lot of work and effort into this performance, and they were wonderful, and so cheerful. She is a talent that St. Sarkis is very lucky to call its own.
The concert began with our own St. Sarkis “Datevig” children’s choir, conducted by Mrs. Haikouhi Megerian and assisted by Mrs. Janet Marcarian at the piano, singing a song dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Armenia written by Charles Aznavour ‘Pour Toi Armenie’. I could have listened to them all day. What else can transcend all our problems and anxiety more than the calming voices of a group of children? They were a delight!
Then, just when you thought it could not get any better than this—it did! The children’s choral group was followed, again by a St. Sarkis veteran, Deborah Agopian and her merry making friends singing traditional carols. To the amazement of the crowd, Deborah’s non Armenian friends sang part of the Noels in Armenian. It certainly got the audience going, and many cheers were heard.
It goes without saying that Ms. Agopian and classmates put a lot of work and effort into this performance, and they were wonderful, and so cheerful. She is a talent that St. Sarkis is very lucky to call its own.