About Us. . .
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Based in Minneapolis, award-winning Finn Hall recreates the feel and sounds of the historic Finnish-American dance halls for local dancers offering waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, tango, humppa and other dances. Along with dance venues, they also perform in concert settings where they add listening selections for the pleasure of the audience.
Finn Hall tours throughout the mid-western United States, and occasionally to both the east and west coasts for dances and concerts. They tour internationally as well whenever possible.
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Recorded Performances by Finn Hall
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In 2015 Finn Hall was invited to perform at the National FinnFest event in Buffalo, New York. This particular dance was part of a cultural music exchange with the local Polish community where we shared an evening of Finnish and Polish Polkas. Here we're playing our new friends, and Finns, a Schottische.
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In November of 2012 Finn Hall went to Tucson, Arizona with the fantastic plan of meeting the premier Waila band "Gertie and the T.O. Boyz" from the Tohono O'odham Reservation, and participate in a cultural and musical exchange. These two bands spent several hours together sharing music, carefully learning new songs, rhythms, and techniques. Then, these two bands played together at FinnFest 2012 to the delight of all who attended!
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Finn Hall plays Nisswa-stämman 2021
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Because of the pandemic, meeting and playing at this beautiful event was unsafe. It was recommended that all musicians scheduled to perform at Nisswa-stämman 2021 submit two music videos of two dance tunes that would have been included in the evening dance. We submitted two tunes recorded outside on a chilly Minnesotan spring afternoon and were part of the Nisswa-stämman2021 broadcast, then later archived on Youtube.com.
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