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In my previous review, I was writing
about Day 1 of the music festival in Mikkeli, which took place in the
harbor. Today we are going to take a look at Day 2.
Where: Mikkeli, Finland
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Where: Mikkeli, Finland
On the second day of the “Mikkeli Soikoon” festival, the harbor was
full of people, I believe, twice more than on the first day. Besides, it was
Saturday evening and people were able to find time for the event. Moreover,
despite all expectations, the weather was perfect, sunny and simply nice.
People were enjoying the performance, drinking, dancing, and watching the lake
during those short breaks between different performing groups.
Among the groups and singers performing
yesterday evening there were Lapsaset,
Neljänsuora, and the headliner of the
evening, Paula Koivuniemi. Lapsaset
started at 7:30 p.m. (Finnish time) with some of their own songs and some
covers. People were gathering by 7-8 p.m. and the harbor looked pretty crowded,
which reflected the mood of Mikkeli. People like such events, people like and
adore their music stars and take every opportunity to enjoy the events.
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| Lapsaset |
Later on at 9:30 p.m. another group,
Neljänsuora, attracted the attention of the audience for another hour, even a
little more. There were performing their own songs as well as world famous
hits. People were already feeling the spirit of the evening, being in a very
good mood and having fun. I should point out that the event was so perfectly
organized that even any unexpected incident would not spoil the evening. There
were lots of guardians, ambulance in case if needed, police and staff, which
was ready to assist.
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| Neljänsuora |
Moving on to the next performer of the
festival, Paula Koivuniemi, I should say that there were people of different
age. I personally thought there would not be so many young people on the second
day. But it showed that young people love different music, which, I personally
think, is great! Paula started singing at 11:30 p.m. till 0:45. She performed
so many good songs, and some covers. One of the covers was the world famous
song “Cosa sei” originally performed by Ricci e Poveri. Of course, Paula was
singing that song in Finnish, and it sounded very lovely. Obviously, Paula was
greeted with love and the audience did not want her to leave, so she performed
one more song as a bonus. It was very nice, the best ending of the evening for
such a good festival.
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| Paula Koivuniemi |
“Mikkeli Soikoon” was complemented by
the special program, organized by Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences. The
program lasted for a whole day since 11 a.m. till the main event in the
evening. The whole festival, I mean both
days, was pretty replete. I sincerely hope there is going to be another festival
during the summer.
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are more articles coming up! So, if you are interested to learn more Finnish towns and cities, visit "Travel Smart" section. Keep
exploring, keep sharing your impression, and keep traveling!
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| Paula Koivuniemi |
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| Harbor after the festival |
Kirill Malyutin
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