Dear Mailbase members,
Those of you who have been to IBC ballad conferences in the past five years
will be interested to know that Vaira Vikis-Freibergs, one of our most active
members, was elected President of Latvia on June 18th. She was a dark horse
candidate who came forward after none of the five front runners put up by the
political parties had got broad support. She gave up her Canadian citizenship
only the day before, and got 55 votes (out of 100). It was big news in
Finland and she made it to the main evening bulletin. And we've always said
there's no connection between ballads and power!
Gerald Porter
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