When the opportunity presented itself to host a Finnish Independence Day concert at St. Michael’s church, we did not hesitate to say “Yes, we’d love to do this!”. It took time and efforts of many volunteers to pull the event together, but the result was fantastic. How did it start? Auroora Kiiski, a Finnish violinist based in the Montreal area reached out to our council chair with an idea that she and three colleagues of hers - known as the Festivo string quartet – could put