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Finnish National Museum

By lydia | Published: February 18, 2013

We loved the National Museum. I could’ve spent much longer there. (And I could’ve taken even more photos if I’d remembered to charge my camera battery first.) Favorite bits: costuming from 12th c. through modern, a smattering of musical instruments, a silent B&W film showing a Sami man going about his business of trapping and […]

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Svenska Teatern

By lydia | Published: February 17, 2013

The Swedish theater in Helsinki is currently running Kristina från Duvemåla, a musical that was a smash hit in Sweden in the ’90s, and Elisabet especially was thrilled that we’d have the chance to see it live (she knows all the songs by heart). This was an extra-special outing and I was so glad she’d […]

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Quick trip to Helsinki

By lydia | Published: February 16, 2013

Winter break means time to travel just a little. And having a hospitable classmate from Helsinki — Anni is studying with us at ESI between years at the Sibelius Academy — means we get expert travel guide service at unbeatable pricing! So Andrea and I, and also our classmate Elisabet (who is from Stockholm), joined […]

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Dance week at ESI

By lydia | Published: February 15, 2013

This week we’ve had an extra 18 people here for a week-long dance course. That’s a lot of people in the kitchen, and a lot of shoes! Tuesday evening we had a special dance night with Kjell-Erik Eriksson and Patrik Andersson, each of whom was here for part of the week playing for the dancers. […]

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Snow, week 7

By lydia | Published: February 15, 2013

Pretty pics!

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Lots of guest teachers

By lydia | Published: February 14, 2013

We’ve had a whole fleet of special guests already this semester. Bo Larsson came to share some Uppland fiddle tunes, stories about Viksta-Lasse, some show-and-tell, and a couple of songs, and then after lunch he also played for dancing. Mats Andersson helped us prepare for our Wik visit by teaching us about writing lead sheets […]

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