TALKING ABOUT OUR SAUNA
EXPERIENCES.
SEPARATELY.
NOT TOGETHER.
I'M MIKE AUGUSTYNIAK.
I'M JASON DERUSHA.
YOU'RE TELLING ME I HAVE TO SAY
SAUNA.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET A
BUNCH OF HATE MAIL FROM OUR
NORDIC VIEWERS?
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS
COUNTRY?
THE ORCHESTRA IS HELPING TO
KICK OFF FINLAND 100 IN
MINNESOTA.
PERHAPS THIS IS ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK THEM,
WHICH IS THE VALID
PRONUNCIATION.
WE HAVE OUR PANELIST KATE
RADDATZ.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
I AM SAYING SAUNA.
I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE
PRONUNCIATIONS I MAY MESS UP.
SAUNA BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY
PART OF A VERY COOL EVENT
HAPPENING NOT ONLY IN MINNESOTA
BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
IT CELEBRATES THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME UP
INSIDE HERE.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW IT'S GOING
TO WORK OUT.
THIS IS A YEAR LONG EVENT.
THIS IS THE TRAVELING SAUNA.
IT WILL GO ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IT STARTS HERE IN MINNESOTA AND
WILL END UP IN WASHINGTON WHERE
THE FINNISH EMBASSY IS IN THE
U.S. YOU CAN ACTUALLY CATCH
SOME MUSIC AS WELL AS THE ARTS
ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE'S A CONCERT HAPPENING
HERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ORCHESTRA HALL.
THERE'S A CONCERT THAT'S GOING
TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW NIGHT,
FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THEY'LL BE LED BY FINNISH MUSIC
DIRECTOR.
IF YOU DO WANT TO CHECK OUT THE
TRAVELING SAUNA YOU CAN VISIT
PV PLAZA TOMORROW NIGHT BEFORE
THE CONCERT AND AT A SPECIAL
FINLAND 100 EVENT THAT'LL BE
SATURDAY MORNING FROM 10:00
A.M.
TO 11:30 A.M.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THIS
ISN'T HEATED.
IT STILL FEELS PRETTY GOOD
COMPARED TO THE OUTSIDE.
YOU SHOULD COME CHECK IT OUT.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST YOU'RE
GOING TO MEET IN ABOUT 10
MINUTES THE FINNISH AMBASSADOR
IS HERE, WHICH IS COOL.
YOU'LL MEET HER AS WELL.
YOU HAVE THE SAUNA.
IT'S JUST IT'S A FINNISH
TAKEOVER OVER THERE.
YEAH, I DID OKAY ON
PRONOUNCING THAT, BY THE WAY.
NOT BAD THAT.
TURN THAT THING ON.
KATE RADDATZ.
I WAS BRIEFLY CONCERNED SHE
WAS WEARING THE HAT, THE COAT,
THE GLOVES INSIDE THE SAUNA.
I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER --
I'M CALLING IT A SAUNA.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE FINS SAY.
SEND ME THE HATE MAIL.
BRING IT.
MAYBE YOU CAN RUN OUTSIDE.
THERE YOU GO.
PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE
LET'S CELEBRATE FINLAND 100
TODAY ON MID-MORNING.
100th ANNIVERSARY OF FINLAND'S
INDEPENDENCE.
LIVE OUTSIDE ORCHESTRA HALL
WHERE THEY ARE HAVING CONCERTS.
THEY BROUGHT A TRAVELING SAUNA.
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH
YOU.
I DO.
A VERY SPECIAL GUEST.
THE FINNISH AMBASSADOR.
IS IT "SAW NA" OR' SOW-NA"?
SOW-NA.
WE WERE TALKING.
HOW DOES OUR WEATHER COMPARE TO
WHAT IT'S LIKE IN FINLAND.
IT'S ALMOST THE SAME.
YOU HAVE MORE SUNLIGHT.
WELL SO THERE YOU GO.
SO YOU WERE PREPARED.
WE ARE EXCITED THIS FINLAND 100
IS HAPPENING HERE.
TELL US WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
TO MINNESOTA IN PARTICULAR.
THERE IS QUITE A BIG FINNISH-
AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN
MINNESOTA.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNITY
CELEBRATE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KICK THIS
CENTENNIAL OFF HERE IN
MINNESOTA.
I KNOW THEN THIS SAUNA IS
THE TRAVELING MASCOT.
IT'LL BE GOING ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
THEY'LL HAVE THESE CONCERTS
HERE.
ARE THE ARTS IMPORTANT THEN TO
THE PEOPLE OF FINLAND?
ABSOLUTELY.
THE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR
IDENTITY.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
THEY ARE PART OF THE NATION
BUILDING WHEN WE BECAME A
NATION.
THEY HAVE SINCE THEN BEEN VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US.
SO WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF A SAUNA?
DOES IT HAVE MEANING?
WHY THAT?
SAUNA IS PROBABLY THE
FINNISH THING IF YOU HAVE TO
MENTION ONE THING.
SO EVERYBODY HAS A SAUNA.
I HAVE A SAUNA IN MY RESIDENCE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE HAVE A
SAUNA AT THE EMBASSY.
AND IT'S SORT OF -- IT'S A NICE
PLACE TO MEDITATE AND TO GET
TOGETHER AND SO THAT'S WHY.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO USE IT AS
A MASCOT HERE.
OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ONLY IN
DECEMBER BUT WE WANTED TO
CELEBRATE IT THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR AND FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY HERE IN THE U.S. AS
WELL.
WE WANTED TO CONNECT THE
DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS TOGETHER
AND THE TRAVELING SAUNA IS THE
WAY TO CONNECT THEM.
IT'S VERY COOL.
IT'LL KEEP PEOPLE WARM.
YOU LIGHT IT, IT'S A FIRE.
YOU'LL BE DOING THAT ON
SATURDAY.
YOU CAN CHECK THIS OUT TOMORROW
NIGHT BEFORE THE CONCERT AND
SATURDAY MORNING AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFO UP
TOO.
VERY FUN.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY THE
DETAILS.
THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
CELEBRATES SOME FINNISH MUSIC
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 8:00
P.M.
OH YEAH.
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AND THE MINNESOTA INAUGURATION
EVENT IS SATURDAY FROM 10:00 TO
11:30 A.M.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TRAVELING
SAUNA BEFORE THE FRIDAY CONCERT
AND ON SATURDAY MORNING.
SO ALL THAT GOING ON.
ALL THE INFORMATION AT CCO.COM.
I THINK THAT MUSIC SITTING
IN A SAUNA WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL
WAY -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
FIT THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA IN
THERE.