February - Finnish American Cultural Activities

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NEWSLETTER OF THE FINNISH AMERICAN
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, INC.
February/Helmikuu 2012
Laskiainen Celebration
Laskiainen is Finland’s celebration marking seven weeks before Easter. In
England, it’s marked by Shrove Tuesday’s pancake flipping races and in New
Orleans, it’s Mardi Gras, both the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of
the Lenten period. In Finland, it marks the coming of spring and increasing
daylength.
Pea soup is traditionally eaten as Finns believed eating heavy foods would
guarantee a good crop the following year. Buns filled with almond paste or
jam and whipped cream are also traditional. It also marked the start of the
long fast of Lent. (The ham bone was turned into a toy by tying it to a string
and spinning it around to make a whistling noise.) In southern Ostrobothnia, pannukakku or kropsua (an oven pancake) is served. Shrove Tuesday pancakes are a
traditional food in much of Europe, not just England.
In modern times, it’s a celebration marked by pea soup, sledding and other outdoor activities. Sledding is connected to flax spinning as Laskianen marked the end of the flax spinning season. Spinning wheels had to be put
away and the looms set up as only weaving was permitted during Lent. It was believed that whoever had the
longest sled ride down a hill would grow the longest flax fiber.
This February we will again serve pea soup. Hernekeitto (pea soup) will be provided by FACA board members. Please bring a dish to share.
Program In Brief
Laskiainen
Friday, February 17
7:30 p.m.
International Institute
1694 Como Ave., St. Paul
If you need transportation, call
Marianne Wargelin
(612) 374-2718
If your last name begins with A-F, please bring an appetizer to accompany the soup.
Last name beginning G-K: bread
Last name beginning L-R, dessert
Last name beginning S-Z, salad
See you at 7:30!
FACA 2011-2012
Board of Directors
President:
Kara Middleton
(952) 237-5857
km7916@yahoo.com
Vice President/Program Chair:
Bud Berry
(651) 777-6704
bud987@hotmail.com
Secretary:
Harlan Stoehr
(651) 484-9589
stoehrs2@aol.com
Treasurer/Publicity:
Edith Boos
(612) 522-7708
eb.boos@usiwireless.com
Special Events:
Member-at Large:
Glen Bay
(612) 377-4701
FACA Newsletter
Committee
Editor:
Mary Belanger
(218) 839-1566
facaeditor@gmail.com
Graphic Design:
Beth Jarvis
(763) 536-9561
bethjarvi@gmail.com
Contributing Writers:
Kara Middleton, Jeanne
Swope, Joan Dwyer, Gil
Kinnunen, Ray Piirainen,
Erin Belanger, Urho
Rahkola
President’s Message
By Kara Middleton
Thanks to all of you who attended the January program featuring Finlandia Foundation
grant recipient Melanie Brooks. Melanie
delighted us with details from her visit to
Finland last summer with a great slideshow
exhibiting architectural landmarks, beautiful countryside, and important sites such as
the Sibelius Academy. She gave us insight
into the extensive music education system
in Finland, and performed some very fine modern Finnish music with an
assembly of her fellow musicians. We were very impressed by the musical
skills of Melanie and her friends, and appreciate the gift of her presentation to us. Thank you, Melanie!
I hope you will take advantage of some of the Finnish cultural events in
the Twin Cities in these next weeks. On Sunday, February 19, Finnish Culture Through Movies will be showing the film, Täällä Pohjantähden alla II, or
Under the North Star II. This is the sequel to the film shown last November.
Under the North Star is a novel trilogy by Finnish author Väinö Linna. It
follows the life of a Finnish family from 1880 to about 1950, showing how
their lives interplayed with the tensions with Russia, the Finnish Civil War,
and later the Winter War. The trilogy is considered a classic in Finland. It
has been translated into English by Richard Impola, many of whose books
are available on our website with the purchase of a gift membership to
FACA (but unfortunately not these particular books!). Finnish Culture
Through Movies is a great way to explore some Finnish culture without
traveling very far. Time and location details are in the calendar section of
the newsletter. Hope to see you there!
