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Friday, October 24

 

The official schedule for FinnFunn 2025

Questions? Ask a Committee member.

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Activity: Finnish Ingenuity: Necessity is the Mother of Invention Exhibit

daily from Friday, 1:00 

grandma’s living room

 

Registration, sign up for limited seats sessions

obtain Nature Scavenger Hunt form

1:00 - 5:00

EHF office

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Purchase/Order a FinnFunn T-shirt

(cash or check payable to FinnFunn)

daily from Friday, 1:00

EHF Office

 

Activity: Needle Felting with Judy Jacobetz, limit 25, $20 materials

3:00 - 4:00

small dining room

 

Sauna, women only

3:00 - 4:00

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

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Video: Serving in the Finnish Military During the Winter War:

 Interview with Arno Kolm, pt.1 (53 min.)

3:00 - 4:00

adult recreation room

 

Activity: Craft Workshop: Drop-in Nature Crafts, Jean Brunter & Sharon Kemppi

2:30 -4:00

dining room

 

Activity: Learn to Play Finnish Card Game, Ristiseiska, Katrina Mackey, limit 24 

3:00 - 5:00

Monadnock room

 

Presentation: Nature's Inspiration in Finnish Art, $5 materials, Kristi Holohan

4:00 - 4:45

small dining room

 

Sauna, men only

4:00 - 5:00

Outside

FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025

 

Sauna

5:00 -6:30

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025

 

Reception: Frogg Brewing Company, music by Bernie Nowak & Carolyn Sanford

5:30 - 6:00

dining room

 

Greetings - Emcee Stephen Trimble

Finnish Words - Anita Smiley

greetings/terveisiä

IIIallinen / Dinner

Welcome message  - Anita Smiley

Introduction: Minea Lindqvist Herwitz - Anita Smiley

6:00 -7:00

dining room

 

Sauna, 1 spot

6:30 – 8:00

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025

Remarks, FinnFunn 2025

Emcee Stephen Trimble 

 

Entertainment: Revontulet Finnish Dancers with the Oivan Ilo Dance Band

dining room

7:30 – 9:30

 

Video: Finnish Happiness Secrets - We Asked People (10 min.)

adult recreation room

9:40

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Saturday, October 25

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Visit with Artist of the Year Väinö Tapio Kola

Today, 11:15-12:00 and 3:45-4:30, grandma’s living room

 

Slideshow of Kola’s nature paintings

Today, 9:00-11:00 and 2:45-4:45, adult recreation room

 

Finnish Words - Anita Smiley

hyvää huomenta / good morning

Aamiainen / Breakfast

Introduction, AOY Väinö Tapio Kola

7:30 - 8:30

dining room

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Remarks, Emcee Stephen Trimble

 

Buy raffle tickets, view raffle and silent auction items, Stan Karro, Jackie Harjula

8:30 – 7:00pm

small dining room

 

Tori/Finnish Marketplace 

Martha Silander, mgr., music by Bernie Nowak & Carolyn Sanford

9:00 – 2:00

Emerson Elementary School

 

Presentation: Finns and Nature, Nature and Finns, Hanna Pylväinen

9:15 - 10:00

dining room

 

Sauna

10:00 – 11:00

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

 

Presentation: The Natural World, Source of Inspiration, Artist Eric Aho

10:15  - 11:00

dining room

 

Sauna, men only

11:00 – 12:00

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

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Presentation: Finland’s Leadership in Sustainability, Nani Pajunen

11:15 - 12:00

adult rec room

 

Contest: Cell Phone Tossing, Holly LeClair, Anita Smiley

11:15 - 12:00

volleyball court, EHF main lawn

 

Sauna

12:00 – 1:00

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

 

Finnish Words - Anneli Johnson

hyvää iltapäivää / good afternoon

Lounas / Lunch

12:15 - 1:15 dining room

 

Remarks, Emcee Stephen Trimble

 

Sauna, women only

1:00 – 2:00

Outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025

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Performance: Musical Journey Around the World, POY Violinist Charlotte Loukola

1:45 - 2:30

dining room

 

Video: An Interpretation of Finlandia, Amber Broderick

1:45 - 2:30

adult recreation room

 

Sauna

2:15 – 3:15

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

 

Activity: Punainen (red) Brightens Nature’s Color Palette, limit 20, $5 materials

Kristi Holohan

2:45 - 3:30

recreation room

 

Activity:: Finnish Language: Names from Nature, Saija Laurla

2:45 - 3:30

dining room

 

Activity: Writing Workshop, Susan Cloutier, Charlotte Locke, limit 12

2:45 - 4:45

Monadnock room

 

Sauna

3:15 – 4:15

outside

register FinnFunn Sauna Sessions | Troy, NH | 10/25/2025 

 

Activity: Learn to Play Finnish Card Game Ristiseiska, Katrina Mackey

3:45 - 4:45

recreation room

 

Sauna

4:15 – 5:15

5:15 – 6:45

outside

register https://event.racereach.com/finnfunn 

 

Reception: music by Bernie Nowak & Carolyn Sanford

5:15 - 6:00

dining room

 

Finnish Words - Roy Helander

hyvää Ilta / good evening

Sing Maamme, Star Spangled Banner, Roy Helander

Illallinen / Dinner

6:00 - 7:00

dining room

 

Remarks, Emcee Stephen Trimble

 

Entertainment: Metku Band, Michael Ludgate, Katrina Mackey, Phil Robinson

Finnish dance demonstration, Nancy & Bernie Nowak, Katy & Barry Heiniluoma

7:30 - 9:30

 dining room

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Sunday, October 26

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Finnish Words - Roy Helander

hyvää huomenta / good morning

Aamiainen / Breakfast

Sing Finlandia, Roy Helander

7:30 - 8:30

dining room

 

Remarks, Emcee Stephen Trimble

 

Activity: FinnFunn Family Farm Day, East Hill Farm

Open to registered families and all FF25 weekend attendees

9:00 - 3:00

Milking Barn

 

Activity: Foraging Walk, Dan Bisaccio

9:00 - 9:45

outside

 

Activity: Book Discussion: Nature & Well Being, Patti Folsom

9:00 - 9:45

adult recreation room

 

Activity: Finnish Jeopardy! Michael Cappello

9:00 - 9:45

dining room

 

Demonstration: Finnish Mushroom Dishes, Saija Laurla

10:00 – 10:45

dining room

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Demonstration: Finnish Mushroom Dishes, Saija Laurla

10:00 – 10:45

dining room

 

Presentation: Humorous Finnish Stories & Jokes, Stepehen Trimble

11:00 - 11:45

dining room

 

Closing Remarks: Emcee Stephen Trimble

 

Finnish Words - Anita Smiley

hyvää iltapäivää/ good afternoon

Lounas / Lunch

 

hyvästi / goodbye

12:15 - 1:15

dining room