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The Airport Marriott Hotel (Festival headquarters) is already full, but SPECIAL SONG FESTIVAL RATES are still available and guaranteed until June 1 at the Courtyard by Marriott, and until June 15 at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel.

On April 16 Rita visited Philadelphia, renewing friendships and rehearsing with the choir “Laisvė”, directed byIlona Babinskienė. 

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Festival preparations have brought together many different groups of people, from oldest to youngest. We value everyone’s contributions—their ideas, skills, encouragement, donations and time. 

Thanks to fund-raising committee member Kristina Dambaraitė-Janovicz, a group of high school volunteers recently spent several hours helping out with our direct mail fundraising campaign. read more…

The well-known generosity of Lithuanian Canadians is the cornerstone of the Song Festival.

The Lithuanian Canadian Foundation ─ Patron of the Festival ─ has provided support from the outset, having donated over $100,000 directly to the event and $30,000 to Lithuanian choirs in Canada. The Foundation is also the sponsor of one of the new compositions commissioned especially for the Festival (“Daina Aš Gyvenu”). read more…

Become a member of the 100tukas Club by donating $100.

The idea of the 100tukas Club was conceived in a Facebook group.  Our objective:  to provide an opportunity for students to support the Festival according to our means.  We may not be able to sponsor an entire event or a new composition, but we do want to play our part in the Festival’s success.  Please join our Facebook event, Ar tu esi 100tukas?  read more…

Let everyone know that you’ll be in Toronto on July 2-4, and find out who else will be attending. Sign up at Lithuanian Song Festival @ Hershey Centre and invite your friends to join too.

Would you like a closer look at the slideshow photos?  Did you know that you can browse through them individually on the Participating Choirs pages?  If your choir’s page is empty, why not add photos by sending them to dalia_peddle@hotmail.com.

 Saulius Kliorys and Liudas Landsbergis have organized a weekend seminar on May 28-30 for high school and university students.  The artistic director and conductors of the Festival concert will be on hand to work with youth choirs from Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and Cleveland.

Take advantage of this amazing opportunity to practice the repertoire, meet old and new friends, and enjoy beautiful Camp Dainava.

Detailed information is presently available only in Lithuanian.

Rita Kliorienė (second from left) visited Boston on the weekend of March 20-21 and enjoyed spending some time with the Giedorių choir as they prepared for the Song Festival.  In the photo are some of the choristers, with director Daiva Navickienė (third from left).

This committee is planning to end the Festival on a high note:  the “Forest Melodies” gala. Guests will  enjoy a scrumptious feast, mingle with friends, dance and sing some more.

(photo: Aušra Pleinytė, Vaida Zenkevičienė, Livija Jonaitytė, Silvija Saplienė, Dalia Rocca)