Thousands expected for Estonia's Song Festival

  • 1999-07-01
  • Rebecca Santana
TALLINN – Estonians are gearing up for the granddaddy of all musical events, scheduled for this weekend at the Song Festival grounds – and it's not the Metallica concert.Come July 3, 24,000 people from Estonia and selected countries around the world will sing their hearts out at the Estonian Song Festival. In its 130th year, the festival is still seen as one of the most unifying events in Estonian culture and history."We can arrange all kinds of things today like Michael Jackson and Metallica. But the song festival is always the number one event. It has always been. It's like a national par...
 
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