The route
France: 20th December 2018
Concert of the Baltic and Scandinavian choir set up with the care home “the Ark-Horizon” in Montpellier
21st January 2019
Van acquisition
21st January 2019
24th March 2019
FESTILAUL, festival organised to help finance the project “Singing on the road”
24th April 2019
Departure from Montpellier
24th April 2019
From the 24th April until the 17th May 2019
Van breakdown in Burgundy
Germany: Second departure on the 17th of May 2019
Night spent in Emmendingen, Germany, in the home of Samuel Barnoux, Lucie’s brother
Germany: Second departure on the 17th of May 2019
From the 19th until the 22nd of May 2019
Breakdown in Germany (close to Halle)
Poland: From the 23rd until the 28th May 2019
Arrival in Poland, at Mateusz’s (Poznan)
Poland: From the 23rd until the 28th May 2019
Lithuania: 30th may 2019
Arrival in Vilnius, Lithuania
1st June 2019
Encounter with Indré, ethnomusicologist + discovery of the Sutartinės at Mickeviciaus library in Vilnius.
1st June 2019
3rd & 10th June 2019
Participation to a singing workshop of Sutartinė at the Art Akademie of Vilnius, animated by GEDIMINAS ŽILYS.
5th June 2019
Participation to a Ukrainian singing workshop with Vera Venckūnaitė-Čepulienė
5th June 2019
9th June 2019
Travel presentation + private concert in a students house-share, Vilnius.
From the 15th until the 19th June 2019
Resting in Dubingiai in Edvinas & Greta’s home.
From the 15th until the 19th June 2019
Latvia : 19th June 2019
Arrival in Latvia, Riga ; interview of the band Austras Koks.
20th June 2019
Ethnographic song concert + kokle playing, traditional Latvian instrument, at the LĪGO SKAISTI ŠOVAKAR.
20th June 2019
21st June 2019
Visit of a non-governmental organisation promoting Latvian culture, and working in the field of cultural heritage preservation + visit of an instrument making workshop (kokle, basse…).
21st June 2019
Summer solstice celebration in Sigulda
21st June 2019
23rd June 2019
Summer solstice celebration close to Madona
From the 25 June until 1st July 2019
Workaway in Jelgava
From the 25 June until 1st July 2019
Estonia: 1st July 2019
Arrival in Pärnu, Estonia + kidnapping of Michael
2nd July 2019
Arrival in Tallinn - workaway in Euphoria Hostel until the 13th of July
2nd July 2019
5th, 6th & 7th July 2019
Laulupidu song festival (150th anniversary)
12th July 2019
Concert in Vanalinna Ökopood (organic food-store), Tallinn
12th July 2019
13th July 2019
Metsa Laulupidu in Hüpassaare (metsa = forest in Estonian. “Regilaul” song festival. The "regilaul" is a traditional call and response style chant or song that has existed in Estonia for centuries. These ancient songs are being preserved and given new life through many contemporary bands and events such as the Metsa Laulupidu.).
15th July 2019
Encounter with the singer Lauri Õunapuu + night spent in the sauna of the artist-painter Navitrolla, in Karula national parc
15th July 2019
From the 17th until 21st July 2019
Back to Zane & Endijs’s home with workaway, in Jelgava - helping with a music school renovation project
Lithuania: From the 21st until 27th July 2019
Baltic traditional singing course in Antalkiai in Lithuania
Lithuania: From the 21st until 27th July 2019
27th July 2019
Discovery of Lithuanian "pirtis" (sauna)
Latvia: From the 31st until 7th August 2019
Back to Zane & Endijs’s home with workaway. Still helping with the school renovation project.
Latvia: From the 31st until 7th August 2019
4th August 2019
Discovery of Latvian “pirts” (sauna)
Estonia: 7th August 2019
Back in Estonia, in Mähkli for the wedding of Tiia & Leno, met previously as we were crossing their village on a musical quest, searching for a singer from the Laulupidu song festival…
Estonia: 7th August 2019
10th until 15th August 2019
Exploring Saaremaa Island
10th August 2019
Saaremaa Hingefestival 2019
10th August 2019
15th until 17th August 2019
Exploring Hiiumaa Island
17th August 2019
Crossover from Hiiumaa to Haapsalu - national celebration day, commemorating a local legend ; the White lady. Night spent in Roosta.
