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Tartu getting ready for next summer's Song Festival

Press statement 18.03.2008

Tartu City Governmentestablished today the chief committee for the next Tartu Song Festival that will take place on 13 June 2009. Mayor of Tartu Urmas Kruuse will chair the committee that brings together representatives of city government's institutions and arts groups of Tartu including Riho Leppoja, Director of Tiigi Community Centre, Alo Ritsing, Chief Conductor of Tartu Academic Male Choir, Margus Kasemaa, Chief Conductor of Wind Band Tartu and Jaanus Randma, Artistic Director of Estonian University of Life Sciences Folk Dance Ensemble Tarbatu.
The committee will aim to ensure smooth flow of the festival, choosing the organizers and chief conductors, setting the festival's time-table and supervising the use of budget among other tasks.
The chief committee will have their first meeting on 3 April.