To Breathe as One...

To Breathe as One...  Longtime readers know that I have visited the little Baltic nation of Estonia many times, and that I have quite a few friends there.  I'd call myself an “estoniaphile”, but that word just looks too awkward.  You get the idea.

One of things about Estonia that I cherish is the key role that song – people singing – played in their most recent revolution, when they gained their freedom and independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Now there's a new film (To Breathe as One), about the song festival (the “Laulupidu”) held every 5 years since 1869 in Tallinn, Estonia.  The most recent Laulupidu was in 2009, and included an American children's choir from San Francisco.  The video at above and right is the official trailer.  I ordered the DVD, and I can hardly wait to receive it...