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“Knee Deep in Finns”
Saturday, July 26th
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7:00AM | Breakfast, Room 302
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Stadium & Field |
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8:00 | Paavo Nurmi Run |
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followed by Awards Ceremony |
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8:30 | Naselle Marimba Band |
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9:40 | Trumpeters Dave King & Ed Downs |
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10:00 | Opening Ceremonies |
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Jennifer Johnson & Michael Swanson, MCs |
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Veterans and Scouts — Flag March |
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National Anthems: Naselle Choir & Richard Ellis |
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Welcome — Anna Ehrlund |
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Address: Norman Westerberg |
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Maypole Dancers |
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followed by Wife Carry, Boot Toss, Nokia Toss |
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11:00 | Salmon Dinner, Commons |
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Stadium & Field |
Alan Bennett & Melissa Vedanoja, MCs |
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12:30 | Naselle Choir |
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1:00 | Kardemimmit Kanteles |
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1:30 | Scandinavian Dancers |
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2:00 | Suomettaret |
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2:30 | Katrilli Dancers |
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3:00 | Philip — Birgit Ages |
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Courtyard |
Lyle Haataja & Ken Kandoll, MCs |
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11:00 | Naselle Marimba Band |
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Noon | Valerie Blessley, harp |
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12:30 | Scandia Dancers |
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1:00 | Maypole Dancers, Open Mic |
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1:30 | Katrilli Dancers |
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2:00 | Bobby, Megan, and Emily Saari |
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2:15 | Kardemimmit Kanteles |
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2:45 | Carl Wirkkala & the Ghost Town Boys |
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Assembly of God Church |
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3:30 | Jarkko Yli-Annala’s Kantele Mass |
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School Commons |
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6:30 PM | Kantele Kids
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6:45 | Kardemimmit Kanteles |
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7:05 | John Kulm & local talent |
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7:20 | Evergreen & Livakat Kanteles |
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7:45 | Naselle Choir |
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8:15 | Raffle |
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8:45 | Dance: Toby Hanson & the Smilin’ Scandinavians |
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| Cultural Programming Series |
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begins | room
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presenter & topic
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8:30 AM | 201
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Appelo Archives, “Historic Photos of the Naselle/ Rosburg Area: Winter/Women”
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8:30 AM | 203
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Donald Reed, “Life into Literature: Personal Resources for Writing”
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11:30 AM | 304
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Gary London, “Learning to Read: Indoctrinating the Children of ‘Hall Finns’ and ‘Church Finns’”
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11:30 AM | 201
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Ben & Greg Wirkkala, “Paul Wirkkala Logging Films”
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11:30 AM | 203
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Wayne Beals, “Finland in World War II”
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12:45 PM | 201
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Christine Perala Gardiner, “Finnish Economic Miracle: Rising from the Ashes of WW II into the Modern Era”
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12:45 PM | 203
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Karen Bertroch, “Who Gets Iso-äiti’s (Grandma’s) Yellow Pie Plate?”
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2:00 PM | 201
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Bryan Penttila, “Finding Home: Finnish Settlement in the Naselle River Valley”
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2:00 PM | 203
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Jason Seivers, “Fortunes and Ashes: John and Helen Luis, Early Finnish Immigrants in Deep River”
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3:15 PM | 203
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Gary Anderson, MC, OPEN MIC: “The SpokenWord”
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3:15 PM | 304
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Alan Rammer, “Fun Facts about Washington’s Sea Life—Part 2” |
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