Organizations Filed Purposes:
ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO ENCOURAGE, SUPPORT, MAINTAIN, AND PROMOTE LATVIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.
ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018, 12:00 NOON TO 4:00PM IN THE HISTORIC LANDMARK CENTER HALL IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL, THERE WAS AN ONGOING SPECIAL PROGRAM CELEBRATING LATVIA DAY IN MINNESOTA, HONORING THE 100TH YEAR SINCE LATVIA SECURED ITS INDEPENDENCE. MUSICAL PERFORMANCES WERE GIVEN BY THE LATVIAN CHURCH CHOIR, THE LATVIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN, FOLK ENSEMBLE "TEIKSMA,- AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ENSEMBLE "CANTUS," ALL PERFORMING A WIDE VARIETY OF LATVIAN SONGS. DANCE GROUPS PERFORMING WERE THE LATVIAN ADULT FOLK DANCE GROUP "PERKONITIS," THE CHILDREN'S GROUP, AND THE "VERSELICA" INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE GROUP FROM ST. OLAF COLLEGE. THE "COMPASS ROSE BRASS ENSEMBLE" PROVIDED STILL ANOTHER, DIFFERENT MUSICAL SOUND. THERE WERE MANY AND VARIED LATVIAN CRAFTS EXHIBITS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, SOUVENIRS FOR SALE, AND LATVIAN FOOD TO SAMPLE. THE ESTIMATED CROWD OF 700 ENJOYED THE AFTERNOON'S FESTIVITIES, BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR WITH LATVIANS AND THEIR CULTURE.
TEN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER LADIES, KNOWN AS THE "SUITU WOMEN SINGERS," COME FROM THE SUITU REGION IN LATVIA. THE GROUP HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR DECADES AND HAS PERFORMED EXTENSIVELY IN LATVIA AND IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES SINGING THEIR UNIQUE REGIONAL SONGS. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. THE CONCERT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 15 IN THE LATVIAN CHURCH HALL AND WAS ATTENDED BY 62 PERSONS.
THE LOCAL FOLK GROUP "TEIKSMA" CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF SINGING LATVIAN FOLK SONGS BY ORGANIZING AN EVENING OF SINGING, DANCING, AND REFRESHMENTS ON FEBRUARY 3 AT THE CELTIC JUNCTION IN ST. PAUL. THE EVENING WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 70 PERSONS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sarma Straumanis | INDIVIDUAL T | 4 | $0 |
| Janis Dimants | INDIVIDUAL T | 4 | $0 |
| Elga Pone | SECRETARY | 8 | $0 |
| Larisa Ozols | INDIVIDUAL T | 4 | $0 |
| Baiba Olinger | INDIVIDUAL T | 4 | $0 |
| Mara Pelecis | INDIVIDUAL T | 4 | $0 |
| Indulis Valters | TREASURER | 8 | $0 |
| Maija Zaeska | CHAIRPERSON | 8 | $0 |
| Visvaris Giga | VICE CHAIR | 8 | $0 |
| Ansis Viksnins | VICE CHAIR | 8 | $0 |
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