BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EstoSite - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:EstoSite X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.estosite.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for EstoSite REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190824T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190824T113000 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190808T011904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190808T012353Z UID:3826-1566646200-1566646200@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:Baltic Way 30 - Georgia DESCRIPTION:Commemorating The Baltic Way 30 in Atlanta\nStone Mountain Park · Stone Mountain\, GA \n1000 Robert E Lee Blvd\, Stone Mountain\, Georgia 30083 \nAt 3:30pm – we will meet at Walk-up trail Parking Lot\, before walking-up the mountain on foot.\nBetween 5 and 6pm – symbolic human chain reenactment on the top of the Stone Mountain. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/baltic-way-30-georgia/ LOCATION:California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190823T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190823T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190821T003847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T025138Z UID:3844-1566590400-1566590400@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:Baltic Way 30 Commemoration - Seattle WA DESCRIPTION:Baltic Way 30\, 2 pm (PDT) \nDrumheller Fountain \nUniversity of Washington \nSeattle\,  Washington 98195 \nWe are excited to have everyone gather around Drumheller Fountain at the University of Washington to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Baltic Way. \nBring your flags! URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/baltic-way-30-commemoration-seattle-wa/ LOCATION:Drumheller Fountain\, Seattle\, Washington END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190823T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190823T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190823T081429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T081539Z UID:3903-1566550800-1566550800@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:Baltic Way 30 - Connecticut DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. (EDT)\nElizabeth Park\, next to Pond House Cafe\n1561 Asylum Ave\, West Hartford\, CT 06117 \nContact: EANC council member Jaak Rakfeldt\, email: estoniansocietyct@gmail.com \nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/2332479460350097/ URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/baltic-way-30-connecticut/ LOCATION:Elizabeth Park\, 1561 Asylum Ave\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06117 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190822 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190824 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190702T170316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T081024Z UID:3731-1566504000-1566590399@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:Baltic Way 30 - Washington\, D.C. DESCRIPTION:August 23rd\, 1-2 p.m.(EDT)\nUS Capitol Building West Lawn\nWashington\, DC \nContact: EANC  Washington\, DC office:  Karinshueyeanc@gmail.com \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/august-23rd-baltic-way-30-washington-d-c/ LOCATION:California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190805 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190531T050726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190617T020118Z UID:3710-1564516800-1564948799@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:July 31 - Aug 4 2019 XXXIV West Coast Estonian Festival\, Portland\, Oregon DESCRIPTION:More Info: https://lep2019.com/\nThe biennial West Coast Estonian Festival celebrates Estonian culture through choral music\, folk dance\, and instrumental music. Join in the festivities\, expand your knowledge and understanding of issues close to our hearts through seminars\, meetings\, and discussions. We will celebrate our unity with our homeland. \nTogether\, festival participants young and old will remember our past\, appreciate our present\, and dream of our future! Let us gather with our families and celebrate the perseverance\, strength\, and beauty of our homeland. We will share our love for our fatherland with long-time friends and new-found friends. URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/july-31-aug-4-2019-xxxiv-west-coast-estonian-festival-portland-oregon/ LOCATION:California ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.estosite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/West-Coast-Estonian-Festival.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190708 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190531T042336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190702T200422Z UID:3696-1562184000-1562529599@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:July 4 – July 7 XXVII Song and XX Dance Celebration “My Fatherland is My Love” DESCRIPTION:XXVII Song and XX Dance Celebration “My Fatherland is My Love” \nCLICK HERE for LIVE video feeds from the festivals ! See below for a schedule of events.