Another event you don’t want to miss is local Finnish-American folk duo
Kaivama at the Cedar Cultural Center on Sunday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m.
Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman are the members of Kaivama. Their
website indicates that they have been touring at a brisk pace these last
months! Joining them on March 11 will be Finnish composer and master
fiddler Arto Järvelä. Arto is part of the very well-known Järvelä family
in Finland – a virtual folk music dynasty – and is a teacher at the Sibelius
Academy. This is sure to be a skillful and fun performance. Clips of Kaivama performing with Järvelä are viewable on www.kaivama.com.
And as if all of this weren’t enough, take note also that the music of
Sibelius will once again ring out from Orchestra Hall on March 16 and 17!
The orchestra will perform Sibelius’ Symphony No. 4, with Osmo Vänskä
conducting.
I know that you all look forward to our Laskiainen celebration every February. Please join us on the 17th for our tradition of pea soup, good conversation and fun! Nähdään siellä!
Membership/Mailing:
Urho and Pam Rahkola
rahkola.urho@comcast.net
(651) 429-3319
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Board Notes
Minneapolis-Based Folk Duo Kaivama To
Play A Hometown Show
By Harold Stoehr
Finnish-American musicians Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman of the Nordic-folk duo Kaivama will
perform at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis
on Sunday, March 11th. The duo returns to the Twin
Cities following a 10-day tour across the Great Lakes
States with Finnish master-fiddler Arto Järvelä.
Violinist Sara Pajunen and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Rundman, of the folk duo Kaivama, grew up in
northwoods cultures of long winters, lakeside saunas,
rugged terrain, and solitude. The name Kaivama stems
from the Finnish word kaivaa, to delve or dig. Pajunen’s
unique prowess on the fiddle and Rundman’s versatility
on guitar, harmonium, piano, and banjo allow Kaivama
to explore a surprising variety of sonic textures. Audiences from performance halls to folk festivals to rock
clubs are captivated by this duo’s instrumental skill
and fresh approach in creating music that is alternately
joyous, primitive, experimental, haunting, and timehonored.
Left to right: Kara Middleton, Edith Boos, Bud Berry,
Harold Stroehr, Glen Bay
The FACA Board of Directors met January 18, 2012,
at Panera Bread, Roseville.
Present: Kara Middleton, Glen Bay, Bud Berry, Edith
Boos and Harlan Stoehr. The sixth director position is
vacant.
Minutes of the November 16 meeting were approved
and the treasurer’s report received.
Since their CD release show at Cedar Cultural Center
back in June of 2011, Kaivama has performed for
thousands of people across North America. Their
tours have taken the duo to San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver BC, Portland, Chicago, Boston, New York City,
Philadelphia, Birmingham, Atlanta, and Florida. Met
with raves from audiences and the media, Kaivama has
played live in the studio on Minneapolis’ KARE 11
Today Show, been featured on Finnish television’s Good
Morning Finland program, and has been heralded in the
Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, City Pages (Minneapolis), No Depression, Edina Magazine, the Mining Journal,
New World Finn, and other regional publications.
Stoehr reported that the bylaws committee, comprised
of he and Bay, found that the bylaws as amended at
the annual meeting January 19, 1990, meet FACA’s
present needs and moved that the bylaws committee
be discharged and a copy of its report filed with the
secretary’s records. Carried.
Stoehr reported that with the board’s provisional approval, he had sent a report of the Pikkujoulu event to
the Finnish American Reporter for its January 2012 issue.
The secretary was authorized to continue to report
FACA news to the Finnish American Reporter as is appropriate.
Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Arto Järvelä is
one of Finland's most accomplished folk musicians
and a third-generation fiddler in the Kaustinen tradition. He has represented Finnish music and culture
in more than 30 countries and returns to the United
States after previous tours with the legendary Finnish
fiddle band JPP, as well as a solo 2009 artist-in-residence position at the Old Town School of Folk Music
in Chicago.
