Finnish-American Folk Festival — Saturday
 
Naselle, Washington, July 31, 2004    



Saturday Night
Sauna Connection

Naselle School, Track and Field & Outdoor Stadium

8:00 a.m.: Paavo Nurmi 5k Run and Walk
9:30 a.m.: Run Awards ceremony
10:00 a.m.: Opening Ceremonies — Mike Swanson, master of ceremonies
Colors parade — March in by local Veterans of Wars, Boy and Girl Scouts troops, and the West Coast Korsu (Bunker) Choir accompanied by Ed Downs, trumpet
National Anthems by Richard Ellis and the Korsu Choir
God Bless America by Richard Ellis
Invocation by Anna Wirkkala Ehrlund
Welcome — Co-chairs Darlene Warra Bjornsgaard and Deanna Raistakka Wilson
Greetings from Retired Consul Norman Westerberg
Maypole Dancers
Immediately following the opening ceremonies, Wife Carrying and Boot throwing Contests will be held on the football field. Ted Swanson and Debra Denny Klinger will M.C. Awards following the events.

Throughout the School

11 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Workshops, Speakers, Demonstrations, Film, Exhibits and Sales.

Outdoor Stadium — Myron Metcalf, Glenn Johnson, Marilyn Wirkkala Madden presiding

11:45 a.m.: Naselle Children's Choir
Noon: Scandia Dancers
12:20 p.m.: Korsu Choir
12:45 p.m.: Livakat Northwest Kantele Players
1:10 p.m.: Naselle Choir
1:45 p.m.: Accordion Dreams
2:05 p.m.: Katrilli Dancers
2:30 p.m.: Ed Downs, trumpet
2:40 p.m.: Mannisto Family Musicians
3:10 p.m.: The Fiddling Dancing Teens
3:25 p.m.: Brownsmead Flats

Courtyard — Lyle Haataja, master of ceremonies

11:00 a.m.: Naselle Children's Choir
11:15: Suomi Sisters
11.35 p.m.: Accordion Dreams
Noon: The Fiddling Dancing Teens
12:20 p.m.: Katrilli Dancers
12:35 p.m.: Brownsmead Flats
1:35 p.m.: Tanhuajat Dancers
1:55 p.m.: Suomi Sisters
2:15 p.m.: Korsu Choir
2:45 p.m.: Tanhuajat Dancers
3:05 p.m.: Dance Instruction with Tanhuajat accompanied by Penny Curtis

Commons

1:20 p.m.: Scandia Dancers
2:00 p.m.: Katrilli Dancers

Commons — Lori Dearmore, and Chris and Allison Dorman, presiding

5:30 p.m.: Brownsmead Flats
6:00 p.m.: Naselle Choir
6:30 p.m.: Naselle Children's Choir
6:45 p.m.: Saari Family Musicians
7:00 p.m.: Mannisto Family Musicians
7:15 p.m.: My First Sauna (skit), written and directed by Barbara Swanson
7:45 p.m.: Korsu Choir
8:10 p.m.: Raffle & and Sauna Picture Winners
8:45 p.m. – Midnight: Family Dance, with Sylvia and the Fjordsong Band

We wrap up the day and close the building and grounds at midnight. What an event! But note: Schedule subject to change before the festival. Please return to this page.

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