Events

Late Laskiainen - Pea Soup Party - Lake Crabtree Park, Cary - Sunday, March 28, 2010, at noon - 3pm
Vappu - May Day Picnic – Tarja Heikkinen-Gray's house, Apex - Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 4pm unti -
Midsummer Party - Tarja Heikkinen-Gray's house, Apex - Saturday, June 26th, 2010, 5pm until -
Raleigh International Festival – October 1 - 3, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center
Piirakka Party – Saturday, September 16, 2010, – location TBA
Independence Day – TBA

Late Laskiainen - Pea Soup Party - Lake Crabtree, Cary - on Sunday, March 28, 2010, from noon - 3pm

Laskianen is the Finnish word for Shrove Tuesday, which is also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
We will meet at the White Oak Shelter in the Lake Crabtree Park to enjoy hot pea soup, special Finnish home-made deserts, beautiful spring weather, and each other’s company.

· Coordinator: Karin Kivioja-Miller. Please let Lotta know if you can help. Her e-mail is kkivioja77@hotmail.com
and let them know what you can bring from the following list of desserts: home-made Finnish pancakes (lättyjä/lettuja), Fat Tuesday buns (Laskiais pullat), Runeberg's cupcakes (Runebergin tortut), pulla, coffee cake (kuiva kakku) or home-made cookies.

· TFA provides in the cover charge (in addition to the shelter): peasoup, bread, butter, coffee, and soft drinks.

· Cover charge is $5.00/family or $3/individual, double fee if you don’t bring anything from the list.

Directions To Lake Crabtree

Take Exit 285 from I-40 (Aviation Parkway) and follow signs toward Morrisville. The entrance to the park is well marked. After you enter the park, follow the narrow road until you see signs toward the shelters. Proceed until you see blue and white balloons and the sign to the White Oak Shelter.

Marimekko’s Tasaraita shirt

Last year at the Laskiainen Party, we took this great picture:

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Let us take another, bigger one this year. So, I ask everybody who has a Marimekko’s Tasaraita shirt to wear it.

If you do not have a Tasaraita, please, wear some other Finnish shirt if you have, like this shirt Jukka wore last year: “A Finn’s Feelings.”

Where to find the "right" peas
P ea Soup Recipe
Oven PancakeRecipe

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Vappu Party on Saturday, May 1nd, 2010, 4pm until–

Location: Tarja Heikkinen-Gray's house, 6308 Old Jenks Road in Apex
Coordinator: Karin Kivioja-Miller. Please contact Karin if you any questions at 919-323-4211or kkivioja77@hotmail.com
Please bring a special dish to share and your own special drinks to down.
Cover charge is $5.00/family or $3/individual. Price includes grill meats.
And, as is traditional in Finland for this day, please wear a school graduation cap of one sort or another!
An Evite invitation have been sent to the members.

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Raleigh International Festival October 1 - 3, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center

The Raleigh International Festival

Location: The New Raleigh Convention Center on 2 East South Street
Contact person: Timo Palo tepalo@earthlink.net
More details on the website: http://www.internationalfestival.org/
TFA Exhibit 2008

Merja Wolfe, Hanna Gnann, Timo Palo, Riitta Virtaranta, Marika Suominen Yeh, Kari Laitinen and Rosalind Laitinen

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Midsummer Party - on Saturday, June 26th, 2010, 5 pm until –

Location: Tarja Heikkinen-Gray's house, 6308 Old Jenks Road in Apex
Coordinators: Lotta Peltola-Nelms. Please contact Lotta if you any questions at (lottapeltola@hotmail.com or 264-4256).
The dishes are going to be traditional cold Finnish Juhannus dishes: herring, salmon, potato salad, strawberry cake, etc. Please bring a dish to share.
Cover charge is $5.00/family or $3/individual.
An Evite invitation have been sent to the members.