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Estonia’s virtual choir festival

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A virtual choir festival in Estonia:
Thousands of people across Estonia on Friday took part in a landmark virtual choir festival, gathering in front of big screens to sing the small Baltic state’s cherished anthems. Organisers said crowds massed at over a hundred open-air locations in this nation of 1.3 million people to perform eight songs under the baton of conductors — one per song — beamed from a real concert venue in Poltsamaa, central Estonia. Footage from the locations was also fed via the Internet, in a nod to Estonia’s thriving hi-tech industry which has won it the nickname “E-Stonia”.

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  1. I second the recommendation re “The Singing Revolution.”  We are doing an all-Estonian concert in May, with portions of the film woven in; overarching seasonal theme of ‘freedom.’  The film documents a truly moving event in a most challenging time in human history.  A must!
    Dr. Deborah Simpkin King
    Artistic Director and Founder, Schola Cantorum on Hudson
    Director and Founder, Project Encore™ of Schola Cantorum on Hudson
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  2. With regard to this subject, the movie “The Singing Revolution” is highly recommended.  All about Estonia’s struggle against the former USSR…and, oh…the singing….the singing is wonderful…and the choirs are  huge(in the thousands).  
    Choral directors need to see this.  Please consider renting or borrowing it.
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