FinnFunn 2024 Schedule

FinnFunn 2024
Schedule
(this schedule is a work in progress - please check back periodically)

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Friday, October 25

	1:00pm - On		Finnishness Through Cherished Keepsakes Exhibit – Grandmother’s attic living room
	1:00pm – 5:00pm		Registration, sign up for limited seat sessions – EHF registration desk
	3:00pm – 4:00pm		Birch Bark Star – Elaine Moe (limit 10) – Rec room
	3:00pm – 4:00pm		Video, In Conversation with Athlete Tommy Barrineau (62 min) – Adult rec room
	3:30pm – 5:00pm		Tonttu Activities – Jean Brunter and Arlene Baril – Dining room
	4:00pm – 5:00pm		Pronunciation Help and Everyday Finnish Phrases – Saija Laurla – Small dining room
	4:00pm – 8:00pm		Got Sauna – Reserve Now: www.event.racereach.com/finnfunn Share Sauna Stories – Mark Babson – Outside Inn
	5:30pm – 6:00pm		Welcome Reception - Bernie Nowak, accordion – Frogg Brewing Company – Dining room
	6:00pm – 7:00pm		Dinner – Dining room
	After dinner		Sauna Songs – Roy Helander – Dining room
	7:30pm – 9:30pm		Life in Contrast: Art and the Sauna – Eric Aho – Dining room
	Shortly after evening entertainment		Video, Simo Hayha, “The White Death” (10 min) – Adult rec room

Saturday, October 26

	By reservation		Got Sauna – Advance reservation: www.event.racereach.com/finnfunn – Outside Inn
	7:30am		About Got Sauna / Share Sauna Stories – Mark Babson
	7:30am – 8:30am		Breakfast – Dining room
	9:00am – 10:15am		The Raivaaja and New Yorkin Uutiset: Newspapers Connecting Finntowns – Robert Hanninen & Robert Saasto – Rec room
	9:00am – 10:15am		Together We Can: Finland’s War Years, 1939-1945 – Anita Smiley – Dining room
	9:00am – 2:00pm		Tori/FinnFunn Marketplace – Bernie Nowak, accordion, Troy Recreation Department, host – Troy Elementary School
	9:00am – 7:00pm		Purchase Raffle Tickets, View Raffle/Auction Items – Small dining room
	10:30am – 11:45am		*Using the Raivaaja* Digital Archive – Robert Hanninen** – Rec room
	10:30am – 11:45am		Part 1: Finnish & Finnish-American Traditions of Design and Print – Kristi Holohan – Dining room
	10:30am – 11:45am		Video, Taking the Smoke Out of the Mystery of the Savusauna and Savutupa (60 min) – Adult Rec Room
	12:15pm – 1:15pm		Lunch – Dining room
	1:45pm – 3:00pm		Cherished Keepsakes and Their Stories: A Show and Tell – Peter Heaney – Dining room
	1:45pm – 3:00pm		Video, Cooperatively Yours (57 min) – Adult rec room
	1:45pm – 3:45pm		Writing Workshop – Susan Cloutier (limit 12) – Monadnock room
	3:15pm – 3:45pm		YLB Update & Young Adult Participation in FFN Chapters – Lauren Tuiskula – Dining room
	3:00pm – 4:15pm		Part 2: Workshop, Finnish & Finnish-American Traditions of Design and Print (limit 20) – Kristi Holohan – Rec room
	3:45pm – 4:45pm		Valuables in Your Home – Wayne Tuiskula – Dining room
	5:15pm – 5:45pm		Reception, BYOB – Bernie Nowak, accordion – Dining room
	5:45pm – 6:45pm		Dinner – Dining room
	After dinner		Sing *Maamme* and the *National Anthem* – Roy Helander, accompanist Tonttu Parade – Dining room
	7:15pm – 9:15pm		– “My Immigrant Story – A Comedic Monologue” – Miska Kajanus – Revontulet Dancers, Oivan Ilo Dance Dance Band, dance instruction – Leila Luopa – Dining room

Sunday, October 27

	7:30am – 8:30am		Breakfast – Dining room
	9:00am – 9:45am		Finnish Jeopardy! – Michael Cappello – Dining room
			Playing of Finlandia – Dining room
	9:00am – 9:45am		East Hill Farm Trail Walk – Holly LeClair – Outside Inn
	9:00am – 9:45am		Hanna Pylvainen’s The End of Drum -Time Book Discussion – Patti Folsom (limit 15) – Adult rec room
	10:00am – 10:45am		Voileipäpöytä/Bread & Butter Table Demonstration – Holly and Jessica Kouvo – Dining room
	11:00am – 11:45am		Humorous Finnish Stories and Jokes – Stephen Trimble & Miska Kajanus – Small dining room
	12:15pm		Lunch and Nakemiin – Dining room