June 21, 2012 - 15:39 AMT
Homenetmen Athletic Games due July 4-8 in Washington

The Homenetmen Eastern Regional’s 22nd Annual Athletic Games will be held this year from July 4-8 in Washington, D.C., with the Homenetmen of Greater Washington as the proud hosts, The Armenian Weekly reported.

Athletes from the 10 Eastern Region chapters - Albany, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, and Washington - along with invited guests from Montreal and Toronto, will gather at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington.

Starting early on July 5, the soccer, volleyball, and basketball teams, as well as the athletes participating in the swimming and track events, will compete at the Maryland Discovery Zone Soccerplex in Boyds, Md.

Singer Tata Simonyan and his band from Armenia, and Harout Bedrossian and his band from Montreal, will be held at the Wardman Park Marriott in D.C. on the evenings of July 6 and 7, respectively.