\nSummer has arrived! Let the celebrations begin! Join EANC in congratulating & celebrating 2019’s summer of festivals and Estonian culture! While so many have travelled to Estonia to participate in and applaud these grand events\, those of us\nhere in the US can join in the festivities as well! \nCheer\, dance and sing along with our local Estonian song and folk dance groups as they take the\nmany stages of ESTO 2019 and the 150 th anniversary of the Estonian Song Festival and 20th Dance\nFestival! \n \n\nConcerts of the Song Celebration: \n\n1st concert „To the Teacher“ on Saturday\, 6 July from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.\n2nd concert Sunday\, 7 July from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.\n\nThe programme of the XXVII Song and XX Dance Celebration “My Fatherland is My Love”: \n\nRelay of the Flame 1.06 (Tartu) – 3.07 (Tallinn). The journey passes all Estonian counties in 33 days.\nChoral concert at St. Mary’s Church on Thursday\, 20 June in Tartu\nDance Celebration on Thursday\, 4 July at 7 p.m. (12 noon EDT)\nDance Celebration on Friday\, 5 July at 11.00 a.m. in Tallinn (5 a.m. EDT)\nDance Celebration on Friday\, 5 July at  6 p.m. in Tallinn (11 a.m. EDT)\nFolk music concert on Friday\, 5 July at 2 p.m. in Tallinn\nProcession (rongkäik) to Song Festival Grounds on Saturday\, 6 July from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (starts 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. EDT)\nSong Celebration To the Teacher on Saturday\, 6 July\, 7 p.m. (starts at 12 noon EDT) \nSong Celebration on Sunday\, 7 July\, 2 p.m. Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (7 a.m. EDT)\n\n\nminu arm\n“my fatherland is my love” \nLaulupidu\, The Celebration of Song \n“The Song Celebration tradition began with the first Song Celebration organized by Johann Voldemar Jannsen and the “Vanemuine” society in Tartu on 18–20 June 1869. 51 male choirs and brass bands encompassing 845 singers and musicians gathered in Tartu. With a few exceptions\, the number of singers has been growing gradually\, reaching 30\,000 singers in 2014. \nThe venue of the Song Celebration is the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Tallinna Lauluväljak). The Song Festival Grounds fit up to 100\,000 people. The performers sing under an arch\, that carries sound evenly over the whole spectator area. The Song Festival Grounds have hosted the celebration since 1960 and was the place\, where the “singing revolution” took place in 1988. \nOne of the highlights of the Song and Dance Celebration is the procession\, which passes through the main streets of Tallinn and reaches the Song Festival Grounds. All performers attend the procession while thousands of spectators cheer the singers and dancers along the 5 km route. \nThe motto of the 27th Song Celebration and the 20th Dance Celebration is The Land of My Fathers\, the Land that I Love. It comes from a patriotic poem written by the much-loved Estonian poet Lydia Koidula. The lyrics were sung at the first Song Celebration 150 years ago and they have since become the Song Celebration anthem\, where the audience joins in\, standing. It is an expression of our love for Estonia. \nThe first Song Celebration was held at a time when Estonia had not yet achieved its independence and education in Estonian was only available at primary schools. Today\, however\, we are preparing for the 27th Song Celebration and the 20th Dance Celebration\, Estonia has become a model of a successful e-government and recently celebrated her centenary. \nThe tradition of Song and Dance Celebrations brings together the entire country: whole generations from grandparents to grandchildren meet on the massive stage and almost half the population watches the concerts and shows. \nWhy is the Song and Dance Celebration so important to us? Because it is related to how much we love our home\, our traditions and our language. We are a small nation and we wish to come together time and again to admire the countless variations of our colourful national costumes brightening up the huge stage of the Song Celebration or swirling around at the Dance Celebration. We wish to come together to pay homage to the spirit of our forefathers. We wish to come together at the Song Celebration and to sing together: The land of my fathers\, the land that I love\, I will never abandon her.ˮ* \n *Excerpt from https://2019.laulupidu.ee/en/ \n\nHere are the choirs and dancers attending from the USA!\nCongratulations to all of the choirs and folkdancers selected to participate in Estonia´s Song and Dance\nFestival this summer. The Song Festival just announced: a total of 1020 choirs\, that is more than 35\,000\nsingers in all! Eight choirs from the US were selected (four Estonian-American community choirs and\nfour American choirs!) Don´t forget to keep an eye out for our local Estonian choirs from the USA: the\nEstonian Mixed Choir of Baltimore – Washington\, the Estonian Community Choir of San Francisco\, the\nEstonian Mixed Choir of New York\, and the Seattle Estonian Choir. The American choirs are Piedmont\nChildren’s Choir (CA)\, Jubilate Singers of the Upper Valley (VT & NH)\, the chamber choir Unistus\nChamber Choir (OR) and the University of Washington Festival Chorus (WA). Elagu eesti rahvas ja laul!