Midsummer potluck dinner, with the fantastic Harpist, Vesna Zalusky, and a movie were great fun! See you in September or early October for another activity!
Sunday 2 p.m.
Enjoy the park, visit the lake, learn a bit of Tucson history, play Finnish games like
Pesäpallo (Finnish Baseball),
(Picture from 2008)
Mölkky (Lawn Bowling)
Barbecue provided ~ please bring a side dish to share.
Fort Lowell Park
2900 N. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson, AZ
Ramada #6
Questions? Contact Joel 520-780-7966
In honor of Kalevala Day join our own Kathi (and band) for a
performance of Finnish music
along the style of Vartinna and Mari Boine with
music from Karelia and the Kalevala !
on
February 28th 2009 at 3 p.m.
(For more information about Kathi: www.samirecords.com
February 28th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
March 1st from noon to 5 p.m.
Please join us at the EMAT Fair (www.emat-tucson.org)
Foothills Mall ~ Ina & La Cholla
Marissa, age 14, was awarded a partial scholarship by our club to attend the Salolampi Finnish Language Camp Summer 2008. She wrote the following:
“In Bemidji, MN, there are language camps sponsored by the Concordia College. I attended the Finnish Language Camp for a week. Going to Salolampi was the coolest experience I have had! Starting with flying alone without my mother and eating all my meals where only Finnish was spoken — was amazing.
I got to experience being ’submerged’ into a Finnish world. We would go to language classes all morning where I actually was able to understand and speak quite a bit Finnish. We sang songs in Finnish, went to a dance, went to arts & crafts where Finnish was also spoken, and we got to buy things with euros.
I spent Juhannus (Midsummer) with an actual bonfire by the lake where it was cold, instead of 100 degrees as in Tucson.
All of this made a difference in how I think about being Finnish. I hope to return to camp next summer and to learn to speak Finnish fluently.”
Join us for traditional entertainment on stage. Traditional food, drinks, and handicrafts will be for sale from us and many other European clubs. Support your club. We have pulla and other items for sale.
February 28, 2009 and March 1, 2009
Foothills Mall,
7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., Tucson, AZ
(Ina & La Cholla)
Thank you for your patience while we continue to construct the website. Kiitos!
Hot off the press: Picnic time. “SUN, GAMES & FAMILY FUN!” March 29th Ft. Lowell Park Ramada #6 from 2pm-6pm. Family
picnic. Lots of fun, games, eating, and just plain old conversation. More to follow
Finnish Film
We’ve received excellent feed back on our films. So we are planning one on April 26th
at the Murphy-Wilmot Library starting at 2pm. We are deciding which film to show. “See
you at the Wilmot”