Another year sent away together with friends. This time, the place chosen for that important event was a breathtakingly beautiful winter picture near Otepää (the Estonian ski-resort). Below are some pictures (mostly not taken by me) of it.
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Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
New Year Eve — -19 Degrees, Band, Smoke Sauna, Ice Hole, Lunar Eclipse, Breathtakingly Beautiful Morning
Monday, January 11th, 2010
The Interview with the Writer and the Director of “Startup”, a Theatrical Play by Estonian Theatre NO99
Monday, August 24th, 2009I recently found that the estonian theatre NO99 has produced a theatrical play titled “Startup”. As appropriate to any decent startup, the entire setup of the show looks rather cool and innovative. Below are some author’s thoughts I was curious to know about, and the listing of the business ideas the professional actors have came up during the improvizational on-stage brainstorming performance.
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My Video of 100 Thousand Crowd Doing Waves at Tallinn Song Festival 2009, Shot from Stage
Monday, July 20th, 2009I Contributed My Tenor Voice to the XXV Estonian Song Festival
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009I am happy like a kid again. I had an honour to be a part of a world’s largest amateur choir that had more than 26000 singers together on stage. I used to be a tenor singer, but trying to outperform the volume of the rest of the choir resulted my voice range narrowing down to baritone.
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Midsummer Day (Jaanipäev) Passed, Bonfire (Jaanituli) Checked
Thursday, June 25th, 2009The two most important holidays in Estonia are the Christmas and the Midsummer Day (Jaanipäev in Estonian). For the Midsummer Day, 23rd and 24th of June are the official bank holidays, allowing the whole nation to prepare at 23rd, party the entire night, and recover the next day.
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I Participated on Tartu Song Festival Yesterday
Sunday, June 14th, 2009As a member of the Estonian largest choir (112 members) I participated on Tartu song festival yesterday — a festival, where at the top moments, more than 8000 people (including me) from choirs all around Tartu and Tartu County were singing together on the same stage, defying a heavy driving rain at the same time. Below are some photo shots of the event and some taste of Estonian singing culture.
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