Events
Events for December 07, 2008
- New York
- Advent concert in New York
The New York Latvian Choir presents an Advent Sunday concert at 10 a.m. Dec. 7 in the New York Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church, 253 Valentine Lane, Yonkers. The choir will sing the cantata “Ziemassvētku vakarā” by Ēriks Ešenvalds and the cantata “Latviešu Ziemassvētki” by Romualds Jermaks. Featured performers will include Laila Liepiņa (soprano), Sarma Dindzāne-Vansenta (alto), the New York Latvian choir, the Bronx chamber orchestra, and conductors Andrejs Jansons and Laura Padega Zāmura. A light lunch will be served after the concert. Admission is USD 25 and includes both the concert and lunch; children 13 and under will be admitted free. The ladies’ auxiliary will also be selling books.
- New York
- Christmas bazaar and fair on Long Island
A Christmas bazaar and fair will follow the 10:30 a.m. church service on Dec. 7 at the Latvian Ev. Lutheran Church, 4 Riga Lane, Melville. Enjoy a Latvian style lunch and then buy home-baked gingerbread cookies, rye bread, cakes, pīrāgi, barley sausage, grey peas, gotiņa candies and other delicacies. There will also be a table with Latvian books and handicrafts for sale. A raffle drawing will be held. All are invited. For more information contact Ilze Beiniķe at .
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