A MUSICAL PEOPLE
That little Estonia has a truly musieloving people is proved by- the numerous song festivals held- every year throughout the country, culminating every five years in a national festival in the picturesque capital of Tallinn. A jubilee, festival has lately been held before an audience of 146,000, among the guests being the President of the neighbouring republic Latvia and many visitors from America and Europe. No fewer than 653 choirs, bands, and orchestras took part in tho festival, totalling 20,000 "people, all of whom had been tirelessly practising for three years. The festival opened with a procession of all the choirs to the accompaniment of' 80 bands and orchestras, the procession being several miles long and taking two hours to pass through the streets to the town park.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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131A MUSICAL PEOPLE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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