{"id":39557,"date":"2019-06-28T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.laulupidu.ee\/?p=39557"},"modified":"2019-07-02T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:06:20","slug":"participants-in-song-and-dance-celebration-to-include-visiting-groups-from-australia-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2019.laulupidu.ee\/en\/read-more\/participants-in-song-and-dance-celebration-to-include-visiting-groups-from-australia-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Participants in Song and Dance Celebration to include visiting groups from Australia to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The XXVII Song and Dance Celebration \u201cMy Fatherland is My Love\u201d will feature a number of foreign performers, including Estonians who live and work abroad as well as foreigners who have taken the trouble to learn our songs and dances. Estonia will host choirs from Finland and Sweden as well as more distant locations such as the US, Australia, Luxembourg and Switzerland \u2013 a total of 42 visiting groups. Foreign ensembles taking part in the Dance Celebration include seven mixed, six female and two family ensembles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This time, the foreign groups\u2019 above-average interest in the Song and Dance Celebration can also be put down to the fact that it is immediately preceded by the XII International Estonian Culture Festival taking place in Helsinki, Tartu and Tallinn.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the visiting groups have also participated in previous Song and Dance Celebrations. The groups that have already stood under the arch of the Song Festival Grounds include the majority of European choirs, but also the US-based Piedmont Children\u2019s Choir. One of the most special visiting groups participating in this year\u2019s event is the Wakayama Children\u2019s Choir from Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Of all foreign Estonian groups performing at the Dance Celebration, two family ensembles stand out from among mixed and female ensembles \u2013 Vingerpussid from Finland and UK-based Estonian Folks. The family ensemble is an entirely new type of group specifically designed for the XX Dance Celebration, which is comprised of adults and children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Estonian diaspora choirs attending the XXVII Song Celebration \u201cMy Fatherland is My Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Koosk\u00f5las <\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Australia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pillerkoor <\/strong>(partial mixed choir) \u2013 Austria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beene Belgian Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Belgium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toronto Estonian Male Voice Choir<\/strong>(male choir) \u2013 Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hamilton Estonian Society Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>L\u00e4\u00e4netuul<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>TEAS \u00f6\u00f6bik<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estonia Choir<\/strong>(partial mixed choir) \u2013 Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>European Estonian Children\u2019s Choir<\/strong>(children\u2019s choir) \u2013 Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li><strong>European Estonian Choir<\/strong>(partial mixed choir) \u2013 Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stavanger Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Norway<\/li>\n<li><strong>French Estonian Song Celebration Choir<\/strong>(female choir) \u2013 France<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stockholm Estonian Female Choir<\/strong>(female choir) \u2013 Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gothenburg Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stockholm Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(partial mixed choir) \u2013 Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helsinki Estonian Children\u2019s Choir<\/strong>(children\u2019s choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helsinki Estonian Female Choir<\/strong>(female choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tampere Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Siller<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>I.M.E. Choir (International Music-friends of Estonia)<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Switzerland<\/li>\n<li><strong>United Kingdom Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baltimore-Washington Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estonian Community Choir of San Francisco<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>New York Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seattle Estonian Mixed Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Foreign choirs attending XXVII Song Celebration \u201cMy Fatherland is My Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wakayama Children\u2019s Choir<\/strong>(children\u2019s choir) \u2013 Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aukstyn Brass Band<\/strong>(brass band) \u2013 Lithuania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oster\u00f8ykoret<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Norway<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sandviken Kantori<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Norway<\/li>\n<li><strong>L\u2019orchestre d\u2019harmonie de Gerzat<\/strong>(brass band) \u2013 France<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aixmuusika<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Germany<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kammerchor Nordhessen<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Germany<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mieskuoro Laulajat<\/strong>(male choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>POHJAN LAULU<\/strong>(male choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>YNNIN POJAT<\/strong>(boys\u2019 choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seitakuoro<\/strong>(partial mixed choir) \u2013 Finland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vocalino Wettingen<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 Switzerland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pueri gaudentes<\/strong>(boys\u2019 choir) \u2013 Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Piedmont Children\u2019s Choir<\/strong>(children\u2019s choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jubilate Singers of the Upper Valley<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unistus Chamber Choir<\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>University of Washington Festival Chorus <\/strong>(mixed choir) \u2013 USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Estonian diaspora ensembles attending the XX Dance Celebration \u201cMY Fatherland is My Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mixed ensembles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Euroviisud<\/strong>\u2013 Belgium (S3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estonian Folks<\/strong>\u2013 United Kingdom (S3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kilplased<\/strong>\u2013 Canada (S4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toronto Kungla<\/strong>\u2013 Canada (S4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viikingid<\/strong>\u2013 Norway (S3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virvel<\/strong>\u2013 Sweden (S4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00dclelahedad<\/strong>\u2013 Finland (S4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Female ensembles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brisbane\u2019i Eesti<\/strong>\u2013 Australia (N2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuulet\u00fctred<\/strong>\u2013 Netherlands (N1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iiris<\/strong>\u2013 Ireland (N2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laiali<\/strong>\u2013 Luxembourg (N1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helsinki Helmed<\/strong>\u2013 Finland (N2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nopsjalad ja Trondheimi Trollid<\/strong>\u2013 Finnish-Norwegian mixed group (N2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family ensembles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ESTONIAN FOLKS<\/strong>\u2013 United Kingdom (P)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vingerpussid<\/strong>\u2013 Finland (P)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The XXVII Song and Dance Celebration \u201cMy Fatherland is My Love\u201d will feature a number of foreign performers, including Estonians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[227,2,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-more","category-news","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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