FinnFunn 2024
Schedule
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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

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Birch Bark Star – Elaine Moe (limit 10)                                            – Rec room


2:00pm – 3:00pm
Video, In Conversation with Athlete Tommy Barrineau (62 min.)
                                                                                              – Adult rec room
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Create a Tonttu Hat – Jean Brunter                                          – Dining room


4:00pm – 5:00pm
Pronunciation Help and Everyday Finnish Phrases – Saija Laurla
                                                                                        – Small dining room


4:00pm – 8:00pm
Abundance Sauna –
                             Advance reservation: www.event.racereach.com/finnfunn
                                                                                                    – Outside Inn


5:30pm – 6:00pm
Welcome Reception - Bernie Nowak, accordion – Frogg Brewing Company
                                                                                                  – Dining room

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Dinner - Sauna Songs – Roy Hlander                                      – Dining room

7:15pm – 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
Abundance Sauna –
                             Advance reservation: www.event.racereach.com/finnfunn
                                                                                                    – Outside Inn

7:30am
About Abundance Sauna – Mark Babson                                – Dining room

7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast                                                                                   – Dining room

9:00am – 10:00am
Using the Raivaaja Digital Archive – Robert Hanninen      – Adult 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 Elementary School

9:00am – 7:00pm
Purchase Raffle Tickets, View Raffle Items                   – Small dining room


10:30am – 11:45am
The Raivaaja and New Yorkin Uutiset: Linking Finntowns –
 Robert Hanninen & Robert Saasto                                               – 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)                             – Rec room


2:30pm – 3:00pm
YLB Update & Young Adult Participation in FFN Chapters –
Lauren Tuiskula                                                                        – Dining room

3:15pm – 4:15pm
The Story of Iittala Glass – Wayne Tuiskula                            – Dining room

5:15pm – 5:45pm
Reception, BYOB – Bernie Nowak                                         – Dining room

5:45pm – 6:45pm
Dinner – Oivan Ilo Dance Band                                               – Dining room


7:15pm – 9:15pm
– “My Immigrant Story – A Comedic Monologue” – Miska Kajanus
– Revontulet Dancers, Oivan Ilo Dance Dance Band, dance instruction
                                                                                                  – Dining room


Sunday, October 27

7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast                                                                                   – Dining room

9:00am – 10:00am
Finnish Jeopardy! – Michael Cappello                                     – Dining room

9:00am – 10:00am
East Hill Farm Trail Walk – Holly LeClair                                – Outside Inn


9:00am – 10:00am
Hanna Pylvainen’s The End of Drum-Time Book Discussion –
Patti Folsom (limit 15)                                                          – Adult rec room


10:00am – 11:00am
Voileipäpöytä/Bread & Butter Table Demonstration –
Holly and Jessica Kouvo                                                          – Dining room


11:00am – 12:00pm
Humorous Finnish Stories and Jokes – Stephen Trimble & Miska Kajanus
                                                                                        – Small dining room

12:00pm
Lunch and Nakemiin                                                                – Dining room