Rok finals(3) by PawDium

We are happy to see you at our show, which is 21st in a row arranged under name 'The Rose of Kotka'. The show has usually been held in the middle of June, but this year we are able to enjoy the fantastic weather of August in the beautiful environment of Katariina Seaside Park.

Kotka: City by the Sea Kotka is the second largest city in Kymenlaakso County. It is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is known by its port, industry and maritime festivals. Kotka is also known as a multifaceted city of educational institutions and culture.

Kotka was founded in 1879. Now the population is about 55.000. The area is 750 km2, but most of it is water, 272 km2 is land. Kotka is located 130 km east of Helsinki and 290 km west of St. Petersburg along the highway E18 that runs from Oslo, Norway to the eastern border of Finland. In the city there are two centres, Kotkansaari (the Isle of Kotka) and Karhula. The characteristics of Kotka are based on the sea and Kymi river. The port of HaminaKotka is the biggest universal, export and transshipment port in Finland. The main traffic consists of timber, paper, metal and stone. Kymi river is famous for fishing, you may catch salmon, pike, whitefish, perch, pikeperch. There are also many possibilities to paddle and shoot the rapids in the river. The archipelago of Kotka consists of tens of islands.

”Katariinan meripuisto 1” by Kymi - Oma teos. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Welcome to the group finals of the Rose of Kotka!

Group Finals, Saturday Junior Handler (Finnish Championship Qualifying Competition, see page 9) Trine Gustavsen Best In Show Breeder’s Group �� Noreen Harris FCI Group 1 �� Nemanja Jovanovic FCI Group 4 �� Fabrizio La Rocca FCI Group 8 �� Sinead Taggart FCI Group 9 �� Laurent Heinesche FCI Group 10 �� Jussi Liimatainen Best In Show Veteran �� Antonio Di Lorenzo

Group Finals, Sunday Junior Handler (Kennel District Championship Competition, see page 9) �� Sini Airaksinen Best In Show Veteran �� Antonio Di Lorenzo FCI Group 2 �� Maite Gonzalbo FCI Group 6 �� Ekaterina Senashenko FCI Group 3 �� Tiina Taulos FCI Group 5 �� Nemanja Jovanovic FCI Group 7 �� Ekaterina Senashenko Best In Show Finnish Breed �� Irina Poletaeva Best In Show Breeder’s Group �� Noreen Harris Best In Show �� Irina Poletaeva

What happens in group finals Best in Show Breeder’s Group Judge Noreen Harris

FCI Group 1 Judge Nemanja Jovanovic

FCI Group 4 Judge Fabrizio La Rocca

FCI Group 8 Judge Sinead Taggart

Yö Kiitos ja Kunnia

Hanoi Rocks A Day Late, A Dollar Short

Neljä ruusua Juppihippipunkkari

Anna Abreu Bandana

Junnu Vainio Vanha Salakuljettaja Laitinen

Junnu Vainio Kaunissaari

Junnu Vainio Mä Uskon Huomispäivään

Junnu Vainio Albatrossi

Katri Helena Katson Autiota Hiekkarantaa

Fredi Kolmatta Linjaa

Katri Helena Mun Sydämeni Tänne Jää

Marita Taavitsainen André

ring at Saturday? FCI Group 9 Judge Laurent Heinesche

FCI Group 10 Judge Jussi Liimatainen

Best in Show Veteran Judge Antonio di Lorenzo

Kolmas Nainen Hyvää Ja Kaunista

Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu Pauhaava Sydän

Uniklubi Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa

Junnu Vainio Sellaista Elämä On

Junnu Vainio Käyn Ahon Laitaa

Junnu Vainio Vanhoja Poikia Viiksekkäitä

Leevi and the Leavings RIn Tin Tin

Maija Vilkkumaa Kesä

Apocalyptica Nothing Else Matters

Explanation of symbols:

Dogs are entering the group finals ring. Music style is suomirock (finnish rock).

During judging we hear music performed by Junnu Vainio, famous finnish singer and song writer. You can read more about this incredible talent from page 8.

Suomirock continues, when the judge has done his decision.

What happens in group finals BIS Veteran Judge Antonio di Lorenzo

FCI Group 2 Judge Maite Gonzalbo

FCI Group 6 Judge Ekaterina Senashenko

FCI Group 3 Judge Tiina Taulos

FCI Group Judge Nemanja Jovanovic

Haloo Helsinki! Maailma on tehty meitä varten

TikTak Heilutaan

Stratovarius Hunting High And Low

Popeda Kuuma Kesä

Anna Abreu Kylmästä Lämpimään

Junnu Vainio Vanhoja Poikia Viiksekkäitä

Junnu Vainio Vanha Salakuljettaja Laitinen

Junnu Vainio Mä Uskon Huomispäivään

Junnu Vainio Käyn Ahon Laitaa

Junnu Vaini Sellaista Elämä On

Jouko ja Kosti Muisto Vain Jää

Markku Aro Keskiyön Aikaan

Harri Marstio Romany Violin

Fredi Kolmatta Linjaa

Apocalyptic Nothing Els Matters

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FCI Group 7 Judge Ekaterina Senashenko

