The Finnish-American Folk Festival presents:      
 
Naselle, Washington & environs    

Knee
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Finns


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“Knee Deep in Finns”

The Finnish American Folk Festival of Naselle presents lectures, films, panel discussions and more in its two days of our . . .

Cultural Programming Series (Friday)
beginsroom presenter & topic
10:00 AMCommons The Westerbergs present a movie: Mother of Mine
12:30 PM201 Jim Phipps, “Earthquakes & Tsunamis in SW Washinton”
12:30 PM203 Agnes Rands Warren, “From Huckleberries to Seagulls”
1:45 PM201 Wayne Beals, “The Finnish Civil War”
1:45 PM203 Irene Martin, “The Columbia River Packers Association and Bumble Bee Seafoods”
3:00 PM201 Appelo Archives, “Historic Photos of Naselle/Rosburg Area: Winter/Women”
3:00 PM203 Maija Huiras, “Maija’s Sisu”
See the schedule for all events   |   Go to the biography page
Cultural Programming Series (Saturday)
beginsroom presenter & topic
8:30 AM201 Appelo Archives, “Historic Photos of the Naselle/ Rosburg Area: Winter/Women”
8:30 AM203 Donald Reed, “Life into Literature: Personal Resources for Writing”
11:30 AM304 Gary London, “Learning to Read: Indoctrinating the Children of ‘Hall Finns’ and ‘Church Finns’”
11:30 AM201 Ben & Greg Wirkkala, “Paul Wirkkala Logging Films”
11:30 AM203 Wayne Beals, “Finland in World War II”
12:45 PM201 Christine Perala Gardiner, “Finnish Economic Miracle: Rising from the Ashes of WW II into the Modern Era”
12:45 PM203 Karen Bertroch, “Who Gets Iso-äiti’s (Grandma’s) Yellow Pie Plate?”
2:00 PM201 Bryan Penttila, “Finding Home: Finnish Settlement in the Naselle River Valley”
2:00 PM203 Jason Seivers, “Fortunes and Ashes: John and Helen Luis, Early Finnish Immigrants in Deep River”
3:15 PM203 Gary Anderson, MC, OPEN MIC: “The SpokenWord”
3:15 PM304 Alan Rammer, “Fun Facts about Washington’s Sea Life—Part 2”
See the schedule for all events   |   Go to the biography page

Festival main page: finnam.naselle.net/2008/