Envoy has hosted not only thousands of individual travelers but also many different groups for all the years of operation. What we love about the groups is that they come to Armenia with a certain purpose. Recently we’ve had few groups staying with us and here is the first story about one of them. 
Starting from the 21st of July Envoy was completely booked out. Why? - Sassoun Dance Ensemble finally arrived. 
Forty bright and talented young people came to Armenia to be a part of the “One Nation, One Culture” fest 2010. We were very happy for the opportunity to meet all these guys and to have our little part in this wonderful festival. It was a completely new experience for our staff. We met more than 40 Canadian-Armenians who spoke perfect Armenian and had such a great feeling for their motherland.
The official opening ceremony was started with the beautiful performance of Sassoun Dance Ensemble on the 22nd of July at the Republic Square. People enjoyed Sassoun performing within 10 more days in all over Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). As the guys mentioned they loved the part of traveling in Armenia the most. They could see and appreciate people and the real life in Armenia.
Many of them like Sareen, Nyrie and Taline had been to Armenia before and as they said this time it was all about dancing and being a real Armenian. Dancing in an Armenian ensemble in Canada is exactly what keeps these youth so close to their Armenian roots, as they defined themselves they are the most traditional dance group in Canada. All the costumes are designed by Sossy Avakian the assistant instructor and costume coordinator. The artistic director & choreographer of the group is Joe Avakian a real professional who is really zealous about his job and the kids from the group.
Staying at a hostel was the first experience for most of the kids but they loved it a lot. This is what they said about Envoy, “Clean, homie, hospitable, safe and very friendly, a place where you always want to be back.” The warmth and friendliness of Armenians is something that they will always remember wherever they are. They were also enchanted with our capital city’ Yerevan and here is what they said about it, “Yerevan was an absolutely amazing city where you never get bored, the night life goes on until the early morning, something that you never see in Canada.”
Dear Sassoun, Envoy wishes you many successful performances and beautiful moments in your artistic future!
There will be more stories about all the groups we hosted as they all have something special we want to write about so stay tuned.
