FFN Performer of the Year Eeppi Ursin is looking forward to entertaining your chapter’s members and friends with her award-winning musical style!

Eeppi is available to perform at your location from January through December of 2022. A virtual program is also an option. 

Here’s what you need to know and do to book the POY program

(The following is subject to change based on COVID-related travel restrictions) 

FNN chapters in good standing* may book a virtual or in-person appearance 
*A chapter must be fully current in dues owed to Finlandia Foundation National, and meet the other requirements of FFN affiliation, to be considered a chapter in good standing.

EEPPI URSIN: LIVE AND IN-PERSON

Contact POY coordinator Katariina Lehtonen at lehtonenk @ comcast.net regarding your desired appearance date and to ask any questions you may have about the POY engagement and any of the following:

TRAVEL The POY’s travel expenses to and from performances/events organized by/for FFN chapters are covered by a travel grant from FFN to the POY. 

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Working directly with the POY, the host chapter is responsible for:

• Confirmation of the approximately 60-minute performance time, date and place
• Artist honorarium/performance fee of $580, paid directly to Eeppi
• Eeppi’s local/ground transportation
• Overnight hosting/accommodations (may be at a hotel or a chapter member’s residence) 
• Physical arrangements such as piano, audio/visual, sound system or other staging needs at the performance site, to be confirmed with Eeppi

WORKSHOPS Chapters may invite the POY to give a workshop for a fee negotiated between the POY and hosting chapter.

NOTE: Chapters may charge an admission fee to help cover the cost of the POY concert and/or workshop.

ADVERTISING Hosting chapters will make every effort to attract audiences to the performance, within and also beyond the Finnish-American community.

PUBLICITY The host chapter will promote/advertise the POY appearance within its community.

VIRTUAL POY CONCERT

Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, FFN offers an alternative to a live, in-person performance by Eeppi. 

Contact POY coordinator Katariina Lehtonen at lehtonenk @ comcast.net regarding your desired virtual date and to ask any questions you may have about the POY engagement.

POY BY ZOOM A chapter may arrange a private, online viewing for its members and guests of a 30-minute pre-recorded concert, with a live introduction by Eeppi and post-concert Q&A with the artist.

FFN offers this online program
at no charge to chapters.

ARRANGEMENTS Working directly with the POY, the host chapter is responsible for:

• Confirmation of the Zoom performance time and date
• Contacting the FFN office, which will set up the Zoom coordinates for the event
• Promoting the event and providing the Zoom information to its members 

TOOLS FROM FFN

We want to help make your event a success, and talk about it afterwards! FFN offers tools and assistance for pre- and post-event publicity and promotion.

For publicity purposes, high and low resolution photos of the POY are available, as is a press release that may be adapted and customized to the appearance.

FFN will provide promotional material/artwork to the host chapters so that they may post the information and/or print quantities for publicizing the event.

After an in-person concert, please provide information and high resolution photos of the event to FFN. 

For photos, press release and to share information and photos of the event, contact FFN Communications Manager Kath Usitalo (kathusitalo @ mac.com).

VIDEO TRAILER Click here for a YouTube video of Eeppi’s new release, “When It’s All Over.” You are free to use this in your promotion of Eeppi’s concert! Link to it in your e-mails, at your website, on your Facebook page—all of your event information.

PROGRAM BROCHURES A quantity of 8.5″x11″ POY fliers about Eeppi (lower left) is available from the office to assist with promotion and for distribution at the performance. Click on it for a larger view. You may also choose to print your own quantity.

The 8.5″x11″ promotional flyer (lower right) is designed with a blank space at the top where you may insert information about the show (i.e., time, date and place).
Click on it for a PDF of the flyer for you to customize. If you need assistance with that, contact Kath at kathusitalo@mac.com.

Contact Jessica Ann at the FFN office (office @ old.finlandiafoundation.org) for brochures well in advance of your event.