100 years old today

I heard the celebrations started early… I wonder when they’ll Finnish

Guess they’ll have a nationwide festival of traditional Lapp dancing.

Onnea! I’m off to the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow to celebrate with a spot of Sibelius and a free concert afterwards from a very talented fiddle player (and handy bike rider) I met cx racing over there.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/104058-philharmonia-orchestra-finnish-independence-2017

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/126427-juuri-juuri-finnish-folk-music-2017

Sounds good nedrapier. I’ll play some Sibelius when I get home.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ecLjGn7D4[/video]

I never knew it was so young! Even Canada is older than that lol

I often regret leaving..

nice one @nedrapier — I’ll put some on tonight!
enjoy the concert —

Cheers! Will do.

And here’s a little something released today by someone else I met biking over there:

[video]http://vimeo.com/245205590[/video]

Productive lot, the Finns!

hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää

Could all fall flat on it’s face though…