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ERR News - The XXVI song and XIX dance festival issued 154,000 tickets and invitations in total, with 33,000 singers and 10,000 dancers performing. There were 153,822 tickets sold and invitations issued in total for this year’s three dance performances and two concerts of the Song and Dance Festival titled...

Photo by Kärt Ulman   My name is Demetra Vrenzakis. I grew up in New York and am of Greek Descent. I have been living in Greece for the past 29 years.   I visited Estonia for the first time this summer and was fortunate enough to attend the 26th...

Liina M. Sarapik and Hirvo Surva.   For the last three and a half days I have been immersed in, what my opinion, is the epitome of Estonian culture and the Estonian people – laulupidu (song festival).  In the past year I had taken part in several larger scale events...

Be involved in your Estonian American community and vote for the new XXI Estonian American National Council! Voting envelopes must be postmarked by July 19, 2014. Ballots and election certification statements should be sent to the Election Committee chair: Jüri Tint, P.O. Box 4239, East Hampton, New York 11937.  ...

Save the date!  The Estonian American National Council invites you to attend “Estonians in America – Past, Present and Future,” a special seminar to be held on Saturday afternoon, September 27, 2014, in Stamford, Connecticut.   The English language seminar, which is free and open to the public, will be...

New York folk dance group Saare Vikat: Triin Lawrence, Jaan Kangro, Liisi Vanaselja and Linda Lu.   Photo by Aleks Kask   The Estonian national song and dance celebration took place in Tallinn on 4–6 July, 2014. A whopping 96 per cent of Estonians surveyed in a sociological study led by...

Ellen Spitaleri writes in the June 11. 2014 The Oregon City News: “Local director builds song bridge to Estonia”   When Lonnie Cline heard the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sing in 1993, the music spoke to him, and he was hooked. The article states that the conductor and artistic director...

  That’s what all the folk dancers, young and old, who have gathered from all over Estonia and the world, to practice throughout this past week for the upcoming tantsu/pidu or 3 performances of the Dance Celebration are hoping: that the cool, rainy conditions endured for many days (and all...

A team from USS Oscar Austin crew gave a helping hand on Tallinn Song Festival grounds to set benches for the visitors of the upcoming Estonian Song Festival. More photos here: http://goo.gl/mNpaXi.  Photo by US Embassy Tallinn

ERR News - The coalition today pushed through the much disputed business vehicle VAT exemption cut bill at an extraordinary sitting, 56 votes to 32. The bill was first floated by Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi last year, as part of an attack on tax fraud and exemptions, but was shot...