The gift of a one-year FACA membership to the Red
River Finns organization at Moorhead, Minn., was
authorized.
The next board meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m., February 15, at Panera Bread, Roseville.
Historical Church Tours
Kaivama and Arto Järvelä will perform on Sunday,
March 11. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., music begins at
7:30 p.m. Tickets for the all ages show are $15 advance, $18 day of show. The Cedar Cultural Center
is located at 416 Cedar Ave S., in Minneapolis. More
information at (612) 338-2674 www.thecedar.org/
events/2012/03/11/kaivama-and-arto-järvelä www.
artojarvela.net www.kaivama.com
Free docent-led public tours of Christ Church Lutheran are offered on the first Sunday of the month at
11:00 a.m., following the 9:30 worship service. Private
and group tours may be arranged for other times by
emailing reservations@christchurchluth.com. The $10
per person fee includes a $5 souvenir booklet about
the building. Tour fees go to preserving this National
Historic Landmark.
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Laskiainen Buns
Laskiainen Recipes
From Patti Schmitz
In honor of Laskiainen, here are a few traditional
recipes. The first two come from the February 3, 2012
online edition of the Iron Range’s Hometown Focus.us
2 pkgs. yeast
½ cup warm water
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk, scalded and cooled
3 cups flour
¼ cup butter, melted
1 Tbs. crushed cardamom
1Tbs. salt
5 cups flour
Panukkaku (Finnish oven pancake)
From Marilyn Matz
3 eggs
1 cup flour
½ tsp. salt
2 Tbs. sugar
2 cups milk
3 Tbs. butter
Set oven to 400 degrees, and place a 9 by 13-inch cake
pan in oven to heat. Slightly beat eggs, add sugar, salt,
milk and flour, mix well. Take hot pan from oven, melt
butter in the pan to coat bottom and sides. Pour in batter, and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve for breakfast
with butter and sugar or syrup.
Dissolve yeast in ½ cup warm water. Set aside. Mix
milk and three cups flour together, when milk is cool,
add yeast mixture. Let stand one hour. Add remaining ingredients, adding one cup of flour at a time. Mix
and knead. Let rise one to two hours. Divide dough
into three equal portions, shape each portion into a 1
½ foot-long rope (approximately), and braid together.
Let rise again, after rising, brush with milk and sprinkle
with sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or until
nicely brown. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle
again with sugar.
Flax flower
Finnish Creamy Pea Soup (Hernekeitto)
Serves about 6
Ingredients:
2 cups dried whole green peas
12 cups water
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
½ teaspoon hot mustard
salt
pepper
1 cup heavy cream
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Directions:
Wash the peas well, then soak in the water overnight.
Bring to a boil and cook until tender. Force through
a wire strainer, or whirl in a blender to make a very
smooth purée. Melt the butter, sir in the flour, then
add the puréed peas and the cooking liquid, stirring
to make a smooth mixture. Cook over medium heat,
stirring constantly, for 10 minutes. Add the mustard,
and salt and pepper to taste. Whip the cream, and just
before serving stir info the hot soup, blending well.
Serve garnished with toast cubes or croutons.
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Source: The Finnish Cookbook
by Beatrice A. Ojakangas
Return to FACA, P.O. Box 580708,
Minneapolis, MN 55458-0708 or bring to the
next program.
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Paljon Kiitoksia!
Readers who would like to contribute to the scholarship fund can send gifts to: Salolampi Foundation,
P.O. Box 14480, Minneapolis, MN 55414-0480. Or if
contributing on-line is easier for you, donations are accepted at the secure website, www.salolampi.org
By: Linda Warpula Davis and Ruthann Rintala Swanson,
Co-chairs Salolampi Foundation’s Scholarship Phonathon
The Salolampi Finnish Language Village will continue
to thrive. Firstly, because several generous gifts were
received by the endowment fund, the Salolampi Board
approved a $20,000 increase to the automatic scholarship fund for summer youth sessions in 2012. And,
second, this year’s scholarship Phonathon was a big
success. Volunteer callers reached out to over 1500
households between November 1–3, 2011, bringing in
more than $40,000.
