244:âThe family was quite wonderful and treated me like their own daughter. The father acted as teacher in the agricultural school and farmed maize. On the second visit I already had a driving licence and got the use of an old pick-up. I woke up early in the morning, put on a long-sleeved shirt and drove to the edge of the field to gather corncobs. In the field I prepared and packed them in dozens in cartons, then I had a shower and drove the corncobs to the shops. I could keep the money from the sales.â (Nyman, p 54)
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827:Žs poem Arja and SelinÀ of 1916; but the Arja in the poem is a boy. The Finns soon decided that Arja was more suitable as a girl's name. The -a ending is of no significance: the Finnish language has no genders, not even for people. There is a Russian name, variously transliterated as Arija, Arja, and Ara, which is a variant of Ariadne. Arja was most popular as a girl's name between 1940 and 1965. Other famous Arjas from this period are
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to study special needs teaching. They married on 20 July 1996 and have three children: Patrik (born 5 August 1995), Karla Sol Angel (born 20 July 2001 in
Colombia, adopted), and Verna Luna Gunilla (born 8 November 2006). The pair are very protective of their children's privacy, and never talk about
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Koriseva and her sister/fellow singer, Eija (b. 31 October 1963), sang with the PerÀkylÀ Boys band in youth hostels, holiday camps, restaurants and various other places in central
Finland from 1978. When the PerÀkylÀ Boys broke up to continue their studies, the Koriseva sisters created a new band,
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September 2007), and appeared in concerts and at dance halls all over Finland, as well as Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Jordan, and the UK. She has sung sacred music in church concerts, and appeared with Belgian superstar
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buns and brought them to us with juice as a snack. In fine weather, we had lessons outside and when it was raining, we did sums in class. Once a storm blew down a birch tree in the school yard, we made firewood from it and carried them inside.â (Nyman, p. 51)
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2001 Helmut Lotti Goes
Classic III (Arja sings a duet with Hemut Lotti on one track â All My Life:NĂ€kemiin. This duet only appears on the version of Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III sold in Finland: versions sold in other countries have other tracks in its
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Koriseva comes from a musical family: her parents were both active in the church choir, and the harmonikka player, Erkki Friman, is
Koriseva's maternal uncle (The Finnish harmonikka is not a mouth organ. It is a kind of
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presented the musical game show Jos sais kerran in 2002â2003; and she was the heroine in the children's programme
Hilarius and Loru-Liisa, with a giant mouse. She was the Finnish voice of
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scholarship student in Wilmar, Minneapolis, United States. She returned after three years for a summer with the same family. She said of this time:
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from a local festival to an event of national importance. The
Tangomarkkinat organisers tried to get her to adopt the stage name Arja Karen, as
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in 1903, means "the corncob". Meanwhile, Kastanja became the backing group for Marjo-Riitta
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Tony Latva and Petri Tuunainen, IskelmÀn tÀhtitaivas, WSOY 2004,
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and the theme song of the film of the same name, the second is
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Dean Martin Boozing Society "Entertainer of the year" (1991)
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2001 Sun armoillas oonTÀnÀ yönÀ, Kuuntelitko sydÀntÀs
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575:1992 Kun ilta saapuu kaupunkiin/MeitÀ on nyt kaksi
192:Koriseva said of the village school she attended:
610:1993 Vain taivas yksin tietÀÀ/Huomiseen/Hymy vain
613:1994 Kai virheen tein/Rakkaus saa mut muuttumaan
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667:2001 All My Life:NĂ€kemiin (with Helmut Lotti)
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625:1995 Kattojen Primadonna/Anna kÀtesi
572:1991 Taakse taivaanrannan/LĂ€hde pois
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496:2011 Rakkaudesta jouluun (Christmas)
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655:1998 Valloitan koko maailman
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603:1992 Mr Tango (dedicated to
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