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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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