Song and Dance Festival - Riga 800 / Participants

Women's choir Naiskuoro Posti- ja Telelaulajat was founded in 1949 and is still continuing its activities. There are about 25 singers in our choir and we practice once a week. Choir´s repertoire consists of church music, folk songs, evergreens and songs from musicals.

Mixed choir PT-Viihdelaulajat was founded three years ago.There was earlier a men´s choir
in Helsinki, but it stopped its activities due to the lack of tenors after it´s 50 years anniversary. The mixed choir was born then in co-operation with the singers from the men´s and women´s choir. The repertoire of the mixed choir is mostly entertaining. There are songs such as:
Granada
Falling in love with you
When I get older
Charmaine
The last tango of the evening
Raindrops keep fallin´on my head, etc.

Both choirs consist of amateur singers.The choirs have not taken part in competitions or made any recordings. They sing, because they love music and enjoy companionship.

Both choirs are conducted by Conductor Veikko Huuskonen, a professional
musician. He arranges music for orchestras and choirs, as well as composes
music himself. He has conducted the women's choir for 20 years.