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|[pic] |KLENK 2011 |
| |January 6-7, 2012, St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| |KESK-LÄÄNE EESTI NOORTE KOONDIS (KLENK) |
| |(Estonian Society of the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Ontario, |
| |Wisconsin) |
| |KESK FLORIDA EESTI SELTS (KFES) |
| |(Estonian Society of Central Florida) |
| |LÕUNA FLORIDA EESTLASTE KOONDIS (LFEK) |
| |(Estonian National Association of South Florida) |
PROGRAM/KAVA
Magnuson Hotel Marina Cove
Nautilus, Sand and Sun Rooms in the Conference Center
Friday, January 6, 2012
3:00-5:00 pm Registrants may pick up their name tags, songbook and program
5:00 pm Welcome
5:15 pm Memorial Service remembering KLENK founders
who passed away in 2011:
Mr. Gunnar Auksi, Ms. Urve Auksi and Mrs. Reet Ülper Maripuu
Õp. Nelli Vahter (Chicago) will lead this service, assisted by
Ms. Linda Einpaul (Dearborn, MI), Mr. Loit Maripuu (Ann Arbor, MI), and
Ms. Lisa Mets (St. Petersburg, FL)
6:15-7:45 pm Cash bar (open from 6:15-10:00 pm)
and Dinner service
6:15-10:00 pm Dinner Program
"Siilikesed" ()
(Indianapolise eesti-läti rahvapilliansambel)
"Ezīši" (Indianapoles igauņu-latviešu tautas muzikas ansamblis)
"Hedgehogs" (Estonian-Latvian folk music ensemble of Indianapolis)
Folk Music group led by Ain Haas of Indianapolis
Musicians:
Ilze Akerberga—accordion and guitar
Iveta Asons—kokle and kanklės (Baltic psaltery), ģīga
Ain Haas—archaic and modern kannel (Baltic psaltery), bagpipe
Tereze Inveiss—recorders, bagpipe, and ģīga (bowed drone)
Ieva Sijāts Johnson—kokle (Baltic psaltery), cītara (chord zither)
Jānis Kauliņš—percussion
Sing-along with Ms. Kaie Pohi Latterner (N. Redington Beach, FL) and
Mr. Enn Kiilaspea (Toronto)
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Breakfast on your own.
Morning Theme:
Views and Experiences of Estonian Americans and Estonians in America in Light of 20 Years of Estonian Independence
8:15-9:00 am Registrants may pick up their name tags, songbook and program
9:00-9:15 am Welcome
Mr. Tõnu Toomepuu (St. Petersburg, FL), KFES President
Mr. Arno Kallas (Wellington, FL), LFEK President
9:15-10:00 am Responses to the 2011 Survey by the
Estonian American National Council (EANC)
Eesti Rahvuskomitee Ühendriikides (ERKÜ)
Led by Mr. Arne Kalm (Arcadia, CA),
Ms. Kersti Linask (St. Petersburg, FL), and
Ms. Monika Orumaa (Sarasota, FL)
10:00-10:45 am Välis-eestlaste tagasiränne kodumaale
Interviews with Estonian Americans returning to live in Estonia
This session will be in Estonian and English.
Ain Haas (Indianapolis, IN), Professor of Sociology
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
10:45-11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break and Kringel
11:00-11:45 am What's Your Retirement Plan?
This session provides us a rare opportunity to look at our financial planning
(no matter what our age!)
Ms. Carina S. Diamond (Akron, OH)
Columnist and Managing Director, SS&G Wealth Management
11:45 am- Estonian Entrepreneurism in Tampa Bay, Florida
12:30 pm Ms. Sigrid Bratic (Tarpon Springs, FL),
Founding Partner of the Little Greek Restaurant franchise
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch and program on a new book hot off the American press
(soon to be released in Estonian in Estonia):
We Were Estonian Soldiers: World War II exploits of classmates
from the Estonian Military Technical Academy
Mr. Carl Orav (Nokomis, FL), Author
1:30 pm Group photo of the KLENK 2011 Program Presenters
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Afternoon Theme:
Distinctively Estonian
1:45-2:30 pm Marie Under: Why Didn't She Receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?!
Ms. Sirje Kiin (Madison, ND)
Writer, journalist, literary scholar, and critic
2011 prize-winning author, the
Marie Under and Artur Adson Memorial Foundation, Sweden
2:30-3:30 pm Music at our Cultural Heart: ERSO and the Ooperi Orkester
Mr. Taavo Virkhaus (Huntsville, AL), world renowned conductor
3:30-3:45 pm Coffee/Tea Break and Piparkoogid
3:45-4:15 pm Theatrical Interlude: The Flower Vendor
This session will be in Estonian and easily understood by all.
