Christmas Eve Day

Lakewood Estonian House is closed on Friday, Dec. 23.
Lakewood Estonian House will be open on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 at 6pm for a festive Christmas
Dinner $10.00 - reservations are REQUIRED tel. 201-385-6429 Lia.
Event takes place after the Lakewood Church Christmas sermon which starts at 5pm.

New Years Eve

New Years Eve program at the Estonian House starts at 8pm, includes CD music and remembering Estonian Folkcustoms and superstitions and predictions/forecasts, etc.
Please bring "potluck" refreshments for all to enjoy in an atmosphere of quiet fellowship.
Everyone is welcome.

Tuluôhtu 2011 Annual Benefit Party

You are cordially invited to join the Lakewood Estonian Association, Inc. for our annual Fund-raising event on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 5:00pm 

Performing will be Zeto band from Estonia!

•    Jalmar Vabarna – acoustic & electric guitar, karmoška, cabasa, vocals
•    Jaanus Viskar – bass, vocals
•    Artur Linnus – accordian, vocals
•    Martin Kütt – drums, cajon, vocals

Schedule:

Band performance at 6:00pm

                 dinner at 7:00pm
                 performance part II at 8pm
                 dance party follows, raffle, cash bar
                 Table reservations & RSVP:  Imbi Sepp  732-408-1822
                 Donation:  $45.00  (Members: $40.00) payable at the door or mail checks to: 

Lakewood Estonian Association, Inc.,
PO Box 616, Lakewood, NJ 08701

Event will be held at the Lakewood Estonian House, 4 Cross St & Veterans Hwy, Jackson, NJ 08527.

Estonian folk-music-songs and folkdance

Everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of Estonian folk-music-songs and folkdance performed by young musicians from Võrumaa, Estonia who participate in folkmusic camps/seminars every year to enrich their musical expertise. 

Young Estonian folk musicians performing at the Lakewood Estonian House

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 7:00pm

Donations:  $15.00 LEU members, $20.00 non-members, $7.00 Students, children free.

Café and Cash Bar opens at 6:00pm

More information at:    http://www.pillilaager.tk/

www.facebook.com/pillilaager

4 Cross St & Veterans Hwy, Jackson, NJ  08527

Halloween event

Everyone is welcome to come and join us for our Halloween event!

featuring Two professional clowns from Estonia: Haide Männamäe ja Toomas

Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at 7pm

Donations:  LEU members $10., non-members $15., students $5., children free.
Café and Cash bar opens at 6:00pm

Haide Männamäe (b.1971) and Toomas Tross (b.1966) have performed together as a clown duo Piip & Tuut (pip! and honk!) since 1999.
They perform at many gala and circus shows, theatre and circus festivals, also have directed the circus performance with folk music The Lost City (2006) and The Joker (2007) for The Estonian Concert Agency.
Toomas had directed circus performance for the Circus Folie at the National Puppet Theatre in Tallinn, also performed in Sylt Island in Germany (2005) and at London Circus Festival (2006).
He also performed his solo show at ActAlone festival in Iceland (2007).
Toomas and Haide had completed the Theatre Faculty of Tallinn University 1988-93, and actor training at The Commedia School in Copenhagen 1995-97.
They had participated at many clown, mime and comedy workshops in Europe:
with Dario Fo at Commedia dell’arte Festival and Simon McBurney at Shakespere Company’s workshop in Copenhagen (1996), Jos Houben in Amsterdam (1998), Avner Eisenberg at Tampere Theatre Festival in Finland and Mick Barnfather in London (2002), Nola Rae at Jyväskylä Art Festival in Finland (2003).
Haide and Toomas had taught movement and acting at the theatre faculty of gymnasium in Tallinn .
Since 2007 they are teaching hospital clowns Dr.Kloun for the Clinic Clowns Eesti.
Since 1993 Haide and Toomas are the members of The Association of Professional Actors of Estonia. Since 2008 Piip and Tuut Theatre is a member of ASSITEJ.

Fall Celebration

Please join us in celebrating the Fall Season at the Lakewood Estonian House:  Sept.24, 2011 at 4pm.

The New York Men's Chorus will be performing. 
Dinner/Cash Bar will be available. 
Tickets:  $15 for members,  $20 for non-members

65th Anniversary Party

Please join us to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Lakewood Estonian Association on Friday Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 at the Lakewood Estonian House Cultural Center. 

 Friday, Sept. , 2011
The Reunion/Homecoming program on Friday starts at 5:00pm and includes nostalgic overview of memories shared by Bill Karjane and Eda Treumuth (longtime Lakewood people). 

Entertainment by Andres Raudsepp, baritone and Charles Kipper pianist.  Followed by dance party (band tba).  Tickets:  $10.00 members,  $15.00 non-members, $5.00 students.

Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011
Dinner-dance starting at 5pm.  Program includes recognition of past LEA presidents, greetings from various dignitaries, musical performances by Kristi Roosmaa soprano, Andres Raudsepp baritone, Charles Kipper pianist.  Dance party follows until 1:30am.  Tickets:  $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members, $10.00 students.

Cash bar and food available in the cafe.

For more information please contact Priit Parming 201-385-6429.

Estonian Youth Leaders "Meet & Greet"

Please join us for a "meet & greet" reception for two youth leaders from Estonia this Friday evening, August 5, 2011, 7PM at the Lakewood Estonian House.

Visiting from Estonia are Kertu Joosu and Kristiina Välik from Tartu.  They will be participating in the Estonian Scout Camp in Järvemetsa in Jackson, NJ starting August 6, 2011.

More information:  Priit Parming 201-385-6429.