BIS Finnish Breed Judge Irina Poletaeva

BIS Breeder’s Group Judge Noreen Harris

Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah

Robin ft. Elastinen Kipinän Hetki

Apulanta Viisaus Ei Asu Meissä

Junnu Vainio Kaunissaari

Veikko Lavi Jokainen Ihminen on Laulun arvoinen

Junnu Vainio Albatrossi Eurooppa 3 Älä Unohda Minua

Sara Yhtenä Iltana

BEST IN SHOW Judge Irina Poletaeva

Sielun Veljet Säkenöivää Voimaa

Kotkan Ruusu

Junnu Vainio Kotkan Poikii Ilman Siipii

Junnu Vainio Juha Harri ”Junnu” Vainio, also known as Juha ”Watt” Vainio (10 May 1938 in Kotka, Finland – 29 October 1990, Gryon, Switzerland) was a Finnish lyricist, singer, composer and teacher. With the lyrics or music to over 2,400 songs to his name, Vainio is as one of Finland’s most prolific lyricists along with Sauvo Puhtila, Reino Helismaa and Vexi Salmi. Vainio enjoyed a short professional career as a teacher at Kymenranta Primary School. Vainio began writing songs in the early 1960s and continued until his death. Apart from his home town Kotka, he lived for several years in Helsinki and Espoo. In his last years Vainio lived in Gryon, Switzerland, where he died of a heart attack in October 1990. He is buried in the family grave in Helsinki. He was given the nickname ”Watt” on account of a song on his first solo record, the 1964 Paras rautalankayhtye (”The Best Rautalanka Band”). Never used by itself, the nickname was always part of ”Juha Watt Vainio”.

Our playlist consist not only of many songs sang by Junnu Vainio himself, but also songs he has written to other artists. Here is a short introduction of some: ALBATROSSI: Song tells a story about two 15-year-old boys. One of them heads out to the sea, one of them stays home because ’his folks told him so’. After this disappointment his life slowly falls apart ending to conclusion: ’Gull is the soul of the man, whose work will remain half-way and who built everything upon a dream’. The other boy is referred to be the albatross. KATSON AUTIOTA HIEKKARANTAA: Katri Helena Kalaoja (née Koistinen, born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer, who released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland behind Madonna. Junnu Vainio has written the lyrics to this song of longing for love and the summer heat. Katson autiota hiekkarantaa (I look at the solitary beach) is one of Katri Helena’s best known songs. KAUNISSAARI: The song tells a story about a man tired of city life, a man who longs to his home island, where ‘how far you can see is only the sea, and then the skyline”. KESKIYÖN AIKAAN: In the 70s almost every hit published in Europe or US were translated to finnish. Junnu was very productive in this business, and one of Markku Aro’s greatest hits is a cover of Smokie’s I’ll Meet You At Midnight. KOLMATTA LINJAA: Kolmatta linjaa is a cover, too, of Tony Hatch & His Orchestra’s song Beautiful in the Rain. Kolmas linja is a street in Helsinki and recording this song was a quantum jump to Fredi’s (born as Matti Kalevi Siitonen) career taking him 10 years later to Eurovision song contest, where he was placed as 11th. 30 years later Finland won the contest with Lordi’s Hard Rock Hallelujah.

KOTKAN POIKII ILMAN SIIPII: If something, Junnu loved to play on words. In this song, written and performed by Junnu himself, the word ‘Kotka’ can refer to City of Kotka or the meaning of finnish word kotka (=eagle). So the song name could be translated either ‘Sons of the eagle without wings’ or ‘Boys from Kotka without wings’. MUISTO VAIN JÄÄ: This song is a cover of ‘Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart’ recorded by Jouko & Kosti. It has been told that Junnu made the lyrics to this song in 10 minutes. Jouko and Kosti had arrived to studio ready to make a record, but Junnu didn’t have anything ready yet. He told the boys to have a cup of coffee and wrote the lyrics while they were away. The song became one of the greatest hits of 1968. MUN SYDÄMENI TÄNNE JÄÄ: When singer Katri Helena and song writer Veikko Samuli at first saw the lyrics Junnu had made for this song, they didn’t like them at all. They told Junnu that the song was suitable only for funerals. Junnu told them that they would understand the lyrics after they have lived longer and experienced more. Nowadays Mun Sydämeni Tänne Jää (My Heart Stays Here) is an evergreen. SELLAISTA ELÄMÄ ON: This song’s name could be translated ‘Such Is Life’ and it is written and performed by Junnu himself. Inspiration to the song came from the movie Night Moves, where a 40-year-old detective comforts a teenage girl crying her eyes out because her life is a misery saying that if life is difficult as a teenager, it is still as difficult, when you are 40 years old. VANHOJA POIKIA VIIKSEKKÄITÄ: This song written and performed by Junnu himself literally translated refers to bachelors with moustaches, tell about the Saimaa Ringed Seal and a man called Nestori Miikkulainen who lived on an island on Lake Saimaa and was friends with the seal. These seals are among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 310 individuals. The only existing population of these seals is found in Lake Saimaa. Main character of the song has given name to Nestori Foundation, which enhances and encourages the work done for the protection of the Saimaa Ringed Seal.