Ms. Helve Parts and Mr. Heiki Parts (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
4:15-4:45 pm Surveys say Estonians are among the least religious people in the world
while they also highlight maausk. Should we care what surveys say?
What is maausk?
Jüri Toomepuu (Lutz, FL), Writer and commentator
4:45-5:15 pm Highlights from the Baltic Defence College
Eric Sibul (Tartu), Professor of Military Theory/Military History
5:15-6:00 pm Break on your own.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
6:00-7:30 pm Cash bar (open 6:00-10:00 pm)
and Dinner service
6:00-10:00 pm Dinner Program
Closing Remarks: Lgp. Peakonsul Sten Schwede (New York City)
"Saare Vikat"
New Yorgi Eesti Rahvatantsu Rühm
New York's Estonian folk dance group
Travel underwritten by NY Eesti Abistamiskomitee.
Rühmajuht/Directed by Liisi Vanaselja (New York City)
Tantsijad/Dancers:
Taivo Ets
Jaani Kangro
Linda Kangro
Andres Olvet
Kaili Telmet
Liisi Vanaselja
"Siilikesed" ()
(Indianapolise eesti-läti rahvapilliansambel)
"Ezīši" (Indianapoles igauņu-latviešu tautas muzikas ansamblis)
"Hedgehogs" (Estonian-Latvian folk music ensemble of Indianapolis)
Folk Music group led by Ain Haas of Indianapolis
Musicians:
Ilze Akerberga—accordion and guitar
Iveta Asons—kokle and kanklės (Baltic psaltery), ģīga
Ain Haas—archaic and modern kannel (Baltic psaltery), bagpipe
Tereze Inveiss—recorders, bagpipe, and ģīga (bowed drone)
Ieva Sijāts Johnson—kokle (Baltic psaltery), cītara (chord zither)
Jānis Kauliņš—percussion
Sing-along with Ms. Kaie Pohi Latterner (N. Redington Beach, FL) and
Mr. Enn Kiilaspea (Toronto)
Audience Participation in Folk Dancing
Being Estonian is NOT a spectator sport!
Bring your folk dancing spirit to dinner!
Ms. Sirje Press (Chicago) will lead us all in folk dance.
Loterii
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Breakfast on your own.
10:00-10:45 am KLENK Annual Business Meeting: What's next?
11:00 am Hotel check out for those leaving on Sunday
KLENK SPONSORS
We are grateful to these sponsors of our meeting:
Associations and Institutions:
Eckerd College
Estonian American National Council (ERKÜ),
Estonian Society of Central Florida (KFES),
Estonian National Association of South Florida (LFEK), and the
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church-Central Florida (E.E.L.K.-Kesk Florida)
Saare Vikat travel was underwritten by NY Eesti Abistamiskomitee.
Private sponsors:
Sigrid Bratic, Little Greek Restaurant
Jaan and Maare Kuuskvere
Lisa and Erkki Taada
We are grateful, too, to all those who contributed gifts to the loterii
with a special thank-you to Ms. Aili Paal Singer for her gifts of art.
We express special appreciation to
Ms. Christine Dick and Ms. Sarah Ehmke of the Sales Department
Magnuson Hotel Marina Cove
for their generous support of this conference.
And thank you to Ms. Ene Sokk (Portland, OR) for her logo design:
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KLENK 2011 PLANNING COMMITTEE
|KFES Board |KFES Members |
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|Tõnu Toomepuu, President |Silva Jensen |
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|Kersti Linask, Vice President |Kaie Pohi Latterner |
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|Lisa Mets, Vice President |Monika Orumaa |
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|Rein Raja, Treasurer |Geri Raja |
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|Triin Karr, Member-at-Large |Norma Jean Rebane |
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| |Henn Rebane |
|LFEK Board | |
| |Ingrid Shipotofsky |
|Arno Kallas, President | |
| |Tiiu Slankis |
|Evi Kallas, Secretary | |
| |Erkki Taada |
|Maire Riisma, Treasurer | |
| |Jüri Toomepuu |
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| |KLENK Leadership |
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| |Linda Einpaul, KLENK Dearborn |
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| |Loit Maripuu, KLENK Ann Arbor |
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| |Ain Haas, KLENK Indianapolis |
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