We are really excited to announce that I will be performing with my extraordinary band Free Planet Radio in Southfield, MI on Saturday, June 27th at the beautiful St. John Armenian Church. This show is going to be amazing!

The sponsors are so thrilled to have us come and we love that kind of enthusiasm…  everywhere we go, we make new friends with the presenters, the media, and of course, the audience.   I love this part of the journey… traveling to new places and meeting wonderful people that I otherwise might never have met…

My mom has told me so much about the close knit Armenian community in Detroit over the years… she greatly respects the work that they have done to preserve our cultural heritage and has told me about this community with much admiration and pride – about the churches there, the cultural events they have organized, the Armenian schools there (Alex Mangoogian lived in Detroit and contributed greatly, as have many others, to the Armenian General Benevolent Union, to Armenian schools, and to the building of St. John Armenian Church).  It often feels like my mom is just as excited as I am about my performing in this city, which has one of the oldest Armenian communities in the United States.

We had an amazing rehearsal with the guys last week…  going through each song…Hayastan… Gakavig… Khntsori zarin dag… all our favourites… and adding new twists and turns to the arrangements…  we are having fun!

Here are the details for the show:

Date:  Saturday, June 27th

Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Place:  St. Johns Armenian Church

Contact: Anahit Toumajan @ 248-357-2234

Email:  haro@ mariammatossian.com

We are looking forward to this!

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