Obituary of TAMARA BARRINGTON YARYAN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:  January 26, 2000, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

Tamara Barrington Yaryan, 24, of Austin, Texas, died Friday, January 21, 
2000, following a car accident.  She died just three weeks after her marriage 
to the love of her life, Chris Yaryan.

Chris is the son of former Jena residents, Kathy and Van Yaryan of Silver 
City, New Mexico.

Tamara was the Artistic Director and Master Teacher of the Believe in Me 
Project, Inc., Texas affiliate of the Association of National Dance 
Institutes, a program that benefits school children through the arts.

For the past three seasons, Tamara had danced professionally with Stillpoint 
Dance Company of Austin.  Previously she performed with several companies in 
the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex including Contemporary Dance, Heels and Nobs 
Theatre Dance Collective and JAADE Dance Theatre.

Tamara graduated from TCU in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ballet and 
Modern Dance.  While a student, she received the most outstanding 
Choreographer Award for her Glass Panes (1996) and 2 Days after Soria Moria 
(1997).

Tamara was a Rotary Exchange Student in Norway in 1991-92 and while there, 
she studied at the Norwegian Ballet Institute in Oslo.

A celebration of Tamara's life was held Monday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. at St. 
David's Episcopal Church in Silver City, N. M.  There will also be a memorial 
service at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Silver City on Saturday, Jan. 
29 at 2 p.m.

In addition to her husband, Chris, she is survived by her parents, Carol and 
Irvin Barrington of Silver City; five sisters, Shelby, Linda, Jana, Beverly, 
and Gail, and their families; her grandmother, Meg Smith; and extended family 
and host of friends.

Memorials may be made to the Tamara Barrington Memorial Fund at Believe in 
Me, 4704 A East Cesar Chavez, Austin, Tx., 78702.

Kathy and Van Yaryan's address is P. O. Box 2119, Silver City, N. M. 88062, 
telephone, 505-538-8853.