Kantele Class
Come learn how to play the
kantele! In six sessions we
will learn to play beginning
level music for the 5-string
kantele. We will cover some
history and mythology of
the instrument, care and
maintenance and discover
the many dynamic kantele
players of Finland. Here
is your chance to learn to
play that instrument you
may have tucked in a corner
somewhere! (Rental options will be available.)
The generosity of all of the donors is greatly appreciated and we humbly thank each and every one. The
Phonathon could not have been accomplished let alone
have been successful without the help of the following:
Lutheran Community Foundation This wonderful
organization again generously allowed us to use their
phones for three evenings of calling free of charge.
This enabled 31 volunteers to call across the United
States and Canada. In addition, there were 17 people
who called from their own homes in many parts of the
country. Thank you, thank you, volunteer callers!
Come and join us! We will meet Wednesdays 7:008:00 p.m., starting March 7. Cost for 6 sessions:
$75.00.
On-site callers: Stella Arola, Carole Backman, Marlene
Banttari, Junelle Bernard, Sara Ahlgren Bogie, Edith
Boos, Ken Daniels, Marlyn Ervasti, Ruth Ervasti, Bernie Fligelman, John Hanson, Richard Harju, Susan
Harstad, Curt Jackson, Gil Kinnunen, Lila Koivisto, Aili Kultala, Jim Kultala, Theresa Lund, Dixie Luoma, Wayne Mikkola, Carol Pesola, Pam Rahkola, Seija
Rahkola, Urho Rahkola, Bette Ruskanen, Dan Salin, Delores Salin, Adrian Swanson, Arlene Tucker, and
Tiina Watts. For more info contact Diane (612) 822-5273, email:
djarvi@q.com or also you can email from her website
www.dianejarvi.com.
*****
Diane Jarvi has played the kantele for over twenty
years. An award-winning musician and poet, Jarvi
studied kantele at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki,
Finland. She has recorded five solo CD recordings
and is a former member of Koivun Kaiku, a local
kantele ensemble. She was a recipient of a McKnightMacphail Performing Fellowship and was named
Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year. Jarvi has
given kantele workshops and demonstrations around
the country and in Canada. She recently completed a
one year residency teaching kantele skills in Cokato.
Off-site callers: Elaine and Michael Anuta, White
Bear Lake; Joanne Bergman, Angora; Frank Hanson,
Raleigh, NC; Kathleen Imbriano, Baltimore, MD; Fran and Ken Lahti, Eveleth; Karen Kakela Michael,
Sun Lakes, AZ; Beatrice Myers, Holiday, FL; Marvin
Nevala, Amery, WI; Floyd Niskanen, Minneapolis;
Mildred Prince, Rochester; Robert Pemberton, Eden
Prairie; Jack Rajala, Big Fork; Vergene Ollila Routhe,
Shoreview; Mauno Silpala, Edina; Richard Winkky,
Horseheads, NY; Julie Wood, Chicago, IL; Mary
Wurzer, Darien, IL. Conversational Finnish Class
Tuesdays, 4:00-5:25 p.m.
St. Anthony Library
Corner of Como and Carter Ave.
St. Paul
Everyone is welcome.
For more information, please call
Urho Rahkola at ( 651) 429-3319
The annual Salolampi Foundation Phonathon is for the
sole purpose of raising funds for scholarships that enable children and adults to experience the unique and
special place that is Salolampi Language Village. If you
haven’t yet experienced yourself, now is the year to give
it a try. Check out the scholarship opportunities for
adults on the web site, www.salolampi.org.
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Program Recap
Finnish Flag Days in February
Melanie Brooks presented a fast-paced, entertaining
program about Finnish music and her summer of 2011
music camp in Finland. Her excellent Powerpoint program included film clips with audio. Melanie and her
musical group, (four saxophones, a piano and a tuba) played two high-energy Finnish songs that were perfect
for the size of our meeting room. One FACA member
said the music could be a FACA program.
