A church in Bar Harbor filled with the sound of folk music amid pleas to help Armenians who fled the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Dozens joined together at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor on Sunday for a concert to benefit Armenian refugees.
The event, hosted by the band Kotwica, aimed to raise money and awareness for families displaced by Azerbaijan’s September offensive against the self-governing and ethnically Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
“If situations like this are not called out, then countries and dictators are emboldened to do things against people.” Carolyn Rapkievian, who is Armenian herself and plays guitar for Kotwica, said Sunday.
The songs reflected a mix of Armenian, Greek, and Eastern European folk music, with a hearty dose of dance tunes. At one point, members of the audience joined hands with performers, waltzing around the pews.
To Carolyn’s husband David, the playing of a people’s music is an essential part …
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