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17th August 2019
18th August 2019
Arrival at Euphoria Hostel - workaway until the 3rd of October.
5th September 2019
Concert in Vanalinna Ökopood (organic food-store), Tallinn
5th September 2019
6th September 2019
Concert in Hostel Euphoria, Tallinn
7th & 8th september 2019
Concerts at the Uue Maailma Tänavafestival (street art festival)
7th & 8th september 2019
11 September 2019
Concert at Heldeke, Tallinn
30th September 2019
Departure-party at Heldeke, in Tallinn
30th September 2019
Finland: 3rd October 2019
Arrival in Finland, Helsinki
5th October 2019
Private concert in a house-share of students in Helsinki
5th October 2019
8th October 2019 workshop
Eurythmy lesson + nordic dancing workshop + circus workshop
11th October 2019
Cacao ceremony + sauna session at Sompasauna with Mikko, our local guide (Sompasauna is a wood-burning self-service public sauna, built and maintained by a group of volunteers in Helsinki. Visitors can enjoy the alternative sauna for free, at any time, and swim in the sea at their own risk…).
11th October 2019
Finnish Lapland: 18th until 31st October 2019
Finnish Lapland at Jessika Lampi’s home in Ivalo
19th October 2019
Visit of Santa Claus’ village in Rovaniemi
19th October 2019
20th October 2019
On the road between Rovaniemi and Ivalo - special video for one of our partners, the Ark-Horizon, a nursing care-home based in Montpellier who are closely following our trip to Lapland.
View from the home of our host Jessika Lampi, and our home for the next couple of days
24th October 2019
Walk around Saariselkä
24th October 2019
25th October 2019
Visit of Ivalo elementary school and its Sámi classroom
Concert in Koppelo
26th October 2019
New video : EPISODE 9 : Arrival in Lapland (Sápmi) - we left from Helsinki, the capital of Finland a bit more than a week ago, to head towards Rovaniemi, where we heard that Father Christmas lives. On our way, many wonderful things have happened to us...
Northern lights !!!
26th October 2019
29th October 2019
Musical residency at Inary primary school
5th November 2019
Crossover to Sweden
5th November 2019
30th november, 1st and 4th december 2019
Concert at Mittpunkten in Höör south of Sweeden
Beginning of December until the 13th
Singing week in Astrid Selling’s home + celebration of Saint Lucie close to Stockholm in Sweden.
Beginning of December until the 13th
11TH DECEMBER
Presentation of the project + concert at Litorina Folk High School in Karlskrona
Today we had the great pleasure to present our travel and sing with the students and teachers from “Litorina Folk High School” in Karlskrona. During the presentation, we spoke about the Estonian “Regilaul” singing style, the Latvian “Dainas” and Lithuanian “Sutartinés”.
13TH DECEMBER
Celebrating Saint Lucy
Sankta Lucia
Folk musuem Karlskrona
13TH DECEMBER
15TH DECEMBER 2019
16TH DECEMBER 2019
Driving back home
16TH DECEMBER 2019
18TH DECEMBER 2019
Back in France ! We did it ! +5000km behind us…
January 2020
EPISODE 10 NOW AVAILABLE !
In this episode we talk about our time spent in Lapland, where we discovered a Finnish oral tradition called “Runo-laul”, meaning “old-songs” from a famous book; the “Kalevala”. We also learnt about the Sámi traditional singing style “joik” and a singing competition that our host, Jessika Lampi, participated in ▶
Special thanks to Jan Zenkoira Vepsäläinen, Janika Oras, Taive Viiding, Eero Mel, Katri Kittilä, Immu Tuulenmittaaja and Jessika Lampi for your precious time and moments spent together.
January 2020
