#song festival

[yourimagines]

Rant about Eurovision 2024, I’m sorry

I’m sorry but why is The Netherlands disqualified and Israel can still perform (while Russia is/wasn’t welcome in many competitions?)

I heard Joost told them a few times not to record him and someone from Isreal did and made a nasty comment, Joost reacted with an angry hand movement. (I don’t know if it’s true but if it is….come on man.)

Eurovision isn’t about politics….yeah right 😂

Edit: in my opinion we just send Joost again for next year, same song same act 😂

[unhonestlymirror]

Dainų Šventė in 1970s, photos by Vytautas Daraškevičius, Lithuania

[beardisable]

hümni pole, cope

put in the tags if its something not commonly sang/hasnt been sang in the last like 20 years, or kill me if i missed your fave

edit: ma mõtlesin Lüdigi Koitu aga kui mõtled seda teist(mis on ka bänger) put it in the tags

[hildegardladyofbones]

Soo just as the small children were done singing it started HAILING and THUNDERING

[ldagence-royal]

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Attend Estonian Song Festival - 19 August 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia

[juliangelart]

"I've been searching, all of my life,

Finally I've found my north star."

[freshbeeth]

lives were destroyed

[lifemod17]

WHEN I SAY I BELIEVE IN 'MOVEMENT' SUPREMACY I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS

Hozier tonight at Lytham Festival

Source: Instagram.com

[aidahestonmusic]

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MINGI // BEAT AX Vol.4 DAY2

[unhonestlymirror]

Dainų Šventė review:

What I liked:

The procession. People are sincerely happy to see you, people from the windows wave to you, children and adults hold out their hands for you to give them a high five. Feel like a real star.

Free food for participants. We were fed quite well and fast, the food was fresh and tasty, there wasn���t too much of it to fill our stomachs completely and deprive us of the ability to catch our breath.

Free water for everyone!

The view from the stage. When thousands of people raise their hands with flashlights, it looks like a field of stars, the feeling is indescribable.

Singing. I wonder what the viewer felt, because from the perspective of a singer, even you get excited when 12,000 people sing in unison. My favourite is Lietuvos Bruole, it was really epic.

Variety of costumes. An artist's paradise. Although there was absolutely no time, I still sharply regretted that I hadn't taken a sketchbook because I had never seen some ornaments in my life. (Photos from Delfi and LRT.)

Free badges. :D

There were a LOT of people from different countries, there was nowhere for the apple to fall - and the territory of Vingis Park was pretty huge.

The president of Estonia was there to watch the show, too.

Overall, it was a very interesting and useful experience.

What I disliked:

It was really physically tough. 6 months of local rehearsals, three common rehearsals, the dress rehearsal generally lasted from 6 PM until 1 AM - and right the next day, we had the main concert from 3 PM till 1 AM. If the adults all sat under the roof, then the children's choirs stood in the open air - and it didn't end well. Even Delfi wrote that as a result of the rain, 19 children fell ill and were unable to come to the concert. :/ Legs, back, neck hurt very badly, you lose your voice as a result of singing for many hours every day without the necessary breaks - and I was even lucky because many people didn't even have anything to sit on. I always wondered why people looked so sad and repressed on previous years' videos because Lithuanian songs are so beautiful... I think I understand now.

Even considering how energy-intensive it was - we were still forbidden to smile, to wave unauthorizedly, and even turn our heads to the screens on the sides (not during singing). :/ I just find this interesting because even in North Korea, they order people to illuminate happiness during such big events - but here, even if you really want to express happiness, you are not allowed to do that. In fact, during the dress rehearsal, the presenter forced us to re-sing some songs several times simply because some child smiled and waved at the camera - although by that time (around midnight) we could barely stand on our feet, we all wanted to sleep. For me personally, this really kills the desire not only to sing but even to come again. It's the Song Festival, not the Belarus Military Parade...

Unlike Belarus, we wouldn’t be put in prison here if we decided not to go. Maybe. None of us wanted to check, not even my pregnant friend. XD

We were ordered to come at 15:00 - but the procession started at 17:00. Why we were forced to stand for 2 hours under the scorching sun is unclear. There was free water, but you still had to leave your position to get it - and we were too scared to do that because no one knew when we were gonna start moving. I understand that the organizer wanted to add an element of solemnity, but for this, it was absolutely not necessary to slow everything down so much.

The tempo of the songs in general could have been made faster, imo. The audience also wants to sleep, after all.

About a dozen families of swifts lived under the roof, and in my opinion, we ruined their nighttime routine. XD

I hope that everyone who came to listen to us enjoyed the concert because we've put a lot of effort into it. :D

[ryllen]

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lofi phantasy: the album

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