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Saturday's Parade capped a week
of events, and came under cold, but sunny, skies. |
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Always a favorite, the Michigan
Tech Pep Band. |
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City Councilpersons and
Administrators greet the crowd. |
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The Mass City Kaleva Ladies. |
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The Finnish-American Reporter
Newspaper crew. |
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These Finnish ladies are
dressed for the cold. |
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The Hancock Finnish Theme
Committee decided to honor two individuals this year, here, Rick
Kauppila. |
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And also, Mary Wright. Our
congratulations to both. |
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The Hanka Farm Museum
representatives tell their story. |
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Youngsters get a speedy sleigh
ride in a safe environment. |
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This young lady tries her hand
in the annual boot toss. |
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A whittler plies his trade for
an interested crowd. |
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This working loom is a big
attraction. |
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An ever increasing number of
arts and crafts Tori exhibitors pack not only the Finnish-American
Center, butt also the close by Hancock Methodist Church. |
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Besides the exhibitors, many
partook in the Finnish foods available. |
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Here, exhibits at the Methodist
Church. |
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More Tori exhibits. |
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Here a group of young dancers
do Finnish style dances for the crowd at the Finnish-American
Center. |
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And the young Suzuki String
Orchestra also performed. |
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These ladies demonstrate the
art of weaving. |
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The hugely popular afternoon
Polar Bear Dive in the Keweenaw Waterway ... a local scuba diving
club gets into the icy water, to assist the divers if necessary. |
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A packed pier of media and
photographers awaits the first diver. |
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Ladies first! This first gal
wears a full bridal outfit! That water is icy frigid!!! |
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This group of girls goes
together for moral support. A large number of participants braved
the icy cold water and cold air temperature (fortified by a really
hot sauna). Kudos to everyone who helped and made the events
possible. Join us next January for the 11th annual Heikenpaiva
Celebration. |
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For more information, you can visit the official
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