Thomas Belec from the Austrian Army, Mr. Marcus Haas and Mr. Bergmann from the NGO Neighbour in Need. The Pori Brigade Volunteer Band consisting of Finnish reservist musicians, held concerts in both Serb and Albanian villages, as in Finnish KFOR bases during their one-week long visit to Kosovo in the middle of this month. The band of 33 musicians received an enthusiastic welcome in all the places and in Lipljan, the band played right outside the centre of the town. The orchestra also performed three concerts in the Serb and Albanian schools in Donja Gusterica, Stimlje and Slovinje, as the Finnish Battalion wish to focus more of its attentions towards the young people in the area. Raimo Maaranen was very pleased with the tour and with being able to play in Kosovo.
Children are so honest.
If you play in a bad way, they notice it immediately and you can see it in their faces that they don't like it. But these children obviously liked what we played and they kept on dancing and clapping their hands all through the concerts. All of the 11 performances were completed in style despite the sweltering heat. The music of this hot Kosovo tour ranged from evergreen hits to modern pop music. In the Finnish bases, they also played some old military marches.