Two days in February
are Finnish flag days. There are two classifications of flag days:
one set is those days
where flag flying is
required by law and
the second is when
the flag is flown by
custom.
By Bud Berry
Melanie is a music educator who was impressed with
Finland’s music education system. She felt that their
music teaching and their school are very good. She
also became aware that students do not pay for their
education with tuition and out of pocket fees because
education, including master degree level, are paid by
the government.
February 5 is the
birthday of the
national poet Johan
Ludvig Runeberg. This is a customary flag day.
Runeberg was born February 5, 1804 in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) on the western coast of Finland. He died at
73 years old on May 6, 1877 in Porvoo. He married his
second cousin, Fredrika Tengström, and they had eight
children. She managed to find time to write poems and
novels, too.
When he was eight, he went to live with an uncle in
Oulu where he attended school. He later studied at
Vaasa and the Imperial Academy of Turku. He received his Master of Arts degree from Helsinki
University in 1827 and became a lecturer of Rhetoric
in 1830. He moved to Porvoo in 1837 and taught
Latin literature in the Gymnasium of Porvoo.
Melanie and friends
His first book of poetry, Dikter (1830) was about the
hardworking, often starving Finns who persisted in
spite of hardships. His great epic work Tales of Ensign
Stål, written between 1848-1860, was about Sweden’s
(Finland) war of 1808-09 against Russia. He extolled
the bravery of the soldiers and their patriotism.
Sweden lost Finland to Russia and Finland became a
Grand Dutchy of Russia. The work lauded Finnish
heroism and inspired the promoters of the independence movement. The first poem in the Tales of Ensign
Stål , Our Land (Maamme), became the Finnish National
Anthem.
Marianne Wargelin, Al Norgard, Melanie Brooks and Betsey
Norgard
Photos by Bud Berry
Runeberg was honored with the Swedish Academy’s
highest award for poetry in 1839 and he was named a
rector of the college in Porvoo in 1847.
In 1863, he was injured in a hunting accident and the
resulting paralysis left him unable to write. The nation
mourned his passing. His house became a museum in
1882.
His statue stands in Esplanadi Park located between
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the market square and Mannerheimintie in Helsinki.
Pieniä Paloja
In the 1800’s it was common to name cakes after famous people. Runeberg’s Tart was supposedly created
for him by a café owner in Porvoo. It is served on his
flag day.
February 28 is
Kalevala Day and also
celebrated as the Day
of Finnish Culture. Flags are flown by
law.
Elias Lönnrot (18021884), a folklorist,
collected the epic
folk poetry that
became The Kalevala
during three journeys
to Karalia in 18311835. The Finnish
Literature Society
published the book first in 1835. An expanded edition
was published in 1849. As part of the patriotic movement, The Kalevala inspired Finns with tales of a heroic past. It inspired
writers such as J. R.R. Tolkein, W. B. Yeats, C.S. Lewis
and Henry W. Longfellow. It has been translated into
at least 45 different languages, and has inspired many
Finnish artists including Akseli Gallen-Kallela (who
has illustrated it) and Jean Sibelius.
Runeberg Tarts (Runebergintorttut)
•
To: Stella Arola, Jeanne Swope and Judy Mikkola,
January servers, kiitos!
•
Finland’s two remaining presidential candidates,
Green League candidate Pekka Haavisto and
National Coalition Party candidate Sauli Niinistö
have been critical of on-line commentators taking
issue with their personal lives. Haavisto said that
most of the public has reacted well to the fact that
he lives in a registered same-sex relationship with
another man. Sauli Niinistö’s wife, who is three
decades his junior, has also been noted. Election
day is Sunday, February 5th.
•
The celebrated Finnish orchestral conductor Paavo
Berglund died at his home in Helsinki on January
25th, at the age of 82.