Junior Handler competitions Saturday Judge Trine Gustavsen

Sunday Judge Sini Airaksinen

Finnish Championship Qualifying Competition

Kennel District Championship Competition

Popeda Onhan Päivä Vielä Huomennakin

Aknestik Suomirokkia

Junnu Vainio Kotkan Poikii Ilman Siipii

Finnish rock (Finnish: suomirock or suomirokki—also known as Finnsrock, Finnrock or Finrock) refers to rock music made in Finland. The initial rock and roll boom of the 1950s was preceded by a long tradition of popular culture. Suomirock may refer to Finnish rock music in general or more narrowly rock music sung in the Finnish language. HANOI ROCKS: Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish hard rock band formed in 1979 The band broke up after their drummer Nicholas ”Razzle” Dingley died in a car crash caused by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neill in 1984. Original members vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy reunited in 2001 and were active with the new line-up of Hanoi Rocks until 2009. Hanoi Rocks’ albums have sold between 780,000 and 1,000,000 copies around the world, but mostly in Scandinavia and Japan. APOCALYPTICA: Apocalyptica is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 1993. The band is composed of three classically trained cellists and a drummer. Originally a Metallica tribute band, their music borrows elements from a wide variety of genres. They have sold over four million albums to date. APULANTA: Apulanta is a Finnish punk rock band, founded in 1991 when its members were in their mid-teens. They have had 21 singles on the top of the Official Finnish Singles Chart. The band’s name means ‘Fertilizer’.

KOTKAN RUUSU - THE ROSE OF KOTKA Origin to the theme song of this show goes back to 40’s, when it was originally composed to be part of cabaret. It tells a story about a prostitute waiting for

POPEDA: Popeda is a Finnish rock band hailing from Tampere. Epe Helenius, who signed the band for Poko Rekords in 1977, called the band “Finnish Rolling Stones”. Musically their style is a combination of Rock ‘n’ Roll, with humorous lyrics by their vocalist Pate Mustajärvi, often concerning girls, cars and drinking. They have sold almost half a million records over almost 40 years. ANNA ABREU: Anna Abreu (Anna Eira Margarida Heiskari, née Mourão de Melo e Abreu born on 7 February 1990) is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them. Since her participation in Idols, Abreu has become one of the best-selling Finnish Idols contestants and one of the most successful Finnish female singers, with certified record sales surpassing 190,000 copies, which places her also among the 100 best-selling music artists of all time in Finland. UNIKLUBI: Uniklubi is a Finnish alternative rock band. It was founded in 1999. The band became well known for its hit Rakkautta ja piikkilankaa in 2004. The band’s lyrics are in the Finnish language. Originally they called themselves ‘Pincenez’ but they did not get much positive feedback about it, so they renamed their band ‘Uniklubi’, a Finnish word that means ‘Dream Club’.

customers nearby Kotka Harbour. ‘If I want to give you love, you can own The Rose of Kotka for a while’.

”Apocalyptica - Ilosaarirock 2009” by Tuomas Vitikainen - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Suomirock – what on earth is that?

Livestream

Group finals will be streamed to Internet. We will give you a short briefing about this, when we have finished the set-up of cameras. We hope that all the finals would follow a certain order to make streaming flow easier. Secretaries will guide the dogs to suitable position in the ring, so you don’t have to worry about it. After the show you can watch the stream, please visit pawdium.fi or koiranayttely.org.

Art from Kotka The souveniers you will receive as a gift from our show committee, are for the 16th time personalised work by graphic artist/printmaker HETA KANANEN, a native Kotka artist, who describes her art as a journey to nature, a shift from light towards dusk.

“I prefer to utilize the classic forms of graphic art. Etching, aquatint and wax engraving are my tools of trade. In working with graphic art, I’m fascinated by the reverse nature of it, and the surprise element embedded in it”, she says.

Katariina Seaside Park

The Katariina Seaside Park located at the southernmost tip of Kotkansaari is a 20-hectare versatile park and recreational area, which enjoys active use throughout the year. Harbour operations ended at the beginning of this millennium. The former tank areas were thoroughly cleaned by the oil companies, and landscaping work commenced in 2004. Due to the large size of the Katariina Seaside Park, its construction still continues. The Katariina Seaside Park was honoured with the International Trend Award 2012 Prize by the European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA).