THURSDAY Finn Golf, Peninsula Golf Course

Noon: Lunch

1:00PM: ShotGun Start

THURSDAY Dress Rehearsal, The Commons

MC: Darlene Bjornsgard

6:30 As a Sparrow

6:40 Finn-Am Choir

7:00 “ Roots Running Deep”  (Reader’s Theater)

FRIDAY  Afternoon , The Courtyard & Commons

MC :Lori Dearmore

12:30 :Maypole dancers, national anthems ,memories

1:00 Cooley/Wolfe Singers & Ringers

1:30 Emily & Hannah Saari of Seal River ( Bobby’s Girls) 

2:00 As a Sparrow

2:30 Valerie Blessley on Harp and Kantele

Friday Evening ,The Commons

MC: Lyle Haataja and Sue P. Holway

6:30 Finn-Am Choir

6:50 As a Sparrow

7:00 Sou’West Aires Barbershop Quartet

7:20 May, Karen, and Wilho  on Kantele

7:30   Finn-Am Choir

8:15  “ Roots Running  Deep” (Reader’s Theater)

SATURDAY in the Stadium

MC: Mike Swanson

MORNING PROGRAM

8:00 AM Paavo Nurmi Run

10:00 Opening Ceremonies

    March and Anthems : VFW and Boy Scouts 

Sou’West Aires Barbershop Quartet & Ladies Who Sing in Finn

Invocation: Anna Ehrlund accompanied by Lyle Haataja

    Welcome:  Mike Swanson

    Address: Norman Westerberg, Finnish Consul Emeritus

    Maypole Dancers

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

MCS: Lyle Haataja, Alan Bennett, and Ken Kandoll

11:30 Naselle Marimba Band

12: 15 Carl Wirkkala and The Ghost Town Boys

1:05 Maypole Dancers

1:15 Lisa Bighill, soprano

1:30 Katrilli Dancers

2:00 Richard Nikkila “ Deep River Stories”

2:15 May Saari Adair and Wilho Saari on piano

2:30 As a Sparrow

2:45 Astoria Scandinavian Dancers

3:15 Lois Bighill,

3:30  Emily and Hannah Saari of Seal River

3:45  Cooley and Wolfe Singers & Ringers

Saturday Afternoon,  The Commons

MCs: Eva Malerich and Lyle Haataja

1:15 pm Astoria Scandinavian Dancers

1:45 Valerie Blessley, Kantele and Harp

2:15  Poets Corner and Open Mic with Gary Anderson ???

3:00 Katrilli Dancers

3:30 Valerie Blessley on Harp & Kantele???

4:00 Wilho Saari Solo Concert.

        Finlandia Foundation Performer of Year, 2011

SATURDAY EVENING, The Commons

MCs: Mike Swanson and Greg Nelson

6:30 Naselle Finn-Am Choir

6:55  Sou’West Aires Barbershop Quartet

7:15 Lisa Bighill

7:20 Naselle Kanteles: May, Karen, and Wilho Saari

7:40 As a Sparrow

7:45 Naselle Finn-Am Choir

8:00 Raffle

8:20 Family Dance with The Smilin’ Scandinavians

   

SUNDAY MORNING , The Stadium

10:00 Worship Service 

11:00 Coffee Hour in Commons

1:00 Celebration of Finnish Roots Run Deep,

Anna Ehrlund officiating

At Peaceful  Hill Cemetery , Naselle

        CULTURAL PROGRAMMING SERIES

Friday, July 27, 2012

StartEnd      Room     PresenterTitle

10:00am-12:00pm  Commons                  movie "Max Manus"  (English subtitles)

10:00am-11:10am   203Beginning Finnish for Youth

11:30am-12:30pm see map Santuu WinterPalikka Game

12:30pm-1:40pm  201     Bob GoldsteinRiding with Reindeer-A Bicycle Odyssey

through Finland, Lapland, Arctic Norway

12:30pm-1:40pm  203     Karen BertrochLife in the Toonerville Logging Camp

1:45pm-2:55pm         201     Ellen JensenWe Stopped Forgetting-Stories from

Sami Americans

1:45pm-2:55pm          203     Irene MartinThe Flight of Bumble Bee-A History of

      the Columbia River Packers Association

3:00pm-4:10 pm         201     Wayne BealsThe Struggle for Finnish Independence

and Surviving World War II

3:00pm-4:10pm          203    Carlton AppeloDeep River Stories

    Burton Appelo

4:00pm-6:00pmAppelo Archives CenterReception for Performers & Presenters -

dedication of expatriot costume and 10-

string kantele-public welcome   

Saturday, July 28, 2012

11:30am-12:40pm      201     Bryan PenttilaThe Landing:  Nasel in the Age of Steamboats

 

11:30am-12:40pm      203     Helen PitkanenBeginning Finnish for Adults

 

11:30am-12:40pm      103    Bob GoldsteinRiding with Reindeer-A Bicycle Odyssey

through Finland, Lapland, Arctic Norway

12:45pm-1:55pm        201    Greg WirkkalaPaul Wirkkala Logging Films

12:45pm-1:55pm        203     Jason SeiversFortunes & Ashes:  John & Helen Luis,

Early Finnish Immigrants in Deep River

 

12:45pm-1:55pm        103    Gary AndersonPersonal Memoir-Your Story in Prose and Poem

1:30pm-2:30pm  see map     Santtu WinterPalikka Game

2:00pm-3:10pm          201    Ray GardnerChinook Nation-Past, Present, & Future

2:00pm-3:10pm          103     Frank EldFinnish Log Construction-An Art

2:00pm-3:10pm          203     John NygardFrom Parlor to CD-Finnish American

Musicians         

Printed schedules of events will be available at the festival. But if you want to print one out, in advance, try this PDF.