Noorte Laulu- ja Tantsupidu 2011
ESTONIAN YOUTH SONG- AND DANCE FESTIVAL 2011
Song and Dance Celebration, the Estonian says. This is almost a sacred notion. It stands for the true birthday of Song and Dance, a great spiritual feast, a tradition not to be missed.
This is the festive reunion of an ancient folk, gathering from the cities as well as from the countryside; small as a nation, but impressively large as a family. Song and Dance Celebration is a true Estonian holiday, the Holy Day of the Heart;
which has been waited for, adorned for;
this is a brief moment of ecstatic togetherness,
rising almost into the air in a mythical ship of joy and hope,
a ship that has proved to be capable of carrying one nation over the most dangerous, most difficult rocks of time… /Doris Kareva/
Here is a little memory from one of the previous festivals in 2004, the XXIV Üldlaulupidu: The song “Mu Isamaa on minu arm” is one of the all-time Estonian choir favourites!
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PROGRAM FOR THE XI YOUTH SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL
Friday, 1. JULY 2011
I Dance Festival performance-dress rehearsal
Opening of the XI Youth Song and Dance Festival
II Dance Festival performance
Saturday, 2. JULY 2011
III Dance Festival performance
Sunday, 3. JULY 2011
The Song and Dance Festival Procession
The Song Festival Concert
The Closing Ceremony