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At Lodge 205
(New Haven, CT) St. Urho's Day Celebration (March, 2008), Roy Kosonen, sang an old Finnish-Karelian Folk Song, called "Reppurin
Laulu", which means "The Peddler's Song". View the video: "Reppurin
Laulu"
and at Lodge 205's 2009 St. Urho's Day Celebration,
Roy, upon requests, again sang "Reppurin
Laulu" / "The Peddler's Song". View video at: "The Peddler's
Song"
Pictures from summer 2008 tour of the Finlandia Order
of Runeberg Singers & Folk Dancers ........
Finlandia Order of Runeberg
Singers
First row (from the left): Agneta Blomqvist, Margareta
Fredriksson, Gun Innborr, Frej Hogdahl (conductor), Marianne Wikman, Gerd
Kronqvist and Lili-Ann Brolund
Second row (from the left): Inga-Britt Lindvall, Margaretha
Blomqvist, Anita Lawast, Regina Ahlnas, Marlene Roiha, Lea Sandas, Ann-Lis Bjorklund,
Kerstin Herrgard and Sol-Britt Bjorkgren
Third row (from the left): Gosta Bjorkgren, Brian Lawast,
Torsten Bjorklund, Rolf Hagg and Svante Hoglund
Missing in the picture: Lars Vestersund,
Erik Tornqvist, Ingvald Back, Inger Back and Mariann Sjoholm
Finlandia
Order of Runeberg - Folk Dancers
First row (from the left): Ann-Lis Warnman, Benita
Nymark, Birgitta Herrmans and Berit Haga
Second row (from the left): Ole Warnman, Nils Nymark,
Stig Herrmans and Ola Haga
Third row (from the left): Eva Sundsten, Cay Sundsten,
Ann-May Nystedt (dance leader), Olof Nystedt, Kerstin Alho and Leo Alho
Missing in the picture: Anders Portin (fiddler),
Desire Saarela, Gosta Smaros and Beatrice Smaros
Finlandia
Order of Runeberg
40-to-50
dancers & singers from Finlandia Order of Runeberg visited & performed
along the West Coast of Canada & United States. They brought with them
enthusiasm and the joy of music.
Tour of dancers
and singers on the West Coast of Canada and USA
June 27th to 13th 2008
June 29 - performance at Scandinavian
Community Center, Vanc. BC
July 1, 7.00 p.m. - performance at Swedish
Cultural Center in Seattle.
July 2, - performance at Colonial Estates,
South East Olympia, WA
July 3 10.00 am visited Capitol Building in
Olympia. By bus to Coos Bay.
