Music
Presenting Armadi Tsayn
Armenian music is rich in history, tradition and genre. It can be liturgical music. It can be classical music in both the Western sense or in a traditional Armenian style. And it most certainly can […]
Articles by Mark Gavoor
Reflections
An Armenian Thanksgiving Prayer
They say everyone in retirement needs a hobby or a vocation. Some fellows play a lot of golf. Others travel, garden or volunteer. Me? I took another job as associate professor of Operations Management at […]
AYF Olympics
Sunday at the 2021 Olympics: Stop the Presses
If this were a 1930s newsroom, I would be yelling “Stop the presses! Stop the presses!” For the first time in the history of the AYF Olympics there was a tie. The final tally of […]
AYF Olympics
Saturday at the 2021 AYF Olympics
Of the three full days at the AYF Olympics, Saturday is the most “chill” day. In recent years, it has been the day for softball in the AYF format. The teams are co-ed. They play […]
AYF Olympics
Friday at Olympics 2021
While I am not there, I am writing the piece while watching the Kevork Artinian band on the Facebook Live feed of the Friday Night Alumni Dance. What a treat especially seeing my friend Mher […]
AYF Olympics
Missing out on Olympics 2021…
“Thursday at the AYF Olympics” would normally be the title of the first of my daily articles posted during AYF Olympics weekend. I should have flown out yesterday morning. I should be in Providence, camera […]
Literary Corner
An Armenian Lament
Prelude A son, a grandson, Of this nation My nation Where I live Only in my heart Only in my soul. There was or was not… No, for sure there was A city, a town, […]
AYF Olympics
Our AYF Olympic Music
Certainly, the AYF Olympics is about athletics. But, for many, they are equally interested in the dances and performers. My interest in the music and the dances has equaled and at times surpassed my interest […]
AYF Olympics
AYF Olympics
Friday Night Zoom Cocktail Hour
I just got off a video call with Ken and Alexan Topalian. They were sitting outside their home in ProvIdence by their firepit, and I was in my home in Chicagoland. We were all hoisting […]