\nElagu Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupidu! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreWashingtonEestiSegakoor/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/New-Yorgi-Eesti-Segakoor-368702780187718/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Seattle-Estonian-Choir-670066839708618/ URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/xxvii-song-and-xx-dance-celebration-my-fatherland-is-my-love/ LOCATION:California ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.estosite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/XXVII-Song-and-Dance-feature-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190702T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190702T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190702T170914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190808T052821Z UID:3756-1562065200-1562097600@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:July 2 - ÜEKN Rahvuskongress\, Tallinn DESCRIPTION:Ülemaailmne Eesti Kesknõukogu  – Rahvuskongress `Globaalne eestlus´ \n(Loomelinnakus) Erinevate tubade majas \nTelliskivi 60 \nTallinn \n  URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/july-2-rahvuskongress-tallinn/ LOCATION:Erinevate Tubade Majas\, Telliskivi 60\, Tallinn\, Estonia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190704 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190531T044445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190612T221359Z UID:3707-1561579200-1562183999@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:June 27 – July 3 ESTO 2019 DESCRIPTION:The XXII worldwide Estonian culture festival ESTO 2019 travels from Helsinki to Tallinn and Tartu\, presenting an exciting program with something for everyone\, from seminars to concerts\, performances to classes and conferences\, and even a formal ball! Be sure to check out the special Youth Program.  In honor of the 150th anniversary of the treasured National Song Festival\, ESTO 2019 has called home Estonian choirs from around the globe to Tartu\, where the beloved celebrations of song began in 1869. Purchase your ESTO passes or individual tickets now — ESTO 2019 kicks off a summer to remember! More Info: http://estofestival.com \nEANC is a proud supporter and sponsor of this important festival. Elagu ESTO! \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/june-27-july-3-estonias-national-song-festival/ LOCATION:California ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.estosite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/esto-2019-feature.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190614 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190614T062848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190614T062936Z UID:3728-1560369600-1560455999@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:June 13th – EANC Co-hosts DC Advocacy Day | Estonian American National Council DESCRIPTION:If you’re in the DC area\, please join us today (Thursday\, June 13th) to advocate for Estonian\, Baltic\, and European security! URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/june-13th-eanc-co-hosts-dc-advocacy-day-estonian-american-national-council/ LOCATION:California ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.estosite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ceec-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190606 DTSTAMP:20260404T030721 CREATED:20190529T201924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190531T051544Z UID:3654-1559246400-1559764799@www.estosite.org SUMMARY:May 31 - June 5 Traveling Exhibition about Estonia in Chicago DESCRIPTION:“Masters of Our Own Homes: Estonia at 100”– a traveling exhibition for Estonia’s 100th anniversary on display at Daley Plaza from May 31 through June 5. \nOne of the largest of its kind\, this exhibition first opened on the West Coast at Stanford University\, where it was displayed as part of a major Baltic studies conference from June 1-3\, 2018. From Stanford\, the exhibition traveled to Toronto\, then Boston and with stops planned for Chicago and Washington. Stop by this weekend at Chicago’s Daley plaza: The Estonian Cultural Society of Chicago has a great program planned to celebrate EV100 and the exhibit’s showing! The EANC is a proud sponsor of this event. URL:https://www.estosite.org/event/traveling-exhibition-about-estonia-in-chicago-5-31-6-5/ LOCATION:California ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.estosite.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Traveling-Exhibition-2019-e1559262869626.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Estonian Cultural Society of Chicago":MAILTO:eestlasedchicagos@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR