Finnish Heritage Society Sovittaja

Past Events / Menneet tapahtumat


Finnish Kaleidoscope 2010 ~ Midsummer 2010

  
Kaleidoscope Committee / Sovittaja Park Hall

  
Views to some of the vendors in the tori  (marketplace)

  
Indoor art exhibition / Jen holds a landscape painting workshop

  
Handmade Finnish folk costume representing Viipuri / Preparing the seisovapöytä (Finnish buffet lunch)

  
Bob gives out tips on Finnish family genealogy / More exhibits inside the dance hall

  
A young air guitarist competes for the championship / "Sisu Sue" rocks in the Air Guitar Championships as judges look on

    
FINZ also has a try at the air guitar / Meanwhile, competition in the Wife Carrying contest heats up...

  
More competitors in the Wife Carrying Competition, representing Piggyback and Estonian Hold styles

  
Wife Carrying "FINNISH" Line / Weaving the Midsummer salko  (maypole)


Spring Hall Clean Up ~ May 2010
 
  
Hard at work...

  
And break time...


Laskiainen Snow Tubing ~ February 2010
 
  
Everyone is ready for some snow tubing...  Hyvää Laskiaista!!

  
Ann at the end of a successful run / Colton gets ready to use his lumipallo


Day Trip to Marimekko / Cambridge ~ December 2009
 
  
Marimekko welcomes FHSS with kahvia / Hilkka shows off a Marimekko Hetkiä tray

  
Ruth and Ray pause to relax / Tracy and Lindsay pose in front of Marimekko unikko designs

  
Eva, Anita and Karen learn about the history of Marimekko / At the D/R installment in Harvard Square


Finnish Kaleidoscope ~ Midsummer 2009  (more photos on Go Central Mass)
 
 
Learning to play mölkky at a young age / "Sisu Steve" rocks out in the Air Guitar competition

 
Arsenal of boots for the Boot Throwing Competition / Visit from an SK Modified race car

 
Finnish midsummer magic folklore tent / FHSS ladies showing off their Finnish folk costumes

 
The line for a delicious homemade Finnish lunch stretches out the door / Along one side of the tori (marketplace)

 
Dancing around the salko (maypole) and then binding it off

   
More maypole dancing / A sauna-to-go on the field! / Finz wins his division of the Wife Carrying Competition

 
The "Estonian Hold" is attempted in the Wife Carrying Competition / Piggy-back wife carrying
 

Running the Wife Carrying course around old Finnish artifacts



Rutland Cub Scouts Service Project & Crossover Ceremony, Sovittaja Park, April 2009
 
 


FHSS 2008 Scholarship Winners
 



FHSS in the 2005 Rutland 4th of July Parade