Happy birthday Suomi

Pigface

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100 years old today

Posted : 06/12/2017 6:47 am

Ro5ey

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I heard the celebrations started early... I wonder when they'll Finnish

Posted : 06/12/2017 7:22 am

pistonbroke

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

Posted : 06/12/2017 7:38 am

nedrapier

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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

Posted : 06/12/2017 8:16 am

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Posted : 06/12/2017 8:51 am

slowoldman

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

Posted : 06/12/2017 9:12 am

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Posted : 06/12/2017 9:45 am

shermer75

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

Posted : 06/12/2017 11:03 am

molgrips

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I often regret leaving..

Posted : 06/12/2017 11:09 am

kcal

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nice one @nedrapier -- I'll put some on tonight!
enjoy the concert --

Posted : 06/12/2017 11:10 am

nedrapier

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Cheers! Will do.

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

Productive lot, the Finns!

Posted : 06/12/2017 1:04 pm

gordimhor

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hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää

Posted : 06/12/2017 1:08 pm

esselgruntfuttock

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Could all fall flat on it's face though...

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Posted : 06/12/2017 3:21 pm

[Closed] Happy birthday Suomi