•
The Finnish retail trade’s Christmas sales were
strong. It is estimated, sales went up by 4.3 per
cent from the year before.
•
The Finnish bakery and confectionery group Fazer
and the game developers Rovio Entertainment
are to start making sweets that are related to the
immensely popular mobile game Angry Birds. The
new confectionery will be available in shops in Finland and other Nordic countries in June.
•
The image of Finnish fish means the whole world
to Russian customers, who consider Finnish food
almost a luxury. According to the findings of surveys, Russian consumers have a strong confidence
in Finnish food. Russia is the most important
export destination for the Finnish food and drink
sector.
•
The Finnish national Under-16 ice hockey team
won the gold at first-ever Youth Winter Olympics
ice hockey games held recently in Austria. Finland
first defeated Canada in the semi-finals and in the
Olympic final it was Russia’s turn to succumb.
•
Around 3.7 million Finns listen to the radio an average of three hours and eight minutes every day.
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups sifted white flour
½ tsp. baking powder
½ cup ground almonds
Currant jelly (or other fruit jelly)
½ sifted confectioner’s sugar
1-2 Tbsp. hot water
Cream butter and sugar together with an electric mixer
until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat at a high
speed until creamy. Sift together the flour and baking powder, and add gradually to the batter. Beat in
the almonds. Butter and sugar small muffin tins or
tart pans and fill about two-thirds full. Bake in a 350°
oven for 20 minutes or until pale golden brown. When
cool, dot each tart with about ½ teaspoon currant jelly.
Outline the jelly, using a small pastry bag, with frosting
made by mixing the confectioners’’ sugar and water
together into a paste. Makes about 24 small tarts or 12
medium-sized tarts.
• Finns placed second, fourth and seventh in the
Red Bull Crashed Ice competition held in St. Paul
in January. Arttu Pihlainen, last year’s world champion, came in second to a Canadian in a very tight
match.
From: The Finnish Cookbook by Beatrice Ojakangas
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Finnish American Cultural Activities, Inc.
P.O. Box 580708
Minneapolis, MN 55458-0708
FACA
Finnish American Cultural Activities, Inc.
is an organization dedicated to preserving and
promoting the cross-cultural heritage of
Americans with Finnish ancestry.
Information: (612) 374-2718, www.finnfaca.org
Feb 15 FACA Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Panera Bread,
Roseville.
Feb 17 FACA Program, 7:30 p.m. International Institute, 1694 Como Ave., St. Paul.
Feb 24 FACA newsletter copy due.
Feb 19 Finnish Culture Through Movies group Täällä
Pohjantähden alla II, (Under the North Star II) 6:00
p.m., Christ Church Lutheran, 3244 34th Avenue
South, Minneapolis.
Feb 25 Finnish Genealogy Group meeting. Topic:
reports from members on their recent trips to Finland.
Meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Plymouth Apostolic
Lutheran Church, 11015 Old County Road 15, Plymouth. www.minnesotafinnish.org click on left menu,
Finnish Genealogy Group. Joan Dwyer - dwyers@
ties2.net or (612) 822-0743.
Mar 7 Kantele lessons with Diane Jarvi. Students meet
six Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:00 p.m. (See page 5).
Mar 11 Kaivama on tour with Finnish composer/
instrumentalist Arto Järvelä, 7:00 p.m.Cedar Cultural
Center Minneapolis. (See page 3).
Mar 16 Osmo Vanska conducts Sibelius, 8:00 p.m.
Minnesota Orchestra Hall minneostaorchestra.org
July 29 –Aug 4 SISU Finnish Language & Culture
Seminar at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Registration deposits are due before April 30; for more
information and registration information contact: Finnish American Cultural Activities, Inc Kathleen Ristinen, Secretary: kaisa@eurekanet.com
or (740) 592-1157. Facebook group is: SISU Finnish
Language & Culture Seminar.
Nov 8-11 FinnFest USA 2012, Tucson, Az. www.
finnfestusa.org
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