Sõrve Trivia Night

Don’t forget this year’s magical Sõrve Trivia Night this coming
Friday September 9
Dinner, drinks and snacks available to purchase throughout the night. Lots of games to play and loads of prizes to win! And of course, the coveted title of Trivia Night Champions will be back up for grabs!The night will feature:
* Silent Auction * Famous Coin Toss
* Paper Plane Comp * Guess The Lolly Jar
* Radical Raffle * Giant Numbers GameBar opens at 6pm with Trivia to kick off at 7pm!
Sydney Estonian House
141 Campbell St, Surry Hills

Contact Marissa or Jana
admin@sorve.org.au

Youth exchange brings together 30 young people aged 18-26 of Estonian origin; 20 living abroad and 10 from Estonia. The main aim of the youth exchange is to introduce the Estonian culture and language to participants.
Application deadline: 8th August 2016

The programme includes:

• introducing the Estonian history and cultural heritage to young Estonians living abroad;
• sharing Estonian success stories, good practices and planned future developments;
• teaching participants the Estonian language in the non-formal learning environment;
• providing information about work and study opportunities in Estonia;
• introducing Estonian governance system;
• creating the network for young people of Estonian origin that might support repatriation.

The programme consists of various activities organized in different parts of Estonia. The participants will have a chance to visit cultural and historic places in Tallinn, including Riigikogu. The programme includes visits to successful Estonian companies to learn about their innovative practices. The participants will get information about work and study opportunities in Estonia and build network for the future. A field trip to Lahemaa National Park – one of the oldest and most beautiful national parks in the Baltics – will be organized. Participants will hike in the wetlands and try out Estonian sauna traditions. In the second part of the programme, the participants travel to Põlvamaa to experience authentic Estonian culture and heritage. They will learn Estonian national dances and discover nature while canoeing in Taevaskoja. After that the programme continues in the city of good thoughts – Tartu – to explore the science centre, learn about study opportunities in the University of Tartu and experience the positive vibe of student life by taking a walk through the streets of the city. The programme ends in Tallinn, with more visits to examine good practices of private and public sector of Estonia. During the whole exchange programme the participants will have a chance to learn and practise Estonian in the non-formal learning environment.

The youth exchange programme is organized by youth organization Seiklejate Vennaskond, coordinated by Estonian Youth Work Centre and financed by the Compatriots Programme of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.

For more information and the application form, visit  Back to Our RootsYouth Exchange in Estonia

Tere Sõrve Family,
I am pleased to advise that the online registration process for Sõrve Summer Camp January 8-15, 2017 is now in place and ready to go.

As a reminder the steps are:

1. Go to our website www.sorve.org.au
2. Click on the Camp Registrations tab (on the top right hand corner)
3. Complete the First Part of the Registration process for each individual/family member (you must be 18 or over to complete the registration process)
4. Once you have completed step 3 above for all individual/family members, you will need to complete the Medical and Consent Form for Point Wolstoncroft Sport & Recreation Centre via the link provided at the end of the Camp Registration page
5. You will then receive email confirmation that you have registered
6. Our Camp Registrar will then be in contact with you to confirm your application and will request payment to be made ONLINE – part payments will be accepted prior to 30 November 2016

Also to note:

• Your registration will be regarded initially as an intention to come to camp. No accommodation/meals will be guaranteed until we receive your registration AND full payment from each participant PRIOR to the 30 November 2016.
• Day visitations are still available and can be noted within the registration process. These can occur during camp if required.
• All fees for Camp 2017 are displayed on the Camp Registration Page.
• We will accept registrations post the 30 November 2016, however we may not be able to guarantee your preferred accommodation.
• On the Sõrve webpage we have created a Time Clock to show how many days until commencement of camp and a graphic update on how accommodation is being progressively taken up to the 30 November 2016 – just as a reminder to get in early

This is the second year of the online registration process and Sõrve So᷈brad have been working very hard to try and make this as seamless as possible.

We trust that you will find the process straightforward and should you have any issues please contact any member of the Committee immediately or email to admin@sorve.org.au

As always we look forward to having you all attend Camp once again and from this point we will be updating our Social Media channels including email updates, on what is happening to keep you all informed.

See you all at Sõrve Summer Camp, January 8 – 15, 2017.

Imbi Semmelweis
Sõrve Sõbrad Committee – “Sõrve – see olemegi meie!”
Camp Dates: January 8-15, 2017

Sõrve Email: admin@sorve.org.au
Sõrve Phone: 0458 140 662

75th Anniversary of Mass deportation from the Baltic states by Soviet Union occupying forces, 1041

Commemoration Concert
Sunday 19th June at 2pm
Latvian House
32 Parnell St
Strathfield

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST APPLICATIONS – NOW OPEN for Sõrve Summer Camp, 8-15 January 2017 Camp Leadership team.

This is a great chance to provide our young adults with opportunities to develop youth leadership and mentoring skills that will flow on to a wider Australian / Estonian community or even Estonian communities abroad.

We look forward to receiving your Expressions of Interest.

LEADERS

If you are interested in becoming a Leader at So᷈rve 2017 please complete the application form on the link below:
EOI Leaders Application Form

Applications close on the 10th of July 2016. (late applications will not be accepted)

CAMP LEADER

If you are interested in becoming Camp Leader or Assistant Camp Leader at Sõrve 2017 please complete the application form on the link below:
EOI Camp Leader & Assistant Camp Leader Application Form

Applications close on the 3rd of July 2016. (late applications will not be accepted)

Any enquiries/questions please contact Sõrve Sõbrad:
Imbi Semmelweis, President
Taimi Maidla, Leader Liaison
via email: admin@sorve.org.au or mob: 0481 217 772

Imbi Semmelweis
Sõrve Sobrad Committee – “Sõrve – see olemegi meie!”

Sõrve Summer Camp – January 8-15, 2017
Point Wolstoncroft

Following the excitement and success of the Australian choir Kooskõlas auditioning for and performing at Laulupidu, in Tallinn in July, 2014, there have been several enquiries from members of the community as to whether we should form a choir to audition for the 2019 150th Anniversary festival.

To begin exploring this possibility, we hope to run an information session and workshop for interested singers at Eesti Päevad in Adelaide. The organisers of the Adelaide festival have offered to make available time within the program for this session, should there be sufficient interest from festival attendees.

We now want to gauge people’s interest in attending the information session and workshop (in Adelaide, December 2016).

We envision:

• an information session (30 -45 mins)
• a song workshop (2 x 1hr sessions, separated by a 15 min break). Songs that are traditionally sung at Laulupidu will be rehearsed and performed.
  If you or any of your friends are interested in taking part in the Adelaide workshop please pre-register your interest by filling out the online form below.

Your pre-registration will allow us to contact you with links to music and other rehearsal assistance prior to the Festival.

To provide sufficient time for the Festival committee to make a “go/no go” decision on the session and to finalise the Adelaide Eesti Päevad program, we are closing the pre-registrations on 30th September 2016.

To find out what this Song Festival is all about, check out Welcome to Estonia’s info, or go directly to the current Laulupidu 2017 website.

So please, if you are interested in participating, let us know now by completing the form on the Adelaide Estonians website – http://adelaide.eesti.org.au/2016/04/28/laulupidu/

(Please fill in this form even if you can’t attend the Eesti Paevad 2016 workshop.)

We can’t wait to explore with you the possibilities of being part of a great adventure! There is no guarantee the adventure will come to pass, but the journey needs to start somewhere.

Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you in Adelaide.

Kieran Scott
Lõke Conductor