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    Well-rounded performer

    Fairfield Advance (Australia)
    August 3, 2005 Wednesday

    THOUGH he is no Australian Idol, Sam Berberian is a born performer.

    The Bossley Park resident sings in a local church group, teaches
    Armenian dancing and is helping his son learn the guitar.

    Nevertheless, his eight-year-old son, Daniel, believes it is his
    performance as a well-rounded father which makes Mr Berberian worthy
    of being nominated for Fairfield Advance's Father of the Year Award.
    The awards recognise the city's top dads.

    Mr Berberian volunteers his time each week to teach a group of local
    children Armenian dancing. He learnt the dance as a young boy and
    wanted to pass the tradition on to the next generation.

    "I enjoyed it when I was doing it, so I thought I'd give something
    back to the kids," he said.

    He is also involved in his local church, being one of the founding
    members of an Anglican service held in Bossley Park.

    Mr Berberian's daughter, Talita, was recently in hospital with a high
    fever. In his nomination letter to the Advance Daniel said his father
    did not leave her room for two days until the five-year-old recovered.

    In fact, the children barely leave Mr Berberian's side when he is
    not at work.

    "We do everything together, be it grocery shopping or homework,
    and my wife is very involved," he said.

    Daniel also thinks his dad is the best barbecue cook in the world.

    * John Luu is a work experience person from the University of
    Technology, Sydney
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